PHRLEGAL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Alejandro Ávila is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2021. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporate law.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Alejandro worked at a local law firm.
During his undergraduate studies he participated in national and international competitions and was also a member of the corporate law research line of the Private Law Research Group of the Universidad Javeriana.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Andrés Montoya is a Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. He heads the Real Estate, Urbanism & Agribusiness practice area.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Co - Directs the Area of Dispute Resolution and Focuses in National and International Arbitration, As Well As in Judicial Processes
Carolina Posada co-directs the area of Dispute Resolution and focuses in national and international arbitration, as well as in judicial processes.
She has more than 24 years of experience, with a proven track record of success representing local and foreign clients before civil and administrative courts, as well as national and international arbitration tribunals. Her professional practice comprises contractual liability, damages, insurance and reinsurance, distribution contracts, corporate and M&A disputes, construction, and infrastructure, among others.
She is part of the roster of arbitrators of the main Arbitration Centers of the country's Chambers of Commerce, the Superintendency of Corporations and of AMCHAM Peru. She is also a sports arbitrator of the Dispute Resolution Chamber of the Colombian Football Federation and the Chamber of Commerce of Cali.
Carolina is a member of the Colombian Arbitration Commission of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), of the Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB) and has acted as an expert in Colombian law before state courts in the United States.
She is recognized in Chambers & Partners as a Band 2 lawyer in Dispute Resolution. The Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Who's Who Legal consider her as a leader in her field. Benchmark Litigation recognizes her as "litigation star" and has included her for 3 years in a row, among the "Top 25 Lat-Am Women in Litigation".
In 2019, Carolina was awarded as the best litigator in Latin America by Euromoney Legal Group.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Catalina Noreña is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. Catalina has 5 years of experience working in corporate and mergers and acquisitions law. She was linked to Posse Herrera Ruiz for 4 years in the same practice. Prior to joining Posse Herrera Ruiz again, she was a visiting attorney on the General Practice team at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City.
She is a lawyer from the Universidad de los Andes and has a master's degree in law from the University of Chicago in the United States.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Christian Diaz Ordóñez is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on Corporate law with a focus on domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions.
Previously, Christian worked as in-house counsel at GeoPark Colombia, actively participating in their corporate matters. He also worked at a leading Colombian law firm in complex cross-border deals involving several Latin American countries - mainly in the financial, energy, oil & gas, and pharmaceutical sectors. Christian worked for one year at the White & Case New York office s, where he participated in domestic and cross-border M&A transactions in Latin America. Christian alternates his practice with lecturing at several Colombian universities.
Christian has a Bachelor of Law and a graduate degree in Business Law from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali. He also has a graduate degree in Finance Law from Universidad de Los Andes and an LL.M. from the New York University School of Law. Christian is licensed to practice law in the State of New York and in Colombia. He speaks Spanish and English and is fluent in French.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Daniel Meza is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
David Celis is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Real Estate, Urbanism, and Agro-Industry Law.
He has been working for Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2018, advising clients on due diligence and the negotiation and closing of contracts for diverse projects in the agro-industry, logistics, hospitality, offices, and telecomunication sectors.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Counselor at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Diana Salazar is a counselor at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her professional practice focuses on natural resources and energy as well as insurance.
She has worked in the mining sector in Australia and Colombia, advising mining companies in relation to various exploration and exploitation projects, with an emphasis on the contracts and agreements required for the construction and commissioning of mining projects, such as EPCM contracts, EPC, works and supply, insurance and agreements with the communities within the area of influence of the projects, as well as in relation to compliance with the requirements derived from concession contracts and environmental licenses.
Diana advises clients on insurance and reinsurance matters, particularly in the analysis of coverage, claims, and denials, writing insurance policies, and auditing of coverage in different industries, as well as advising on regulatory matters.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she was Legal Manager of the Colombian branches of Tigers Realm Minerals Pty Ltd and Tigers Realm Coal Ltd., legal advisor to Uranium One Australia Pty Ltd, and associated for more than 10 years in a local law firm of lawyers specialized in providing advice on insurance and reinsurance matters. Additionally, she worked with Siemens in project development in Valencia, Spain.
