Carolina Pérez Forero has been a senior associate in the Department of Real Estate and Urban Development Law at Garrigues since 2020, a firm she joined in 2017. Before joining Garrigues, she worked in other firms specializing in administrative law and urban law.

In her professional activity, she has participated in specialized litigation in real estate, urban planning and land law, including:

• Defense and representation in disputes of an urban nature: simple annulment, annulment and reinstatement, class actions (acciones populares).
• Defense and representation in judicial processes of expropriation and imposition of easements.
• Remedy of protection (acciones de tutela) against land restitution judicial orders.
• Defense and representation in administrative processes (procesos policivos) for property protection an urban integrity.

Similarly, she provides ongoing advice on property structuring and management of real estate and infrastructure projects, which includes:

• Concepts of urban regulations (conceptos de norma urbanística y viabilidad urbanística).
• Advice on the processing of urban permits.
• Acquisition and sale of land: study of titles, preparation of the promise contract and sales contract.
• Preparation of commercial contracts: lease, operation, services.
• Regulations: co-ownership (reglamentos de propiedad horizontal), operation, others.
• Constitution and review of liens and limitations on property.
• Due Diligence for the operation of a commercial establishment.

• LL.M in International Business Law from King's College London.
• Diploma in Urban Law from the Universidad del Rosario.
• Specialist in Commercial Law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
• Specialist in Administrative Law from the Universidad del Rosario.
• Lawyer from the Universidad del Rosario.

Legal 500 2022: Carolina Pérez Forero, noted for her strength in ‘analysing new regulations for the industry’.