Maria Clara Palacio > UH Abogados > Medellin, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
UH Abogados Offices
Carrera 29C #10C - 125
Office 401. Select Business Tower
MEDELLIN
Colombia
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Maria Clara Palacio
Work Department
Corporate and M&A; Commercial
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Maria Clara has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), corporate and commercial law, advising companies from different sectors. She has participated in important transactions, leading the negotiation of transactional documents, including investment and purchase agreements. She also has vast experience advising Corporate Venture Capital firms in the due diligence process and negotiation of investment documents.
Languages
Spanish, English
Education
Maria Clara graduated as lawyer from the Externado de Colombia University and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Legal Advice (LL.M.) with an MBA module from the Instituto de Empresa (Madrid, Spain). She also participated in an academic exchange semester at the University of California Hastings College of the Law (San francisco California)
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > City focus > Medellín
Based in Medellín, UH Abogados’ alliance with national heavyweight Brigard Urrutia additionally provides the mid-sized firm with access to a leading Bogotá platform. The group is primarily recognised for its ‘extensive knowledge of real estate law’ as well as for its corporate practice (both departments are ranked nationally), while it also handles dispute resolution, corporate compliance, labour and employment, insurance and tax-related matters. Carolina Uribe and Carlos Henao jointly lead the real estate and the corporate teams; they recently paired up to advise Londoño Gómez and Arquitectura & Concreto on the structuring of a macro-project development intended for housing, commerce and services in the municipality of Bello in Antioquia. Rounding out the partner group is Juan Bernardo Tascón, who heads the litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution practice, and has more than 15 years of experience as a trial lawyer. Key associates include Maria Adelaida Zapata, who specialises in real estate; Daniela Vélez. who has an emphasis on corporate and commercial law; Óscar Fernando Jiménez, who supports on contentious work; and corporate-focused Maria Clara Palacio, who arrived in July 2022 from BDO Colombia.