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Carlos Fradique, Managing Partner at Brigard & Urrutia with more than 35 years of professional experience. Carlos is an attorney admitted to practice law in Colombia and the State of New York. He leads, among others, the Capital Markets and Banking and Finance practices of the Firm. Carlos has been consistently recognized as one of the top lawyers in the Colombian financial market, as well as one of the leading capital markets lawyers in Latin America by Latin Lawyer. He has been named Lawyer of the Year by The Legal 500 and recognized as a "star individual" in the banking and finance industry by Chambers & Partners. Carlos served as General Counsel and Head of the Legal Office at the Ministry of Finance / Treasury Department of Colombia and also worked as an foreign associate at Shearman & Sterling in New York City. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Banking and Finance from Boston University, United States, and an LL.M. in International Commercial Law from the University of Ottawa, Canada. He also completed the International Development Law Program at the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) in Rome, Italy, and holds a postgraduate degree in Financial Law from the Universidad de los Andes.