Colombian lawyers are preparing for change as Gustavo Petro, a former leftist guerrilla who has pledged to restrict extractive industries and raise taxes on the rich, takes office as president on August 7. He is the first leftist to govern Colombia, which is one of Latin America’s largest economies and which has recently been a hotbed of cross-border corporate work for global lawyers. 

Law.com International asked José Luis Suárez, managing partner of elite Colombian law firm Gómez-Pinzón Abogados, about his expectations for legal work under the incoming government.