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Attorney in Holland & Knight's Bogotá office with more than 30 years of experience in the energy and natural resources sector. He focuses his practice on corporate, contractual and commercial matters, with a strong focus in spin-offs, mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Zapata co-chairs the firm's Venezuela Focus Team, a group of partners who assists clients with interests in the country. Mr. Zapata has led regulatory matters for many years on the environment, energy and natural resources. Mr. Zapata has represented clients in many of the largest transactions made in Colombia as well as other countries in Latin America in energy, mining, and oil and gas ventures. Mr. Zapata is active in renewable energy projects and has led wind farm, solar ventures and energy storage solutions as well as hydrogen and geothermal regulatory assessments, including zoning analysis, management of protected and exclusion zones and areas, and analysis of legal options for land use definition. In addition, Mr. Zapata has significant experience in critical environmental liability cases and class action litigation in Colombia. Mr. Zapata has acted as co-counsel in major international commercial and investor-state arbitrations, involving sensitive international judicial matters of Colombian interest under the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rules.