Corporate Law

Jaime Herrera is a founding partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz. He heads the Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Law practice groups of the firm. His practice focuses on M&As, Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Energy Law. Jaime advises clients on corporate expansion, investment strategies, complex local and international financings, and M&A in various sectors of the economy. He received a Degree in Intellectual Property Law from Queen Mary College of the University of London, and a JD...

Ernesto Cavelier is a partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz. He works in Corporate Law, M&A, and in Technology, Media and Telecommunications with an emphasis in Digital Law. He is also co-director of the intellectual property department and specializes in intellectual property licensing processes and aspects of intellectual property in relation to business law. Intellectual assets often play a role in contracts or transactions where their advice is requested, after having acted for clients in matters in...

Jose Alejandro Torres is a partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Law. He heads the infrastructure and PPPs practice group and co-heads the Real Estate Development and Trusts practice group. Jose Alejandro has experience representing several local and international clients in corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, financial structures and foreign investments. In addition he has specific experience in the design, structuring and developme...

Jaime Cubillos is a partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on corporate transactions with a focus on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, representing acquirers and targets in cross-border acquisitions, auctions, dispositions and joint ventures. Prior to joining the firm, Jaime worked for over 5 years in the New York offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. During his time at Skadden, Jaime was highly active in cross-border M&A transactions in Latin ...

Oscar Tutasaura is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and Privatizations. Oscar’s Mergers and Aquisitions experience includes representing buyers, sellers and governmental entities in domestic and cross border transactions and privatizations in a series of industries including energy, insurance, pharmaceutical, infrastructure, food, chemical, automotive, and retail stores. Oscar has experience advising buyers and sellers in cross b...

Vivianne Baptiste is an associate in Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her professional practice focuses in corporate law. Vivianne has more tan 14 years of experience in corporate matters and commercial contracts, advising and supporting local and international clients in the incorporation and start up of their business in Colombia, the compliance with local law, and in practical problem solving and risk management on their day to day operations. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she was Corporate Counsel for...

Juliana Duque is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on corporate, contractual and commercial law. Juliana has 8 years of experience in private sector. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she was legal coordinator for an investment banking firm; senior lawyer at a local law firm; and in-house counsel of LG Electronics Colombia Ltda. She has a JD from Universidad de la Sabana and a graduate degree in Taxation Law from Universidad Javeriana. Her native language is Spanish and ...

Maria Garrido is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Corporate Law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked at Fiduciaria Bancolombia and a local firm. She is fluent in Spanish and English....

Alvaro José Rodríguez is a Partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Natural Resources and Energy, with special emphasis on Oil and Gas, Mining and Environmental Law, Acquisitions and Divestitures, and Financing of the power industry. Alvaro José works on structuring, documentation and negotiation of oil and gas and mining transactions, including host country agreements, shareholder agreements and operating agreements. He has advised major international companies in their acquisit...

Sebastian Lora is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz in the corporate law and financial law and capital markets practice areas. Prior to joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Sebastian worked as an associate in the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York. Sebastian has a J.D. and a post-graduate degree in commercial law from the Universidad de los Andes and an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. His experience in financial law and capital markets includes advising compani...

Emilia Arango is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Corporate and Commercial Law. Emilia has 3 years of experience in corporate and commercial law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked at the Colombian Embassy before the Kingdom of the Netherlands and at a local law firm. She has a JD from Universidad Javeriana and a graduate degree in Commercial Law from the same university. She speaks Spanish and English....

Julián Manrique is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Corporate Law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Julian worked at a local law firm. He has a JD from Universidad de los Andes. Julián speaks Spanish and English....

Eliana Galindo is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Corporate and Commercial Law. She has a JD from Universidad del Rosario and a graduate degree in Business Law from Universidad del Rosario and an L.L.M. from Northwestern University. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked at a local law firm. She speaks Spanish and English....

Valentina Trujillo is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Corporate and Commercial Law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked in Almacenes Exito and First American Realty Medellin . She has a JD from Universidad Eafit. She speaks Spanish, English and French....

