Natural Resources and Energy

Francisco Urrutia is a Special Counsel at Posse Herrera Ruiz. He is co-head of the Natural Resources and Energy Department. His practice focuses on joint ventures, negotiations and government relations in the oil and gas, mining and power generation sectors. Francisco has held many important corporate positions at leading companies, including: President of Legis (the leading Colombian publisher of legal materials), Vice-president of Panamco (Coca-Cola bottlers), and Legal Department Manager and C...

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...

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...

Catalina Borda is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Natural Resources. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked at a local law firm. She has a JD from Universidad del Rosario and a graduate degree in Oil & Gas and Mining Law from Universidad Externado de Colombia. She is fluent in Spanish and English. ...

Diana Salazar is a Special Counsel at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Natural Resources & Energy and Insurances. Diana has worked in the mining sector in Australia and Colombia, advising mining companies in connection with various exploration and production projects, with emphasis on contracts associated with the construction and commissioning of mining projects, such as EPCM, EPC, trade and supply and insurance contracts and agreements with the communities within the area of influ...

Maria Catalina Visbal is an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Natural Resources and Environmental Law. Maria Catalina has experience advising mainly to mining and oil companies in the areas of environmental and foreign exchange law. Before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she worked in the following areas in local law firms: Environmental, Foreign Exchange and Corporate law. She has a JD from Universidad de Los Andes. Her native language is Spanish and she is fluent in English....

Mariana Sánchez is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Natural Resources, Energy and Infrastructure. Mariana has 18 years of experience, before joining Posse Herrera Ruiz, she was the legal director in Colombia of the Trafigura Group and was responsible for legal matters of the company including issues related to ports, transportation, construction, lands, environment, mining and trading of commodities. She also worked for international and local law firms and was in-house c...

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....