He holds a law degree from Universidad Externado de Colombia and a PhD in Business Law from the University of Paris. Diploma in Economic and Financial Administration from the Institute of Public Administration of Paris. Certificate from the Hague Academy of International Law. Diploma from the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets of Rio de Janeiro. Former member of the Board of Directors of the Universidad Externado de Colombia and director of the Commercial Law Department and of the Specialization and Master's Degree in Commercial Law. Currently, he is a professor of the Faculty of Commercial Law, undergraduate and graduate courses on Commercial Companies and Commercial Bankruptcy.

He has served as Secretary of the Commission for the Revision of the Commercial Code in 1973, President of the Drafting Commission of the new insolvency regime 1994, Judge AD-HOC of the Constitutional Court and Judge of the Council of State, Third Section, President of the Commercial Lawyers Association of Bogotá and Consultant of the International Monetary Fund.

He is currently a Member of the Forum of Arbitrators of Colombia. Participant in the Comparative Legislation Society of Paris-France, Member of the centro de Arbitraje and conciliación of the Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, Member of the Colombian Academy of Jurisprudence, private consultant and advisor to companies in commercial and corporate law matters.