She is a lawyer from the Universidad del Rosario (with honors) where she was named Collegiate.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Ernesto Cavelier is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. He works in corporate law and in technology and media with an emphasis on information law and digital law. He is co-director of the intellectual property department and specializes in intellectual property licensing processes and aspects of intellectual property in relation to business law.
In the area of digital law, he advises national and international companies in the launch of products, in the drafting of terms and conditions of mobile applications or platforms, as well as in the provision of services in the cloud, the use of software as a service - SaaS Drafting or review of contracts, electronic commerce, and other similar matters.
On the other hand, he advises clients on technology licenses, software development agreements and licenses, copyrights in the digital environment, and alliances between companies, mergers and acquisitions, and other commercial operations.
Ernesto has been active as a lecturer and university professor; Last year he made a presentation at the Colombo Chamber of Commerce on Legal Aspects of Blockchain; In 2017, he participated in a conference organized by CENTI on the principle of net neutrality and free competition regime. He also participated as a moderator in a panel on the same topic on the 5th. Conference of the IBA Technology Committee in Sao Paulo in April 2017.
In November 2016, he participated as a lecturer in a course on spin-offs for universities and entities in charge of WIPO in Bogotá. A request from this same international organization has been given as a lecturer at their well-known course on technology transfer in San José, Costa Rica, and in Santiago, Chile; In recent years, his course on technology transfer contracts has been taught several times at the Universidad del Rosario, at the Sergio Arboleda University in Bogotá and at the Alexander von Humboldt University in Armenia.
More recently, in 2017 and in 2018, he taught two courses at the Universidad del Rosario, the first on the technique of drafting contracts and the second on consumer law.
On August 29, 2018, after several years as an academic, he was received as an academic of the number of the Academy of Jurisprudence with the dissertation on Regulation of the collaborative economy.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Gabriel Sánchez is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz, his practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and has extensive experience in social affairs.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz in 2008, Gabriel was a lawyer in the legal department of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce. Gabriel was an international intern at the New York office of Debevoise and Plimpton LLP between 2012 and 2013, in the financial and mergers and acquisitions law departments, where he was involved in various project finance transactions, representing investors and insurers in Infrastructure projects in Latin America and in mergers and acquisitions in Colombia.
He has participated in numerous successful transactions, both local and cross-border, representing buyers and sellers. He has advised clients on corporate matters such as corporate governance, boards of directors, conflicts of interest, contracts, disputes between partners and shareholder agreements, among others.
He is a lawyer from the Universidad Javeriana (2004), has a specialization in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes (2007) and a specialization in corporate law from the Universidad Javeriana (2009). Gabriel has been a professor of the specialization of corporate law at the Universidad Javeriana.
Gabriel Sánchez is a very professional person; he is very open to incorporating all concerns. He has a high level of commitment, and is a very involved partner, for example in all meetings and calls.
Education
· Universidad Javeriana Specialization in Societies, 2009 Bogota, Colombia.
· Universidad de los Andes Specialization in economics, 2007 Bogota, Colombia.
· Universidad Javeriana Lawyer, 2004 Bogota, Colombia.
Languages
Spanish, English
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Jaime Cubillos is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz, his practice focuses on corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions. He has advised sellers and buyers on transnational acquisitions and dispositions as well as international joint ventures.
Prior to joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, he worked for over five years in the NY office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. During his time at Skadden, Jaime was very active in international mergers and acquisitions in Latin America, including several award-winning transactions in the region. Underwriters and banks such as issuers, debt relations and syndicated loans and other types of bank financing have also been advised.
Jaime is admitted to practice in Colombia and in the State of New York.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Jaime Herrera is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Direct the corporate department and mergers and acquisitions.
His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, infrastructure and natural resources, and energy. Jaime also participates in compliance and competition matters, particularly in integration matters.
Jaime advises clients from various economic sectors on issues related to mergers and acquisitions, corporate expansions, investment strategies and complex local and international financing.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz
José Alejandro Torres is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. He is the head of the Infrastructure and Public Law area. His practice focuses on Infrastructure and Public Law as well as Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Real Estate Structures and Compliance.
José Alejandro has experience representing several local and international clients in corporate, mergers and acquisitions, financial structures and foreign investment matters. He has specific experience in the design, structuring and development of real estate projects including shipping centers, hotels and resorts, agricultural projects and housing developments, among others.
Furthermore, he has advised clients in the design, writing and implementation of corporate compliance manuals and policies and conducting internal investigations for clients related to these matters.
José Alejandro is a contracts magician. He always finds new ways to break deadlocks.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Juan David Marín is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2022. His professional practice focuses on financial law and regulation and insurance law and regulation.
Juan David has over 9 years of experience in the incorporation of financial entities, development and drafting of financial contracts, assessment and development of regulation, and development of legal structures to render services auxiliary to the financial sector.
He has advised clients coming from the financial, insurance and fintech sector.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Juan David worked in other Colombian law firms, the Colombian financial regulator, and the government of the city of Bogota.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate of Posse Herrera Ruiz
Juliana Zúñiga is an associate of Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her professional practice focuses on Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Juliana has more than 5 years of experience in research and corporate law and regulatory counsel, including matters within the health, education, and transportation sectors. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked at a local firm in Cali, Colombia.
She is a lawyer with a Colombian professional card, graduated from the University of Cambridge in England, and her undergraduate degree was approved at the Javeriana University in Bogotá.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruíz
Julián Andrés Aguirre is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruíz. His practice focuses on corporate matters.
Julián Andrés has more than 15 years of experience in structuring and legal management of companies and investment projects in financial, real estate, infrastructure, agricultural, hotel and engineering markets.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, he worked as a lawyer at the Pereira Chamber of Commerce and as Associate Director at Contexto Legal S.A.
He is a lawyer from the Universidad Libre de Pereira, has a specialization in Commercial Law from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, a specialization in Capital Market Law from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and a specialization in State Contracting from the Universidad Externado de Colombia.
Job Titles:
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Julián Hernando is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2022. His practice focuses on M&A and corporate/commercial law.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, he was a Junior Associate at a local law firm.
He is currently pursuing a Specialization in Tax Law at the Universidad de La Sabana. In his undergraduate studies he was a member of the Research Seminar on Private Law, and he has been a teacher assistant of courses such as Contract and Private Law.. He also participated in international Arbitration competitions.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Laura Aristizábal is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on corporate law and mergers and acquisitions. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Laura worked at a local law firm.
Laura is a lawyer from Eafit University, graduated with honors for her undergraduate project.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Laura Suárez is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2022. Her practice focuses on corporate law, as well as mergers and acquisitions.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Laura worked at a local law firm.
Throughout her undergraduate studies, Laura pursued advanced studies in private law, participated in a criminal law research line at URiscyber, Research Seminar, at Colegio Mayor Nuestra Señora del Rosario and acted as an academic monitor.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Junior Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Manuela Jaramillo is a junior associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2022. Her professional practice focuses on corporate law and compliance.
Manuela has two years of experience that include counseling clients in matters related to criminal law, compliance, corporate criminal law, procedural criminal law and in corporate law investigations for arbitration tribunals.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz in 2022, Manuela worked as a contractor In IOM for the Delegate Prosecutor's Office Before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, as a criminal law and compliance junior associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz and as a research assistant at the local firm Vargas Amaya & Asociados.
While in law school, Manuela served as a teaching assistant for courses related to general criminal law, special criminal law and constitutional law and she was the head of the teacher's assistants of the criminal law department at University of Los Andes. In addition to her law degree, she also holds an academic minor in Literature.
Currently she is a member of the "Cesare Beccaria" Criminal Law and Transitional Justice Research Group of the University of the Andes' Law School.
Margarita Jaramillo has been an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2022. Her practice focuses on Corporate Law.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked as legal assistant in the corporate area of an international firm and worked as an intern in the legal area of a multinational company.
During her undergraduate studies, she was a tutor at the Legal Clinic and completed her emphasis in International Law. She has been recognized by the Ministry of National Education for the score obtained in the State Tests of Quality of Higher Education.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Founding Partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz
Mariana Posse is a founding partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz. She directs the department of financial law and capital markets.
In matters of financial law, she has advised multilateral credit organizations and commercial markets in Europe and the United States for financing companies and groups of companies in Colombia from various economic sectors, such as mass consumption, telecommunications, mining and oil companies, manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure.
She has participated in the design and structuring of transactions, bond issuance, issuance and offer of shares, ownership list of shares, public acquisition offers, among others, both in local and international markets subject to the Rule. 144A / Reg S.
Mariana was regarded as one of the 50 most inspiring and influential Latin American women in the legal sector according to a ranking published by Latin Lawyer in 2013.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Mariana Restrepo is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2020. Her practice focuses on corporate law and M&A.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Nicolás is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2021. His practice focuses on Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions. In 2017, he joined Chemás & Asociados as a litigation associate until 2020. Also, from 2018 until 2020, Nicolás worked at Universidad Externado de Colombia's Commercial Law Department as an assistant professor and researcher.
Job Titles:
- Colombian Legal Counsel to IHS Towers
- Colombian Legal Counsel to SNC - Lavalin Group Inc
- Colombian Legal Counsel to the Financiera De Desarrollo Nacional
- Colombian Local Counsel to Key Industries
- Counsel to Buyer, Indra Soluciones Tecnologi
- Legal Counsel for the Structuring of Public - Private Partnerships
- Legal Counsel to Christofferson
- Legal Counsel to Concesión La Pintada S.a.S
- Legal Counsel to John Laing
- Legal Counsel to Sociedad Concesionaria Vial Montes De María S.a.S
- Legal Counsel to the Shareholders of Grupo Orbis S.a
- Local Counsel of Grupo De Energía De Bogot
- Local Counsel of Union Acquisition Corp
- Specialist
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as local counsel of Grupo de Energía de Bogotá ("GEB") in the due diligence and merger process of (I) Emgesa, (II) Codensa, (III) EGP Colombia and (IV) ESSA 2, creating Enel Colombia as a result of...
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as Colombian legal counsel to the Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional and the Colombian Ministry of Finance, in the sale of its 51.41% stake in Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. E.S.P. (ISA) to Ecopetrol S.A. in a COP$14.2 trillion...
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as legal counsel to Concesión La Pintada S.A.S and its sponsor Odinsa S.A. and West Valley JL Holdco Limited in the dollar refinancing of its Project Autopista Conexión Pacífico 2, granted under the Concession Agreement No.006...
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as legal counsel to Sociedad Concesionaria Vial Montes de María S.A.S. and its sponsor Sacyr Concesiones Colombia S.A.S. in the offering by Patrimonio Autónomo Montes de María of COP$760 billion of its senior secured UVR indexed...
Posse Herrera Ruiz is one of Colombian leading firms in agribusiness. We have advised international and local funds and companies in acquisitions of real estate or tenancy rights over long extensions of rural lands in several Colombian Departments such as Meta, Vichada, Antioquia, Córdoba, Sucre, Guajira, Atlántico, Bolívar, Caldas, Risaralda, and Valle del Cauca.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has ample experience in advising its clients in Compliance and Internal Investigations matters with the aim of preventing, controlling and reacting to compliance situations triggering legal, operative, reputational, and contagion risks that affect the most to client's businesses.
Posse Herrera Ruiz advises clients on a wide range of corporate, secretarial, contract, foreign investment, exchange controls and related matters. The Firm acts as regular outside counsel for many corporations in Colombia in distribution, manufacturing, chemical products, consumer products, service and health industries, construction, engineering, concessions, oil and gas, mining, power generation, financial services and telecommunications.
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as counsel to buyer, Indra Soluciones Tecnologías de la Información S.L.U., an affiliate of Indra, world leader in the rendering of services for the transport, air traffic, and defense industries, in the acquisition of 100% of...
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as local counsel of Union Acquisition Corp. II (UAC II), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on its agreement to combine with Crynssen Pharma Group Ltd (Procaps) to form a new holding company Procaps Group, S.A.,...
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as local counsel to the shareholders of the software company SEVEN4N in the sale of their stake in the company to EPAM SYSTEMS, INC
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as legal counsel to the shareholders of Grupo Orbis S.A., in the negotiation and signing of the stock purchase agreement for the transfer of 100% of the company's shares to AkzoNobel Coatings International. The transaction involves...
