Mr Jose Daniel Porras Nicholls > Suma Legal > Medellín, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Suma Legal Offices
CALLE 5A #39-93, EDIFICIO CORFIN (OF. 601)
MEDELLÍN
ANTIOQUIA
Colombia
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Mr Jose Daniel Porras Nicholls
Work Department
Private Law, Public Law, Contractual Law. Leads the entrepreneurship area in Suma Legal
Position
Senior Lawyer
Career
Her professional practice is focused on working with social organizations in the areas of corporate, administrative and contractual law, with experience in project formulation and accompaniment in entrepreneurship, business development and in science, technology and innovation entities.
His practice is framed within the framework of comprehensive legal support to organizations such as Fundación Proantioquia, Corporación Ruta N, Corporación Biosuroeste, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín, Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín, Parque Explora, Atlético Nacional, EAFIT, Comfama, Cámara de Comercio de Medellín, Créame; institutions that have led Medellín’s transformation process in the last few decades.
Projects:
– Proyecto Taparales: first pilot project to involve the private sector in the reincorporation of former combatants of the guerrilla group FARC in Colombia.
– Biosuroeste: first public-private agro-park based on science, technology and innovation created as a platform for territorial development.
– Centro para la Cuarta Revolución Industrial de Colombia: accompanying the formalization of the first center for the fourth revolution in Latin America in conjunction with the World Economic Forum, the national government and the territorial government.
Languages
Español e inglés
Education
Lawyer from EAFIT University, specialist in Public Law from EAFIT University and MBA from EAE Business School in Barcelona.
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > City focus > Medellín
Founded in 2006, Suma Legal is a mid-size Medellín firm with an emphasis on corporate and M&A, dispute resolution, insurance, and labour and employment work. Among the names to note, founding partner Mauricio Ortega Jaramillo is a multidisciplinary practitioner with a particular focus on corporate and commercial matters —including M&A— national and international investment projects, and tax law; he also has experience in judicial and arbitral proceedings. Carmela Rodriguez Jaramillo has a 17-year trajectory in contractual, corporate, M&A and tax matters; she co-heads the firm’s offerings in those areas alongside Ortega. Rounding out the partner group is Mateo Peláez García, who leads the dispute resolution, insurance and real estate teams. The practice also draws on a capable pool of associates, including Marcela Flórez Sierra (contractual, corporate and personal data protection law); José Daniel Porras (administrative, environmental and commercial law); and Alejandro Gómez Zapata (corporate and commercial law).