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Maria-Leticia Ossa-Daza
Latin American Counsel
MAIN OFFICE: New York Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP 787 Seventh Avenue New York, N.Y. 10019-6099, U.S.A. T 212-728-8146 F 212-728-9146
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Maria-Leticia Ossa-Daza is Latin American counsel in the Corporate and Financial Services Department of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York. Ms. Ossa-Daza specializes in general corporate and securities matters and is actively engaged with the firm’s growing Latin American practice.
A native Colombian, Ms. Ossa-Daza began her career as an associate in Willkie’s Paris office. She is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Selected Professional and Business Activities
Ms. Ossa-Daza is a member of the International Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association, where she is an active member of the Inter-American Affairs Committee.
Selected Significant Matters
Ms. Ossa-Daza’s significant matters among others, include:
Maurel & Prom/Knightsbridge Investments Ltd.: Represented the French independent oil company in connection with its acquisition of Colombian and Venezuelan oil and gas assets from Knightsbridge Investments.
Zurich Financial Services/Banco Santander: Represented Zurich Financial Services in connection with its long-term alliance in Latin America with Banco Santander S.A.
Teva Pharmaceutical/Procter & Gamble: Represented Teva in connection with its joint venture with P&G to combine their over-the-counter consumer health care businesses in Latin America and other markets worldwide.
Insight Venture Partners/Folhamatic Tecnologia Sistemas: Represented Insight in connection with its acquisition of Folhamatic, a tax and accounting software company based in Brazil.
Folhamatic/IOB: Represented Folhamatic, a tax and accounting software company based in Brazil, in connection with its acquisition of IOB Informações Objetivas Publicações Jurídicas, a Brazilian tax and regulatory publisher.
Bloomberg: Represented Bloomberg in joint venture transactions for electronic trading platforms and securities brokerage.
Education
2009, Fordham University, LL.M.
2003, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris/ Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne/ Columbia University, D.E.S.S.
2002, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, B.A.
Bar Admissions
New York