Carlos Arboleda
Biography
Carlos Arboleda is a senior associate of the Antitrust & Competition practice area. He has 14 years of experience in private practice.
He has been consistently recognized as Associate to Watch by Chambers and Partners and as Rising Star by Legal 500, as well as twice shortlisted to the Colombia Antitrust & Competition Rising Star of the Year by Legal 500.
Practice Focus
Carlos’s work focuses on all areas of competition law, including merger control, remedy negotiations, cartels and leniency, unilateral conduct, unfair competition, dawn raids, and compliance.
He also advises on data protection, consumer protection, corporate compliance and telecommunications regulatory matters.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Danish-based Novozymes in the merger control procedure before the Colombian Competition Authority in the animal feed enzymes market.
- Advised Deutsche Lufthansa AG in the merger control procedure before the National Civil Aeronautical Authority triggered by the joint business agreement with Italian ITA Airways.
- Advised Sanofi in the merger control procedure before the Colombian Competition Authority from the sale of its generics business to Brazilian Eurofarma.
- Advised a global chemicals company in the notification of a multijurisdictional data breach that affected personal data of Colombian data subjects.
- Advises the local branch of a satellite telecommunications services provider in Colombia in all regulatory matters.
Professional Honors
- Associate to Watch, Chambers & Partners, 2025
- Rising Star Antitrust & Competition, Legal 500, 2022-2025
- Shortlisted Colombia Rising Star Antitrust & Competition, Legal 500, 2024-2025
Admissions
- Colombia (2013)
Education
- University of Chicago (LL.M.) (2016)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Post-Graduate Degree in Competition Law and Free Trade) (2014)
- Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (J.D.) (2013)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Baker & McKenzie S.A.S., is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein