Mr Daniel Ossa Gómez > Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados > Medellin, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados Offices
CARRERA 43, NO 36-39 ED CENTRO 2000
OFICINA 406
MEDELLIN
Colombia
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Mr Daniel Ossa Gómez
Work Department
Mr. Daniel Ossa Gómez works in the following Departments of the firm: Insurance, Civil and State´s Liability and Fiscal Liability.
In the Department of Insurance his work unit is compossed of the following associates and partners: Carlos Andrés González (partner), Laura Castaño Echeverri (partner), Margarita Rosa Jaramillo Cossio (partner), Daniel Bedoya Maya (associate), Juliana Gómez Londoño (associate) and Carolina de la Torre Ávila (associate).
In the Department of Fiscal Libility his work unit is compossed of the following associates and partners: Margarita Rosa Jaramillo Cossio (partner), Daniel Jaramillo Cadavid (associate) and Santiago Arrázola Berrío (associate).
In the Department of Civil and State´s Liability his work unit is compossed of the following associates and partners: Luis Miguel Gómez Gómez (partner), Daniel Jaramillo Cadavid (associate), Luis David Pérez Muñoz (associate), Santiago Arrázola Berrío and Ricardo Machado Ángel (associate).
Position
Mr. Ossa Gómez joined the firm as a partner on October, 2020. His main areas of practice are Insurance, Civil and State´s Liability and Fiscal Liability.
In the area of Fiscal Liability, Mr. Ossa Gómez provides advice in proceedings before all colombian comptroller offices derived from fraud causing damages to the State, due to the public officials or State contractor´s conduct.
Also, in the area of Insurance, he provides advice in legal and technical situations related to insurance contracts. Particularly, he attends judicial and extrajudicial claims, objections and reconsiderations, among others.
In the area of Civil and State´s Liability, Mr. Ossa Gómez assists the firm´s clients in class action´s law suits brought to court in matters related with: land and air transportation accidents, collapse or ruin of constructions of all kinds, environmental pollution, earthquakes, explosions, floods, fires, defective or dangerous products, etc.
Career
Mr. Daniel Ossa Gómez, has a Master of Laws (merit) at Newcastle University (UK), he is Graduate from a Degree in Tort and Civil Liability (Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana), and a specialist in Insurance Law (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana). Has published multiple articles in indexed journals and has also served as a peer-reviewer for them. Currently works as a lecturer in several Colombian Universities in the courses of Medical malpractice, insurance law, and general tort law.
During his studies he has earned multiple awards and scholarships, as the Santander Universities Scholarship and Sir Mark Waller Scholarship from Newcastle University (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK), the Order to the Academic Javerian Merit from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota, Colombia), and the Distinguished Student Award from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Medellin, Colombia). Has also received awards for his publications, such as the José Ignacio de Márquez Junior Award for Economic Law Research, and has earned one of the top 10 national results in the National Exam for the soon-to-be-graduated lawyers (ECAES).
In his working experience, he has worked as an associate at Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados from 2011 until 2018, when he left the country to pursue his masters (LLM) at the UK. While studying his masters, he worked for Newcastle University as a Postgraduate Student Ambassador, and after his graduation, he returned to Colombia. Once returned to his country, he worked as a senior level lawyer (Abogado C) at Empresas Públicas de Medellin (EPM), the biggest public utility services Company in Colombia (and one of the biggest in south america) and constructor of the Ituango Power Plant, which will be the most important hydroelectric power plant in the country. In October 2020, he left EPM and re-joined Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados, as a partner.
Mr. Ossa Gómez is a lawyer with extensive knowledge and experience in the insurance sector. Not only has several formal studies on the subject and is a lecturer in several universities about them, but also, he has been a key member of the teams that have successfully-handled large claims and litigation in the insurance field. As an associate at the Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados law firm, he actively contributed to the success of major claims and legal defenses for the firm’s clients. Later, he worked for EPM as one of the most important lawyers handling the contingency of the Ituango Hydroelectric Power Plant (Hidroituango), both in its Civil Liability insurance and the Construction and Erection All Risk (CAR) policy, which is one of the most expensive insurance losses world-wide.
