1. CARLOS ANDRÉS BERNAL CASAS
LL.M (Master of Laws) - Boston University School of Law (2014)
Specialist in Administrative Law - Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2006)
Lawyer – Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2005)
Phone Number: (057) 14752673
Mobile: (057) 3107737298
E-mail: cbernal1@bu.edu
QUALIFICATIONS
Lawyer form the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, specialist in Administrative Law from the same
university, and LL.M (Masters of Law) with concentration in International Business Practice from
Boston University School of Law. Broad legal experience working as a counsel in the public and
private sectors, providing legal advice in many issues regarding administrative law, Government
Procurement, public utilities, public policies regarding business development, and recently in the
protection of competition regime in Colombia.
Great personal, academic and professional qualities; remarkable writing, research and
argumentation skills. Willing to adapt to new environments and successfully accomplishes multiple
tasks.
EDUCATION
1. Boston University – School of Law.
LL.M (Master of Laws) – Concentration in International Business Practice
May - 2014
2. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Specialist in Administrative Law
May - 2006
3. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Lawyer
June - 2005
Other courses:
1. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Corporations Regime in Colombia. July – August 2015.
2. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Legal English. August – November 2011.
3. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana: Public Contracts and Government Procurement. March -
July 2011.
4. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Disciplinary Law. May 2009.

2. 5. EF Education International – Toronto CA. Intensive course. July – November 2009. Average
score: A.
PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
1. SUPERINTENDENCE OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE (Competition Authority of Colombia).
Legal Advisor at Superintendent´s office
Legal advice and support to the Superintendent in all matters related to the protection of
competition regime in Colombia, such as drafts of administrative resolutions deciding
anticompetitive practices and antitrust investigations, decisions of merger reviews, drafts of
regulations and legislative proposals regarding competition, and support the Superintendence
in the accession process of Colombia to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and
Development (OECD).
2. MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND TOURISM.
Legal Advisor to the Small and Medium Business Direction (2012-2013)
Prepare the contracts and coordinate all the legal mechanisms needed to implement all the
Programs leaded by the Direction in benefit of the small and medium entrepreneurs in
Colombia, such as the promotion of the national market and the projection of the medium and
small enterprises in the global market.
Legal Advisor to the Enterprise Formalization Program (2011 -2012)
Participated on the different phases of the contracts that were necessary to implement the
Enterprise Formalization Program; prepared and reviewed drafts of laws, decrees and
regulations regarding enterprise formalization and communicated the benefits of the
“Formalization and Employment Generation Act” (Ley 1429 de 2010) to the medium and small
entrepreneurs in different regions of the country.
2. PUBLIC UTILITIES SUPERINTENDENCE.
Legal Advisor to the Legal Issues Department (2008 -2010)
Prepared different legal documents regarding the promotion, supervision, competition issues,
consumer protection, infrastructure access, and pricing regulation of the residential public
utilities in Colombia.
Reviewed drafts of laws, decrees, regulations and contracts related to the residential public
utilities in Colombia.
3. BARRIOS VÉLEZ & GUTIÉRREZ ASOCIADOS S.A.
Associate (2006 – 2007)
Experience as a Litigator.

3. Prepared drafts of lawsuits, complaints and pleas in many litigations regarding civil and
administrative liability.
Took part as an attorney of plaintiffs and defendants, most of them important insurance
companies and banks, on the many phases of the litigation process at different courts
around the country.
4. NATIONAL REGISTRATION OF CIVIL STATUS
Professional (Feb 2006 – Jun 2006)
Helped the Legal Issues Department in reviewing all the contractual matters required for the
regular functioning of the Entity.
Prepared answers to complaints and petitions, and also solving legal problems, related to
the identification of many Colombian citizens.
5. P & J ABOGADOS LTDA.
Associate. (Jan 2005 – Jan 2006)
Prepared many legal documents, such as complaints, pleas, petitions, answers to clients etc., in
the many legal issues taken by the firm.
REFERENCES.
1. Daniel Arango Ángel. Vice Minister of Business Development at Ministry of Trade, industry
and Tourism of Colombia. (+57)16067676.
2. Marina Montes Álvarez. Legal Issues Department Director at Public Utilities
Superintendence of Colombia. (+57)16913005.
3. Armando Gutiérrez Villalba. Partner of Barrios, Vélez & Gutiérrez S.A. Professor of
Administrative Law at the Graduate Program of Law at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and
Professor of “Origin and Principles of Administrative law” in the Administrative Law
Specialization at the same University. Phone Number: (+57)13171513.
4. Jerrold G. Neeff. Principal at The Bostonian Law Group. Adjunct Professor of International IP
Law and Entertainment Law at Boston University, School of Law. Boston MA. +1(617) 312-
4904. Jerry@Bostonianlaw.com