José Francisco Mafla joined Brigard Urrutia in 2006 and has been a partner at the law firm since 2015. He has broad expertise in commercial law, international business law, mergers and acquisitions, and customs and international trade. Mafla is also an arbitrator at the Center for Conciliation and Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, and was the Chairman of the Investment Committee of the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM Colombia). He is also a member of the Board of Directors and of the Academic Committee of Customs and Foreign Trade of the Colombian Institute of Tax Law. Mafla has additionally worked as a professor of Commercial Law and International Economic and International Trade Law at the Universidad Externado, Universidad de los Andes, ICESI, and EAFIT in Colombia.

Mafla was an event speaker at the Dialogue.