About

With dozens of brands available in over 60 countries, food processing and distribution conglomerate Grupo Nutresa is one of Colombia’s largest and best-known companies. General counsel and secretary general Jairo González Gómez joined the company in 2007 and has helped it grow both by overseeing a number of prominent acquisitions and informing its long-term strategy. In addition to serving as a core part of Nutresa’s management committee, González Gómez has built up a team of lawyers that is highly respected both within the company and by peers in the region as a whole. Highlights from his distinguished time as Nutresa’s general counsel include working on the acquisition of Tresmontes Lucchetti, Chile’s second largest food manufacturing company, in 2013 and helping to negotiate an agreement with Mexican multi-brand restaurant operator Alsea to open Starbucks Coffee outlets in Colombia. Prior to moving in-house, González Gómez was founder and director of the law firm Gonzalez Gomez Abogados. He is also a member of the panel of arbitrators of the Conciliation, Arbitration, and Amicable Settlement Center of the Medellín Chamber of Commerce.