Maria Clara Munera > OlarteMoure > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
OlarteMoure Offices
Carrera 5 No. 34 - 03
Bogotá
110311
Colombia
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Maria Clara Munera
Work Department
Trademarks, Unfair Competition, Restrictive Practices, Consumer Protection.
Position
Partner | Head of Medellin Office
Career
Maria Clara Munera received her law degree from the Pontifical Bolivariana University (Medellin, Colombia) in 1992. In 1996 she obtained a Specialization on the Legal, Finance and Accounting Regime, of Taxes from Andes University (Bogota, Colombia). She was a COLFUTURO scholarship recipient and attended Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) where she obtained an LL.M. and graduated cum laude in 2000.
She started her professional career as a lawyer in Dr. Ignacio Sanín Bernal´s office in commercial law, corporate and contract areas. She then joined Baker & McKenzie in Bogota in the Intellectual Property area, working in the trademark area. When she returned to Medellin, she worked for Cadenalco S.A (presently Éxito Group) in the Legal Department, where she was in charge of contracts, goods and health registrations. Later, she worked at Confecciones Colombia S.A where she oversaw market access and made part of the textile and manufacturing sector committee that traveled to Washington D.C on several occasions to lobby the U.S Congress for the renovation of tariff preferences (ATPA and ATPDA). At OlarteMoure she is the manager and local partner in the Medellin office, managing several IP portfolios for local clients.
Languages
Spanish and English
Education
Maria Clara Munera received her law degree from the Pontifical Bolivariana University (Medellin, Colombia) in 1992. In 1996 she obtained a Specialization on the Legal, Finance and Accounting Regime, of Taxes from Andes University (Bogota, Colombia). She was a COLFUTURO scholarship recipient and attended Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) where she obtained an LL.M. and graduated cum laude in 2000.
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > City focus > Medellín
OlarteMoure’s Medellín branch has been advising clients for over a decade and its local credentials are evidenced by its activity for some of the region’s leading business entities, including Grupo Nutresa, Grupo Familia and Cementos Argos. That being said, the firm also services its enviable roster of multinational clients from its Medellín base. The sizeable 18-lawyer practice group specialises in intellectual property —in line with the larger national firm’s signature strength— with robust offerings in patents, trade marks and anti-piracy, among other practice areas. The ‘always attentive’ María Clara Múnera heads the Medellín office and handles a mix of trade mark, copyright, corporate affairs, consumer protection and patent-related work. Litigation head Juan Felipe Acosta splits his time between Medellín and Bogotá, which demonstrates the strategic importance of the branch to the wider firm. Additionally, the anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting team is led nationally from Medellín, with department head Camilo Bernal noted for his broad experience in contentious matters. The office also draws on a sizeable second line of associates, as well as various other IP professionals, including engineers.