Carolina Hernández is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Corporate Law and in Mergers and Acquisitions. Carolina has more than 13 years of experience handling of corporate and contractual matters and foreign investment, before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she was a senior manager of the legal practice of a big four consulting firm, and an associate of the mergers and acquisitions practice of a local law firm. She has a JD from Universidad Javeriana, a graduate degree i...

Gabriel Sánchez is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate law. Gabriel joined the firm in 2008. He was an international intern at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (New York office) between 2012 and 2013, in the finance and M&A departments, where he was involved in various project finance transactions representing lenders and insurers in infrastructure deals in Latin America and in M&A deals in Colombia. He has been involved in numerou...

Lina Vélez is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on corporate law, and focuses on cross border M&A, corporate restructurings and and financing deals. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked for more than 2 years at the New York offices of Jones Day. During her time at Jones Day, Lina participated in several complex international deals involving different jurisdictions such as the United States, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Panama and Peru, and sectors such ...

Santiago Osorio is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Corporate and Commercial Law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, he worked at a local law firm. He has a JD from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. He speaks Spanish and English....

Nicolas Peña is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Corporate and Commercial Law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Nicolas worked at the Embassy of Colombia to the United States in Washington, D.C., at the political affairs area. He holds a JD from PontificiaUniversidad Javeriana. He speaks Spanish and English....

Silvia Otero is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses in corporate and natural resources law. Silvia has 6 years of experience and is a Fulbright Scholar. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked with Hogan Lovells as part of the Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects group. She was also Legal Counsel for Weatherford Colombia Ltd. She speaks Spanish and English....

Juliana Castaño is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz.  Her practice focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate law. Prior to rejoining the firm in 2017, she was an international associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (New York office) between 2016 and 2017, in the Investment Management Group. She received her LL.M from Columbia Law School in 2016, where she was a Harlan Fiske Scholar, and her Law Degree from Universidad EAFIT. Juliana received her Post Graduate Degree in International ...

Andrés Serrano is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on corporate and commercial law. Andrés a has 3 years of experience in corporate law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, he was in-house counsel of Terranum (Santo Domingo Business Group) and Thomas Greg & Sons. He has a JD from Universidad Externado de Colombia, a graduate degree in Commercial Law from Universidad de los Andes and an LLM in International Business Law from King's  College London. He speaks Spanish and...

Manuela Escobar is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses in Public Contract Law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked at a local law firm in the city of Medellín, where she legally managed several public entities like Corporación Ruta N, Plaza Mayor S.A, and Jardín Botánico de Medellín. She is a lawyer graduated from Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana and has a Degree in Public Law and Public Contracting from the Universidad Externado de Colombia and a Masters degre...

Natalia Fernández is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on competition law, consumer protection, and data protection. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she coordinated the Center for Competition Law Studies, and she worked for two local law firms, and at the Superintendence of Industry and Trade. She has a JD from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, a post-graduate degree in competition law from the same university, and a masters on competition and regulatory law from Frei...

Arturo Umaña Pizano is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Corporate Law and M&A. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Arturo worked at several local law firms and focused in different areas, such as Anti-Trust, Customs, International Commerce, Infrastructure and Corporate Finance. He has a JD from Universidad de los Andes and has a pending degree in a Masters in Private Law from the same university. He speaks Spanish, English and French....

Silvia Pinzón Trujillo is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Corporate and Commercial Law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, Silvia worked in local firms in the Corporate Law area as well as Consultant Lawyer in the Public Procurement and Insurance Law area. She speaks Spanish and English....

Natalia Martínez Pacheco is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). Natalia has 3 years of experience in corporate counseling. Prior to joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she was a lawyer in a local law firm. She has a JD from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. She speaks Spanish and English....

María Camila Pérez is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate/Commercial law. María Camila  has 2 years of experience working as a lawyer in a major oil and gas company in Colombia. She has a JD from Universidad de los Andes, with minors in Management, Entrepreneurship and Journalism. She also has a graduate degree in International Business Law from Universidad de los Andes. She speaks Spanish and English....