Languages
English and Spanish.
Education
Mr. Daniel Ossa Gómez, has a Master of Laws (merit) at Newcastle University (UK), he is Graduate from a Degree in Tort and Civil Liability (Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana), and a specialist in Insurance Law (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana).
During his studies he has earned multiple awards and scholarships, as the Santander Universities Scholarship and Sir Mark Waller Scholarship from Newcastle University (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK), the Order to the Academic Javerian Merit from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota, Colombia), and the Distinguished Student Award from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Medellin, Colombia). Has also received awards for his publications, such as the José Ignacio de Márquez Junior Award for Economic Law Research, and has earned one of the top 10 national results in the National Exam for the soon-to-be-graduated lawyers (ECAES).
Leisure
Mr. Daniel Ossa Gómez’s main leisure activities are reading, traveling, exercising, watching movies and spending time with his family and friends.
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Dispute resolution > Litigation
(Next Generation Partners)According to clients, Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados’ team is composed of ‘people with diverse skills who generate deliverables with a holistic, complete and efficient analysis’. A prominent name for insurance work, the firm’s contentious expertise extends beyond insurance to take in construction, consumer law and administrative law disputes, among other matters. Up-and-coming litigators Laura Castaño Echeverri and Daniel Ossa Gómez are highlighted together as ‘very smart and strategic lawyers’; they teamed up with firm founder and high-profile insurance expert Javier Tamayo Jaramillo
to successfully represent the inhabitants of the ‘Space’ building in their lawsuit seeking compensation for damages caused by construction deficiencies. The group also draws on risk analysis partner Carlos Andrés González, who is ‘skilled in strategic litigation and civil liability’; and Luis Miguel Gómez, who specialises in dispute resolution, and civil and state liability. Key associates include Daniel Bedoya and Manuel Cadavid Valencia. Luis David Pérez left the firm in November 2023.
Colombia > Insurance
According to sources, Medellín-based boutique Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados ‘is characterised by its highly specialised knowledge in insurance and liability issues’. With experience across a wide range of regulatory, commercial and contentious issues, the group is differentiated by its robust activity in judicial and extrajudicial claims and contractual matters. Widely regarded as a reference in the market, firm founder Javier Tamayo Jaramillo stands out for his practical and academic credentials. Tamayo Jaramillo steers a ‘young, diverse, passionate and disciplined work team’ that includes risk analysis partner Carlos Andres Gonzales Galvís, who has a ‘broad vision of the law’; Laura Castaño Echeverri, who is recommended for her record in insurance litigation (including medical liability); Daniel Ossa Gómez, who has an emphasis on civil and state liability; and associate Daniel Bedoya, who is highlighted as a ‘lawyer with extensive experience despite his youth’.
Colombia > City focus > Medellín
According to some, insurance and dispute resolution boutique Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados fields ‘the best offering in terms of insurance law’. Founded in Medellín in 1980, the firm additionally leverages a well-staffed Bogotá platform and is nationally regarded as a destination practice for contentious insurance work. The team enjoys close links with local insurance heavyweight Suramericana, while it also acts for major multinational insurers and reinsurers from its Medellín headquarters, including HDI Seguros and Chubb Seguros Colombia. Founding partner Javier Tamayo Jaramillo is considered by many as a reference in the market for insurance law and recently represented Inversiones Techcolombia in a dispute against its insurer, Seguros Bolívar. Other recommended names include Carlos Andres Gonzales Galvís, who has a focus on complex insurance litigation; next-generation insurance specialists Laura Castaño Echeverri and Daniel Ossa Gómez; dispute resolution partner Luis Miguel Gómez; and Margarita Rosa Jaramillo, who handles fiscal liability and insurance. Rising star associate, Daniel Bedoya, is also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Medellín Colombia > City focus
- Next Generation Partners Colombia > Dispute resolution > Litigation
- Insurance Colombia
- Litigation Colombia > Dispute resolution