Carlos Fradique, managing partner of Brigard Urrutia with 30 years of professional experience, is a licensed practitioner in Colombia and a member of the New York Bar. Carlos has been a pioneer in the creation and consolidation of the Private Equity and Foreign Investment industry in Colombia and has been very active in a large number of upstream and downstream investment, infrastructure and financing transactions.

Carlos received an LLM in International Banking and Finance at the Boston University, and an LLM in International Commercial Law at the University of Ottawa. He also graduated from the International Development Law Program of the International Development Law Organization in Rome, Italy and from the Program in Financial Law at Universidad de los Andes.

Carlos has consistently been selected as a top deal and regulatory lawyer in the Colombian financial market, as a top capital market lawyer in Latin America by Latin Lawyer and has been recognized as a “star individual” in banking and finance by Chambers & Partners. Carlos served as Chief Legal Officer and Head of the Legal Office of the Ministry of Finance/Treasury Department of Colombia and was also an associate with Shearman and Sterling in NYC.

Education
Institution: Universidad de los Andes
Program: Financial Law
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Institution: University of Boston
Program: LL.M Banking and Finance
Degree: LL.M
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Institution: University of Ottawa
Program: LL.M International Commercial Law
Degree: LL.M
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Institution: Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Senora del Rosario
Program: Law
Degree: Lawyer
Year of Completion: 1990

Significant Accomplishments
Recognised as 'Highly Recommended Lawyer' by PLC Which Lawyer? In 2007, Latin Lawyer chose him as one of the 40 best lawyers under the age of 40 in Latin America. This latter publication also mentioned him as being one of the 23 best lawyers in the Capital Markets field. Mr. Fradique- Mendez was recognized in Banking & Finance: Capital Markets by Chambers & Partners Latin America - 2012 and recommended in Project Finance and Real Estate by Who's Who Legal-2011.

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
• International Bar Association
  

President of the Colombian Chapter at the New York State Bar Association
Member of the Disciplinary Tribunal of the AMV


Professional Activities and Experience
- Shearman & Sterling
New York, New York
Foreign Associate in the International Financial Group September 1995 - June 1996
-Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Treasury Department Bogota, Colombia
Head of the Legal Office
November 1993 - August 1994
-Brigard & Urrutia Abogados
Bogota, Colombia
Associate
August 1992 - October 1993
- Mexican Ministry of Finance
Office in charge of NAFTA
negotiations in Canada Ottawa, Canada
Legal Assistant September 1991 - May 1992

• Collection of Several Bancoldex Credit Lines

  By Carlos Fradique-Mendez |June 2020

• New Resolutions of the National Commission for Agricultural Credit

  By Carlos Fradique-Mendez |April 2020

• Automatic Approval for the Promotion of Foreign Financial Services

  By Carlos Fradique-Mendez |April 2020

Additional ArticlesDirectors Liabilities
Colombian Financial Statute: A Fine-tuning regulation
Chapter: Colombia Securities Finance (2007)