Profile

Juan Felipe Sáenz Dussan is a dual licensed (Colombia and New York) transactional lawyer with eight years of experience advising on local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and financing transactions in Latin America. His practice focuses on structuring and negotiating complex, multi-jurisdictional deals for strategic clients. He has advised clients across multiple industries, including energy and natural resources, telecommunications, infrastructure, mining, and pharmaceuticals, contributing to the successful execution of numerous negotiations and the consolidation of strategic expansions. His work spans acquisitions, divestitures, and debt and equity financing structures. Before joining Pérez-Llorca, Juan Felipe worked at recognized law firms in Colombia and the United States.

Studies:

• Master in Law (L.L.M.), Columbia University
• Postgraduate Degree in Tax Law, Pontifical Javerian University
• Tax Law, Pontifical Javerian University
• Advanced Social, Political and Economic Studies, University of Notre Dame

He speaks Spanish and English.

Experience

Juan Felipe Sáenz has been a Senior Associate at Pérez-Llorca since 2026. He has professional experience in legal practice, having worked as an Associate at Gómez-Pinzón from 2020 to 2024 and previously as a Junior Associate at a law firm from 2018 to 2020. In 2024, he completed a legal externship at Three Cairns Group and, from 2025 to 2026, worked as an International Associate at an international law firm headquartered in the United States. His professional background combines experience at domestic and international law firms and in the corporate sector, developed throughout different stages of his career.

Professional Organisations 

• Member of the IBA (International Bar Association).