Gómez-Pinzón appoints Carolina Bobillier, Paola Larrahondo and Nicolás Potdevin as partners

As of January 2022, Gómez-Pinzón appointed three new partners. With Paola Larrahondo, Nicolás Potdevin and Carolina Bobillier, from the Administrative & Constitutional, Infrastructure, Customs & International Trade and Tax practices respectively, this law firm, with almost 30 years of experience in Colombia, now has 22 partners leading their team.

On one hand, Nicolás Potdevin, a lawyer from Universidad de la Sabana and a specialist in Customs Law, from Universidad Externado de Colombia, with more than 18 years of professional experience in international exchange matters focused on foreign trade operations. 

"With this designation we have, in customs practice, great challenges as we must focus our efforts on positioning it in the market and continue to grow our work team. And, as a partner, my challenge will be keep leading the practice so that it is possible to face, in an outstanding way, the investigations of the authorities, as well as the growing national and international consultancy", says Nicolás.

Carolina Bobillier was appointed as a new partner of the Tax practice, thanks to her experience of more than 18 years in handling matters related to tax planning and project structuring, mergers and acquisitions and business reorganizations; international taxation in business projects and operations; attention to judicial and extrajudicial cases in tax matters, among others.

"A 30-year-old firm which already has 22 partners, confirms the commitment made by a company that grows and renews itself every day, where there is room for young professionals who will continue with the legacy of the lawyers who founded and believed in this cause. Our key is training new leaders to maintain what characterizes us, such as the quality, proximity and the DNA of the firm, through recognizing that the innovation and leadership of new professionals trained, are the guarantee and the way to continue growing and positioning GP as a leading firm in the market for many years to come" Carolina says.

On the other hand, Paola Larrahondo has more than 15 years of professional experience in the public and private sectors and was appointed as a partner in the Administrative & Constitutional, and Infrastructure practice groups. During her career, she has focused on addressing issues related to administrative law, state contracting, design and monitoring of public policy, Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), litigation, and advice on the creation of standards and regulations.

"In this new role, the goal will always be to find innovative solutions for our clients, especially at a time like the current, where the country is advancing in the development of large infrastructure projects and public contracts. Becoming a need that our clients, with our advice, remain as protagonists on their development with transparency and timely compliance" says Paola.