JORGE LEYVA VALENZUELA
LL.M. HEIDELBERG
JORGE LEYVA-VALENZUELA is managing partner at Urdaneta & Valenzuela and Associates, Attorneys at law. He has worked for many years as a lawyer and has a wide experience in academics, teaching, media, diplomacy and private and public sectors.
academic
experience
Lycée Français Louis Pasteur • Maur Hill Prep School, Atchison, Kansas, USA • Brooke House College 6th Form College, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England • École France Langue, Paris, France • Lawyer degree form Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia • Especialist in substantive and process constitutional law from Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia • Masters in law, LL.M. Heidelberg, from Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
diplomatic
experience
Jorge´s important
experience as Colombian Ambassador to Norway
and chief of diplomatic mission during Colombia´s
peace process allows us to have
a crystal clear view of Colombia´s
reality in the world
and therefore accomplish an
exceptional work with
private and public law instruments.
teaching
experience
General Constitutional law and Colombian constitutional law teacher at Javeriana University • Political institutions teacher at Javeriana university, Bogotá Colombia • Legislative procedures teacher at the Political Science and international relations faculty at Javeriana University, Bogotá, Colombia • Colombian constitutional law teacher at Sergio Arboleda University, Bogotá, Colombia • Specialization courses teacher at several other universities in Colombia.
private sector
experience
Jorge´s vast experience working as private sector consultant for several companies includes legal strategy, interistitutional relations, public relations, corporate government, corporate social responsibility, shared value strategies, business strategies, project finance, M&A, among others.
media
experience
Jorge´s vast experience in journalism working for different big media companies in Colombia helped us develop a unique legal practice now at your service. That experience includes having worked as Senior political editor of Revista Semana • Anchor senior journalist at Caracol Noticias, Canal Caracol • Senior political analist for El Espectador newspaper for several years • Columnist for multiple regional and national newspapers and magazines in Colombia.
public sector
experience
Jorge has a wide experience working with the public sector and public institutions. He knows how Governments work and how and why they move. He knows politics and what matters to the people in charge. He understands the dynamics of bureaucracy and the decision making processes.
