Juan attended Law school at Universidad de los Andes in Colombia, also pursued studies in Management and Chinese language and culture at Nankai University in China. He graduated as a Juris Doctor (JD) in 2015. Since then, Juan has been working for more than seven years in promoting and structuring several foreign investment greenfield and brownfield projects both in pharmaceutical and technology ventures in Colombia.  In 2019, Juan joined a multidisciplinary team to co-found and launch Human Leap, a startup focused on providing general and legal blockchain services which today is operating in the United States.

During 2020, Juan provided legal and strategic advice for an R&D center focused on neurological disorders in Colombia, in the co-development of a medicine with a Neurological lab based in New York to reduce refractory epilepsy seizures using repurposed drugs.

In 2021, joined OlarteMoure, an IP law firm based in Colombia, to lead the Project Structuring Area for IP-based startups where he supports its funding and go-to-market strategy.