LAWYER PROFILE

María Carolina Pardo Cuéllar

Latin America 2026

Baker McKenzie S.A.S.

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Competition/Antitrust

Colombia

16 years ranked

TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology)

Colombia

14 years ranked

About

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Latin America

Professional Memberships

ACDC - Asociación Colombiana de Derecho de la Competencia - Member ADAPRI - Asociación de Datos y Privacidad - Member

Publications

Carolina has authored articles for Global Competition Review and Global Compliance and Investigations related to antitrust matters and anticorruption matters. She has been a professor of undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Universidad de los Andes as part of the Competition Law subject, and has also been a visiting professor of the same subject at Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Bogota.

Personal

"Carolina Pardo joined Baker McKenzie in 1994 and is a Partner of the Firm since 2008. She is currently a member of the Global Steering Committee for the Firm’s TMT industry group and of the Global Steering Committee for the Firm’s Investigation, Compliance and Ethics Group. She was a member of the Global Steering Committee for the Firm’s Global Antitrust and Competition from 2016 and until 2020 and is currently a member of the Latam's Antitrust Steering Committee.

She graduated as a lawyer and a specialist in International Contracts Law from Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá. She obtained a LL.M. with emphasis in International Private Law and Competition Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science."

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Latin America

Competition/Antitrust - Colombia

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Experienced competition practitioner María Carolina Pardo Cuéllar is an established figure in the antitrust field in Colombia. She boasts extensive experience advising on high-profile merger control procedures.

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TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology) - Colombia

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Partner and head of Baker McKenzie's TMT department María Carolina Pardo Cuéllar actively handles complex mandates in the data privacy sector.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

We work with María Carolina when we need support not only in Colombia but across the LatAm region. I truly trust her; she’s highly gifted, knowledgeable about regimes, and a true antitrust lawyer.
Competition/AntitrustChambers Latin America
I love working with María Carolina Pardo Cuéllar. She is an intelligent lawyer with vast knowledge, communicates extremely well, understands the business and has a clear vision of what you need.
TMT (Telecoms, Media, Technology)Chambers Latin America