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Laura Ospina, LL.M.

Senior Associate

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Laura Ospina, LL.M.

Senior Associate

Contact
CMS Rodríguez-Azuero
Carrera 11 #77a-99
Edificio Revista Semana
Bogotá
Colombia
Languages Spanish, English

Laura is a Senior Associate for the Firm in the Real Estate practice. She has more than 8 years of experience advising national and international clients in M&A transactions, private equity investments, structuring real estate and construction projects, drafting, and negotiating framework investment agreements, shareholders agreements, share and/or assets purchases agreements, trust and lease agreements, memorandums of understanding and term sheets. Moreover, Laura has experience in drafting and negotiating different commercial and civil contracts.

Laura is a lawyer of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and holds an LL.M from Northwestern University (Chicago) and a Certificate MBA del Instituto Empresa (Ie) (Madrid).

Professional Experience:

  • 2023-present – Senior Associate, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2020-2023 – Associate, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2018 - 2020– Associate, Advocat Servicios Legales Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2017-2018 – Advisor, Superintendencia de Sociedades, Bogotá Colombia
  • 2016 - 2018 – Junior Associate, Gómez Pinzón Abogados Bogotá, Colombia
  • 2015 - 2016 – Asociada junior, Parra Rodríguez Abogados, Bogotá, Colombia
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Awards & Rankings

  • Laura Ospina, Recommended Lawyer in Legal 500 Latin America 2024 in the area of Real Estate.
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Publications

  • Author, “The court mistakenly disregarded a key special rule on securities”, La República, July 18, 2017;
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Education

  • 2021 – LL.M, Northwestern University, Chicago, United States
  • 2021 – MBA Certificate, Instituto Empresa (Ie) Madrid, Spain
  • 2015 – Lawyer (JD), Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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Expertise

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27/09/2023
Recommendations and alternatives when acquiring a rural property 'as is'...
The Colombian legal system1Article 1889 of the Civil Code: If the property is sold as a specific thing, neither the buyer nor the seller shall have the right to ask for a reduction or increase in the...
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20/06/2023
How does the reform of the horizontal property law affect short-stay rentals...
Currently, there are two legislative projects with the intention of reforming Law 675 of 2001, which seek, among other things, to regulate short-stay rentals in horizontal properties in Colombia. Law...
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16/03/2023
Costs you should consider when buying or selling properties in Colombia
With the entry into force of Law 2277 of 2022, by which the tax reform was adopted in Colombia and with the update of the rates of notary and registry fees for 2023, the costs of the disposal of properties...
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09/12/2022
Real estate investment in Colombia for 2023 ¿who will benefit?
Over the last three years, humanity has faced unpredictable and improbable events that have let to economic crisis. Colombia, like all the global economies, have not being immune to its effects, in addition...
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20/12/2021
The co-ownership coefficient and common expenses: equity or subsidy?
Law 675 of 2001, which regulates the horizontal property regime in Colombia, stipulated the system of co-ownership coefficients as a mechanism to determine the participation of the co-owners in de­cision-mak­ing...
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11/11/2021
Legal uncertainty regarding the ownership of rural real estate in Colombia
Colombia does not have information that clearly determines the legal nature of rural real estate, since there is no public database that distinguishes vacant lands – which are state- owned - from private...
Newsletter
23/04/2021
The Due Dilligence Of the Trustee in Real Estate Projects
On December 9th, 2020, the Civil Decision Chamber of the Superior Tribunal of Bogotá (“Tribunal”) entered a judgment, as an appeal’s court, in the case initiated by Karen Andrea Vargas Ramirez...
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17/02/2021
Multi-purpose cadaster as a tool to generate efficiencies in Colombia’s...
Some of the main challenges that Colombia’s land ownership system faces are as follows: (i) the quality in the information of the land, and (ii) the lack of coordination between public records offices...
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16/12/2020
New norm amends the General Law of Tourism and regulates the provision...
On December 11, 2020, Congress approved the text of the law that amends the General Law of Tourism and issues other provisions. The law is expected to be approved by the Presidency of the Republic in...
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