Posse Herrera Ruiz advised Banco Davivienda in a negotiation with Rappi, the Latin American pioneer multivertical superapp, to set up a digital native financial institution that will operate in Colombia and within Rappi ́s superapp as the next step in...
Posse Herrera Ruiz has been legal counsel for the structuring of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), public procurement, public debt and governmental budget issues. Our successful multidisciplinary approach ensures the financial success of the projects from corporate, financial, tax and administrative standpoints.
Posse Herrera Ruiz works on the drafting of instruments of urban planning such as development and implementation plans, urban renovation projects, units of rural planning, legal defense in administrative proceedings of possible infractions or revocation of licenses, as well as all matters related with formalities of licensing before urban authorities and planning offices.
Posse Herrera Ruiz provides comprehensive tax services associated with ongoing business operations and tax planning for investment projects. Tax planning is an integral part of our comprehensive legal support for restructuring, sales, and acquisitions of Colombian entities. We are active in the negotiation of stability agreements with the Colombian government, and the structuring of investment and private equity funds.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has opened the practice of White-collar crime with the purpose of providing our clients all necessary assistance in criminal law matters, a growing area resulting from the legislative policy of criminalizing conduct in segments of business such as tax law, urban, environmental, mining, oil, tenders, "compliance", among many others, as well as the expansion of the concept of public resources and consequently of all sanctions or criminal actions related to the defense of these.
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as Colombian legal counsel to SNC - Lavalin Group Inc. in the sale of, among others, its Colombian and Peruvian operations. The deal to sell SNC-Lavalin's Oil & Gas business to Kentech Corporate Holdings Inc. is...
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as Colombian legal counsel to IHS Towers in the acquisition of Centennial Towers Colombia S.A.S. in a regional operation involving Colombia and Brazil. The Colombian tranche of the transaction adds 217 towers in Colombia to the...
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as Colombian local counsel to Key Industries in the purchase of Murray's Colombian coal production business, by the purchase of the group of companies that are part of Colombian Natural Resources.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised Elis in the purchase of the industrial laundry business of Logistica Institucional Ultramatic, a Bucaramanga based company. The transaction will allow Elis to expand its presence in Colombia adding Bucaramanga to the cities where Elis...
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as legal counsel to Christofferson, Robb & Company LLC. in the acquisition of 100% of the subscribed and outstanding capital of Finsocial S.A.S. from I Medici S.A.S., Kandeo Spain Perú S.L. and Kandeo Spail Latam S.L.U.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised BERGÉ INFRAESTRUCTURAS Y SERVICIOS LOGÍSTICOS S.L., a reference operator in logistic services and solutions and leader in the Spanish market, in a vehicle transportation and value-added logistics joint venture with TRANSPORTES VIGÍA S.A.S. in Colombia.
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as legal counsel to John Laing, Construcciones El Cóndor S.A. and Concesión La Pintada in closing the acquisition by John Laing from Construcciones El Cóndor S.A. of its participation in 21.15% of the equity interest in...
Posse Herrera Ruiz has extensive experience and specialized team of lawyers advising leading companies in the agro and forestry industries not only in transactional matters, but also in corporate, real estate and regulatory matters, projects structuring, investments and land acquisitions in this industry among others.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised leading companies in the automotive industry in transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, competition and dispute resolutions among others.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised leading hotel chains and companies in the industry in corporate, real estate and transactional matters, project development, hotel operation, construction and tax planning among others.
