Álvaro Josué is Partner of the firm and co-leads the Energy & Climate Change team. He is a lawyer from Universidad del Rosario and holds a Master’s degree in Corporate Law from Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain. He has more than 20 years of experience advising projects related to the energy sector, in the mining, oil and gas and electrical energy subsectors.

His support to the projects ranges from the incorporation of the companies in the country, the awarding of the respective contracts, permits and licenses, and the legal support for their operational maturity. Álvaro has also been in charge of drafting and negotiating agreements to acquire companies or equity participations in hydrocarbon producing interests in Colombia, and associated due diligence reviews, as well as acquisition agreements (such as earn-in and farm-in agreements) and joint venture agreements (including joint operating agreements (JOAs) and production sharing contracts). He also has been in charge of the drafting and negotiation of energy and petroleum infrastructure related agreements, including EPCs and BOOMTs amongst others.

For 8 years, he was Senior legal counsel of the largest private hydrocarbon operator in Colombia, in charge of the legal structuring of important projects that led the company to exceed 15,000 barrels of oil equivalent (BOPD equivalents) and to operate more than 310,000 equivalent BOPD.