Lawyer degree from la Universidad de los Andes Colombia, Graduate studies: LL.M from Tulane University New Orleans, currently Legal Director of Procolombia since 2010, Previously worked at the Law Firm Paredes Mansfield & Cia in Bogotá in the areas of Corporate law and Foreign Investment. Training Programs and Certificates in Admiralty, Marine and Law of the Sea from the International Ocean Institute, Dalhousie University, Canada May-July 2005, Marco Polo Academy Xiamen China, 2007, Academy at The international Foundation for the Law of the Sea Hamburg Germany 2009, JICA Training Program Advocating a Law-Oriented Infrastructure to Promote Direct Investment.

SENIOR PARTNER OF SANCLEMENTE FERNANDEZ ABOGADOS S.A., SINCE 2001

AREAS OF PRACTICE: Foreign Investment, Corporate, M&A, Oil, Mining and Pharmaceutical.

EDUCATION:
Lawyer, admitted in Colombia, 1989
Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogota - Colombia (1989)
Master of Laws -LLM, Georgetown University, Washington, USA (1991);
European Community Law, Instituto Universitario Europeo, Florence – Italy (1991).

As a partner of SANCLEMENTE FERNANDEZ ABOGADOS Diana is recognized for providing highly personalized service and always delivering on time. Her practice includes assisting oil companies (E&P and service companies), mining companies and multinational corporations of the pharmaceutical industry with business in Colombia, among others. In addition she is a member of Board of Directors in different companies including pharmaceutical, oil sector, automotive and financial institutions, as well as a member of AIPN (Association of International Petroleum Negotiators). She is currently ranked in Chambers and Partners Leading Lawyers for Business (The Client’s Guide), as well as in Who’s Who Legal (Energy). During the last year she worked in a shale gas project, a due diligence to purchase Petrobras’ assets, and the sale of assets of two multinational oil services companies, one Canadian and one British, respectively; and the upgrade of Barranca refinery (EPC-2-EPC-3), among others. In addition she has actively participated in the Committee of Non-conventional Reservoirs of Asociacion Colombiana de Petroleos (ACP) –and was invited in June to present the “Doing business in Colombia” chapter at the Go-Expo Oil & Gas Conference in Calgary and in September and November, at two business rounds in Halifax, Canada and Bogota, respectively.

The October 2013 issue of Chambers and Partner “British Client’s Guide” featured the Firm and Diana Sanclemente as “This mid-tier firm handles day-to-day corporate matters and offers M&A advice; it is especially focused on advising foreign investors, particularly in the energy sector.
The April 2014 issue of Chambers and Partner “British Client’s Guide” underscores the considerable value clients give to her work.
Diana has been ranked within the 208 best lawyers in the world at the energy sector according to Who's Who Legal 2014.

Sources say: “The team is prepared to work into the night and on weekends to get the job done.”