Posse Herrera Ruiz regularly represents local and international financial institutions, borrowers, arrangers, lenders and participants, in their establishment in Colombia, in the largest syndicated loans granted by national and international financial institutions to the private sector. Our clients include local and international commercial banks, multilateral and export credit agencies, investment banks, financial corporations and pension funds.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised leading food and beverage companies in transactional matters, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, consumer protection, international commerce, and financing among others.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has a leading role in all key segments in the oil and gas industry in Upstream Offshore, the firm represents some of the largest player in the basin. Upstream Onshore, and in conventional the firm retains long standing clients. Regarding Unconventional we represent clients with frack shale gas well activities in the Magdalena Valley. We are also very active advising clients in Midstream and Downstream activities.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has been very successful as legal counsel for the structuring of public-private partnerships (PPPs), public procurement, public debt and governmental budget issues.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised leading companies in these industries in transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and international trade among others.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised leading pharmaceutical companies and health care providers in mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, consumer protection, international commerce, and financing among others.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised leading companies in the manufacure industry in transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, and international trade among others.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised leading retail companies in transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, competition and dispute resolution among others.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has an experienced team of lawyers in all areas of the power industry, allowing us to provide specialized advice to clients.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised leading companies in insurance and reinsurance matters in relation with mergers and acquisitions of insurance companies, dispute resolution, both arbitration and litigation, insurance and reinsurance policy review and analysis, and regulatory compliance and auditing.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has an experienced team of lawyers in all areas of the mining industry, allowing us to provide specialized advice to clients.
Posse Herrera Ruiz has advised leading companies in telecommunications, media and technology industry in transactional matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law and biding processes among others.
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as legal counsel to Parque Arauco in the sale of participation of two shopping centers with INMOVAL.
Posse Herrera Ruiz is unique in the breadth of its experience in the various sub-sectors of the energy and natural resources space. This allows us to remain ahead of our competitors and to have credibility with regulators (National Hydrocarbons Agency, Environmental Licensing Authority and Ministry of Mines and Energy) and industry federations (Colombian Petroleum Association, Colombian Mining Association), which we leverage for the benefit of our clients.
Posse Herrera Ruiz is a specialist law firm that, with a multidisciplinary and systematic approach, finds comprehensive, creative, prudent and value-added solutions that optimize the return on investment and minimize the risks of its clients. It has been committed to providing legal advice with the highest quality standards since its foundation, on the basis of the L. Posse y Cia firm, which dates back to 1927.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Santiago Osorio is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions.
His experience includes advising clients from different industries in local and international transactions, in venture capital matters, and in corporate and contractual law matters. Likewise, Santiago has experience in Competition Law, particularly in relation to business integration and restrictive competition practices.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Santiago worked in a boutique firm specialized in Competition Law.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Sergio Salazar is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2015. His practice focuses in real estate, urbanism and agribusiness in corporate legal advice structuring real estate projects (shopping malls, hotels, residential buildings, office complex, datacenters, warehouses and supply chain facilities, and built-to-suit developments). Sergio also advices the development and operation of said real estate projects through purchase and trust agreements and the incorporation of special purpose vehicles.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Susana Gómez is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Susana has 8 years of experience in the corporate and M&A law sector. She was linked to Posse Herrera Ruiz for more than 4 years in the same practice. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz again, she was a senior lawyer for corporate matters and customer relations for the Oleoducto de los Llanos Orientales / Oleoducto Bicentenario de Colombia and a senior lawyer for structured financing at Banco Itaú CorpBanca.
She is a lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and has a master's degree in law from Columbia University in the United States as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Victoria Vargas is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2014. Her professional practice focuses on insurance and conflict resolution.
Victoria has extensive experience in litigation, arbitration, administrative procedures and tax liability processes. She has judicially represented national and foreign companies. Likewise, she has provided advice and represented clients in relation to insurance and reinsurance contracts, coverage and claims. Additionally, she has experience in regulatory procedures of the insurance market before the Financial Superintendence of Colombia. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked at local firms.
Victoria is a lawyer from the Universidad del Rosario, has specializations in Commercial Law and Financial Law from the same University and a specialization in Insurance Law from the Universidad Javeriana. She is a member of the Colombian Insurance Association (ACOLDESE).
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz
Vivianne Baptiste is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on corporate law.
Vivianne has more than 16 years of experience in corporate matters and commercial contracting, advising local and international clients in the establishment and start of their businesses in Colombia, compliance with local law and in solving practical problems and handling and analysis of risks in your day-to-day activities.
Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she was a Corporate Advisor for the Andean Region of Laboratorios Baxter, associate of the corporate area in a local law firm and Legal Director of RTI Televisión.
She is a lawyer from the Universidad Javeriana, has specializations in Commercial Law from the Universidad de los Andes and in Contract Law and Legal Business Relations from the Externado University and a professional certificate in negotiation and conflict resolution from New York University.