Lucía Murgueytio
Latin America Guide 2025
Associates to watch : Real Estate
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About
Provided by Lucía Murgueytio
Practice Areas
"We handle the entire transaction advice, from its conception from the urban perspective (land use norms, building permits required, among others), through its full development in the real estate structuring (acquisition, development among others), taking into account the tax effects of the transaction. We assist clients in the structuring, development and negotiation of urban and real estate transactions at a local, regional and global level. Our services include:
• Urban and real estate due diligence of industrial, commercial, urban, rural and mixed-use developments.
• Urban advice in relation to city master plans, land use requirements and limitations, drafting of urban instruments (including partial plans), application and proceeding for all types of building permits.
• Real estate advice related to real estate funds, real estate calculations and restructuring, provision and acquisition of seized assets, real estate infrastructure, real estate agreements (purchase, lease, facility management), acquisition, disposition and exchanges, planning and land use-urban norm concepts and real estate tax.
• Hotel, residential and condominium developments.
• Real estate asset management, development and planning including the tax advice.
• Real estate funds and investment trusts.
• Construction and engineering."
Publications
Author, "Effective and potential knowledge in money laundering." In Estudios críticos de jurisprudencia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia 4, coordinadores: Ricardo Posada Maya, Fernando Velásquez and María Camila Correa Flórez, 41-82. Bogotá: Colección Ciencias Penales de la Universidad de los Andes y de la Universidad Sergio Arboleda, Ibañez Editorial Group, 2017.
Personal
"Lucía Murgueytio is an associate in the Bogota office and a member of the Real Estate and Urban Group. She has seven five years of experience as a lawyer in urban and real estate transactions. She graduated from los Andes University as a lawyer, and coursed an urban law degree in
Javeriana University.
Her thesis statement, ""Money laundering with special emphasis in the effective and potential knowledge,"" received the maximum grade and was recognized and suggested for publication by the Law Department of Los Andes University."
Chambers Review
Latin America
Lucía Murgueytio of Baker McKenzie garners significant recognition from clients for her activity in the Colombian real estate market. She is well placed to advise clients on matters relating to urban planning.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I am very impressed with Lucía Murgueytio's knowledge of complicated transactions and her attention to detail. I have recommended her and everybodyis impressed with her abilities."
"I am very impressed with Lucía Murgueytio's knowledge of complicated transactions and her attention to detail. I have recommended her and everybodyis impressed with her abilities."