Lucas Arboleda
Latin America Guide 2025
Up and Coming : Energy & Natural Resources
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Up and Coming
About
Provided by Lucas Arboleda
Practice Areas
Energy & Natural Resources
Career
Lucas has extensive experience advising companies, agents, and state entities on energy law and administrative matters, as well as on public finance issues.
He led the financing operations of Colombia and its public companies, including those in the electric power sector as Legal Head of the Dirección de Crédito Público y Tesoro Nacional (Public Credit and National Treasury Directorate of the Ministry of Finance of Colombia), where he also led the privatization processes of state-owned enterprises such as ISAGEN S.A. E.S.P.
Likewise, Lucas was the Legal Head of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, where he outlined a legal approach that successfully enabled the Colombian Caribbean region to be supplied with electric power and where he also structured the first auctions for long-term energy supply contracts for the development of renewable energy generation projects in Colombia.
Languages Spoken
Spanish and English.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Co-head of department Lucas Arboleda joins the rankings this year as an up-and-coming practitioner. He garners sterling praise from clients and peers alike for his expertise in the Colombian energy and natural resources market.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lucas Arboleda is a great, fast, and responsive lawyer who combines practicality with a solid level of sophistication. For energy regulatory matters, he is among the best lawyers in the country."
"Lucas Arboleda is a great, fast, and responsive lawyer who combines practicality with a solid level of sophistication. For energy regulatory matters, he is among the best lawyers in the country."