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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 individuals)According to satisfied clients, Baker McKenzie S.A.S.’s corporate and M&A practice stands out for its ‘willingness to help solve client problems’ as well as its commitment to providing ‘almost immediate attention’. As a sizeable Bogotá platform in a global firm, the team is additionally distinguished by its popularity with multinational clients, who routinely engage the group to lead on the local, sometimes regional, aspects of headline-grabbing, multi-jurisdictional deals. A former Senior Vice President at Brookfield Asset Management, Andrés Crump fronts the M&A and private equity groups and is particularly noted for his experience in the infrastructure and power spheres. Among his recent transactions, the ‘cool and calm’ Crump advised Akzo Nobel on the acquisition of Grupo Orbis, which involved co-ordinating the acquisition of over 20 companies across the Latin American region. Clare Montgomery spearheads the companies, restructuring and investment unit and recently advised a multinational tobacco company on the implementation of a merger between two Colombian subsidiaries. Rounding out the senior partner group is high-profile transactional expert Jaime Trujillo
, who enjoys a strong regional reputation for his M&A, finance and private equity expertise. Among its younger partners, recently promoted Natalia Ponce de León stands out for her ‘high levels of responsibility, knowledge, availability and attitude’. The group also draws on a capable second line of corporate and M&A-focused associates, including seniors Alexandra Montealegre, Isabel Torres and Adriana Combatt, as well as intermediates Karen Santamaría, Juliana Gómez and Paola Gonzalez. Associate Juliana Tobón left the firm to go on study leave in August 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Arbitration
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A
- Labour and employment
- Dispute resolution > Litigation
- Tax