Posse Herrera Ruiz — Colombia
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About
Posse Herrera Ruiz is a full-service law firm that uses a systematic, multi-disciplinary approach to find creative, prudent and value-generating business solutions, which optimise the client’s return on investment while minimizing risks. Posse Herrera Ruiz has been committed to providing legal services of the highest standard since its establishment on the foundations of the legal practice of L Posse y Cia, which dates back to 1927. International work: The majority of Posse Herrera Ruiz clients are multinationals, foreign investors and some of the largest Colombian corporations. Relevant transactions that Posse Herrera Ruiz has participated include Smurfit Kappa Group’s acquisition of the minority shares of Cartón de Colombia S.A.; Andean Cacao’s transfer to Andean Cacao AG. of a majority stake in Bacao S.A.S.; IFC’s Share Sale Agreement entered into with Alquería; Compañía de Seguros Bolívar S.A., Inversora Anagrama Inveranagrama S.A.S., Inversiones Financieras Bolívar S.A.S., Grupo Bolívar S.A., Seguros Comerciales Bolívar S.A. and Capitalizadora Bolívar S.A., as buyers, in the purchase of a minority participation of Banco Davivienda; Agrícola el Retiro, Agrícola Santamaría, CMA Terminals, C.I. Tropical, C.I. Unión de Bananeros de Urabá, PIO and Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional Banafrut’s investment agreement pursuant to which the parties will develop a multipurpose port terminal located in Bahía Colombia; Portland Private Equity’s acquisition of a stake in online grocery shopping platform Merqueo; Elis’ structuring of the purchase of the shares of Lavanderia Industrial Metropolitana S.A.S.; Saint-Gobain’s structuring of the joint venture with Tecnoglass; BTG PACTUAL and Inverlink’s structuring of the joint venture that will manage the real estate collective investment fund “BTG Pactual Rentas Inmobiliarias”; Grupo Aúna in Colombia’s acquisition of a 97.3% stake in Promotora Médica Las Americas; QBCo’s acquisition of certain assets and operations of Productos Pecolina Ltda.; Australis Partners Advisors’s acquisition of a 50% stake in Alianza Fiduciaria S.A. and Alianza Valores Comisionista de Bolsa S.A. and Bogotá Capital District and Grupo Energía Bogotá’s offer and sale of a 10.6% of the GEB shares owned by Bogotá Capital District; among others. The firm also advises clients, included in the list below, in the following industries: agro–industry and forestry; automotive; chemicals; energy and renewables; financial services; food and beverages; health care and pharmaceutical; hospitality and entertainment; infrastructure; insurance; logistics and transportation; mining; oil and gas; retain and technology, media and telecommunications. Languages: Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, German. Clients: Adidas, ADM, Anglo Gold Ashanti, Aon, Axa, Alpina, Banco Davivienda, Bancolombia, Banmédica, BNP Pariba, BofA/ Merril Lynch, BTG Pactual, Casa Editorial El Tiempo, Cencosud, Cerromatoso/South32, Cemex, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Coca-cola Femsa, Compañía de Petróleos de Chile, ConocoPhillips, Corpbanca, ED & F Man/Carcafe, Darby, DHL, Diageo, Distribuidora Nissan, Dole, Dunnhumby, Ecopetrol, Embraer, Fujifilm, Fujitsu, GDF Suez, GE, IFC, Google Colombia Limitada, Grupo Argos S.A, Head Hunters International, Indra, JPMorgan, Jerónimo Martins Colombia S.A.S, Kramer electronics USA, Kimberly-Clark, Lukoil, Mead Johnson, Nabors, Pepsico, Nestle S.A, Porsche, Productos Ramo S.A, Quiñenco, Refinería de Cartagena Reficar, Repsol, Seguros Bolivar, Shell, Skanska, Scotiabank, Sony Colombia S.A, Schneider Electric Industries, Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana, Syngenta, Termotasajero, Terpel, Team Foods Colombia S.A, Toshiba Tec, Trafigura, Tyco, UPS, Unilever, Vale, Verizon and Yara. ### Languages - English - Spanish - French - Portuguese - German ### Memberships - Advoc - Concilium - Employment Law Alliance - ELA - Interlaw - Meritas International Law Firms ### Staffing Figures - 153 Other fee-earners - 254 Total staff
Office locations
Barranquilla
Barranquilla
Posse Herrera Ruiz Cra 53 No 82-86 Piso 4 Barranquilla Colombia
Bogota
Bogota
Posse Herrera Ruiz Cra 7 No 71-52 Torre A, Piso 5 Bogotá Bogota Colombia
Medellin
Medellin
Posse Herrera Ruiz Cra 43a No 1-50 Torre A, Oficina 864 Medellín Medellin Colombia
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Alejandro Casas
Alejandro Casas is an Associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz His practice focuses on the area of Dispute Resolution. · Dispute Resolution
Andrés Montoya
Andrés Montoya is a Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. He heads the Real Estate, Urbanism & Agribusiness practice area. · Real Estate
Camila Páez
Camila Páez Parra became an associate at Posse Herrera Ruiz in 2022. Her professional practice focuses on corporate criminal law and compliance. · Criminal Law
Carolina Posada
Carolina Posada is a Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz, co-directs the area of Dispute Resolution and focuses in national and international arbitration, as well as in judicial processes. · Dispute Resolution
Catalina Noreña
Catalina Noreña is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her professional practice focuses on Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions. · Corporate / M&A
Cristina Vásquez
Cristina Vásquez is partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz, leader of the Infrastructure and Public Law practice. Her professional practice focuses on Infrastructure, Projects and Public Law. · Infrastructure
Daniel Posse
Daniel Posse co-directs the area of Dispute Resolution and focuses in national and international arbitration, as well as in judicial proceedings and insolvency matters. He has more than 35 years of experience, and his practice is specialized in disputes related to construction, infrastructure, distribution contracts, telecommunications, M&A, corporate matters, and trust-related disputes. · Dispute Resolution
