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Ms Clare Montgomery
Work Department
Company Law
Position
Partner
Career
Clare Montgomery joined the Firm in 1994 after working at a law firm in London from 1992 to 1994. For more than 25 years, she has advised important national clients on corporate reorganization matters.
Clare has led the Companies, Corporate Restructuring and Foreign Investment Group since 2007 and was named a partner in 2019.
She has been a member of the board of directors of the British Colombian Chamber for four years and has been an external advisor to the Board of Directors of the British Embassy since 2018. She participated in the constitution of Women in Connection in Colombia – an association of women leaders that, from the diversity of roles of its members, seeks to transcend the empowerment of women and their role in the business sector, where she is an active member and also member of the Legal Committee of the Association.
She has participated in the discussion groups of the Superintendency of Companies on issues related to the revision of some chapters of the commercial code, specifically issues of transparency and disclosure of information from business groups and registry of last beneficiaries – a responsibility of shareholders, among others. She is a member of the Baker & McKenzie Management Committee and the firm’s Pro Bono partner since 2021. She has been a professor of the postgraduate course in International Business Law at the Universidad Externado in Bogotá since 2005.
Clare focuses her practice on corporate law, mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, foreign exchange law, free trade zones and foreign investment. She participates in complex cross-border restructuring projects, mergers and acquisitions of multinational and local companies in Colombia, shareholder agreements, as well as foreign exchange law and free trade zones.
Languages
English - Spanish
Education
- Universidad Javeriana (Qualification as a Lawyer in Colombia) (1996)
- Nottingham Trent University (CPE / Law Society Finals) (1992)
- University College. London (Story) (1985)
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Corporate and M&A
(Leading partners)Baker McKenzie S.A.S.’s corporate and M&A practice in Bogotá forms a key part of the global firm’s wider Latin America offering, serving as a strategic hub for cross-border work across the region. Commended for its ability to provide ‘solutions from a practical and legal point of view’, the sizeable group handles the full range of corporate, M&A and restructuring work, with particular experience in multi-jurisdictional transactions involving multiple countries and regulatory issues. In a recent example, go-to corporate heavyweight Jaime Trujillo
acted together with Clare Montgomery (who fronts the companies, restructuring and investment practice) and the New York office to advise Sanofi on the sale of Genfar — its generics business in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador — to Eurofarma Laboratorios. The ‘outstanding’ Andrés Crump spearheads the M&A and private equity practices and teamed up with the Palo Alto office to advise Snowflake on its indirect acquisition of the Colombian subsidiary of Mobilize.Net. Rounding out the senior names is dual-qualified (Colombia/New York) partner Natalia Ponce de León, who had leading roles on a string of matters during 2023/24, with a focus on the healthcare and energy industries. The department additionally draws on a deep pool of associates including senior Alexandra Montealegre, who has strong international experience gained during an earlier career stint at a New York firm; and intermediates Karen Santamaría, Paola Gonzalez and Juliana Gómez. Senior associate Adriana Combatt moved in house at Altra Investments in March 2023, while senior associate Isabel Torres departed for Geopark in October 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Labour and employment
- Dispute resolution > Litigation
- Tax