Diana Salazar
Diana Salazar is a counselor at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her professional practice focuses on natural resources and energy as well as insurance. · Energy & Natural Resources
Erika Serrano
Erika Serrano is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her practice focuses on Natural Resources and Environmental Law. · Environmental Law
Estefanía Ponce
Estefanía Ponce is a partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz. She focuses her practice on arbitration and arbitration-related litigation. She is admitted to the practice of law in Colombia, she is a member of the New York State Bar and she has been admitted to the Paris Bar. · International Arbitration
Gabriel Sánchez
Gabriel Sánchez is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz, his practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions and has extensive experience in corporate matters. · Corporate / M&A
Helena Camargo
Helena Camargo is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. She leads the IP team, overseeing the practice and focusing on international patent, trademark, copyright, and health registration searches and registrations. She has extensive experience in the management of international trademark and patent portfolios. · Intellectual Property
Héctor Otálora
Héctor Otálora is an associate of Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on Real Estate Law, Urban Planning and Agroindustry. · Real Estate
Jaime Cubillos
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. · Corporate / M&A
Jaime Enrique Gómez
Jaime Enrique Gómez is Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on tax planning and international investment. · Tax
Jaime Herrera
Jaime Herrera is a founding partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz. Direct the corporate department and mergers and acquisitions. · Corporate / M&A
Jesús Albarrán
Jesús Albarrán is a partner of Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on financial law and capital markets. · Banking & Finance
Jorge de los Ríos
Jorge De los Ríos is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on Competition Law, Consumer Protection, Unfair Competition Litigation, Protection of Personal Data, and Compliance. He has extensive experience advising on regulatory matters in the food industry, alcoholic beverages, the pharmaceutical industry, the tobacco industry, and the cosmetics and personal care products and home industries. He has advised multinational and local companies in multiple cases of business concentrations in Colombia and globally and has participated in some of the most relevant cases of business cartels in Colombia. · Competition Law
José Alejandro Torres
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. · Infrastructure & Public Law
Juan Bonilla
Juan Pablo Bonilla is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on conflict resolution. · Dispute Resolution
Juan Camilo De Bedout
Juan Camilo De Bedout is a Partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz, where he leads the area of tax, customs and transfer pricing litigation and controversy. His professional practice focuses on tax planning, taxes, transfer pricing, controversy, and tax and customs litigation. · Tax
Juan Guillermo Ruiz
Juan Guillermo Ruiz is partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. He leads the tax, customs, and foreign trade practices of the firm. His work focuses on tax law, with a main emphasis in tax structuring, business tax consultancy, wealth asset protection, and transfer pricing. · Tax
Maria Isabel Osorio
María Isabel Osorio has been a director of Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2024. Her professional practice focuses on dispute resolution. · Dispute Resolution
Mariana Sánchez
Mariana Sánchez is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her professional practice focuses on Natural Resources, Energy, and Infrastructure. · Natural Resources
María Paula Sánchez
María Paula Sánchez Niño is a partner of the Customs and International Trade practice of Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2021. María Paula has more than 13 years of experience in Customs Law, International Trade, Trade Remedies (anti-dumping), Litigation in Customs Law, Free Trade Zones, International Economic Law, Foreign Investment, Foreign Exchange Law, Tax Law related to trade operations and international contracts. · Customs
Natalia Escobar
Natalia Escobar is a partner in Posse Herrera Ruiz since 2022, Financial Law & Capital Markets department. She has over 15 years of experience in local and international financial regulation matters, and in lending and capital market transactions. · Banking & Finance
Oscar Tutasaura
Oscar Tutasaura is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and privatizations. · Corporate / M&A
Pablo Enrique Sierra
Pablo Sierrais a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on litigation. · Litigation
Pablo Sierra
Pablo Sierrais a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His professional practice focuses on litigation. · Litigation
Susana Gómez
Susana Gómez is partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. Her professional practice focuses on Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions. · Corporate / M&A
Vicente Umaña
Vicente Umaña Carrizosa is a partner with extensive legal and business experience in managing corporate labor relations both in Colombia and the Latam region, including developing and implementing labor legal strategies for corporations, overseeing and managing relationships with Colombian labor unions, and negotiating collective bargaining agreements. · Labor & Employment
Álvaro José Rodríguez
Álvaro José Rodríguez is a partner at Posse Herrera Ruiz. His practice focuses on natural resources and energy, specializing in oil and gas, mining and environmental law, mergers and acquisitions, and financing of the electricity sector. · Energy & Natural Resources