Ana María became a Partner at Lloreda Camacho & Co. in 2009 and is the director of the Life Sciences practice while also co-leading the Intellectual Property practice with a focus on patents. She is a lawyer from Universidad del Rosario, with a postgraduate degree in Commercial Law from Universidad Javeriana, a second specialization in Law and New Life Science Technologies from Universidad Externado de Colombia, and certifications in Administrative Procedural Law and Unfair Competition.
With over 20 years of professional experience, Ana María has successfully managed and advised on extensive patent portfolios for both multinational and local companies across a diverse range of sectors. She is widely recognized for her expertise in the pharmaceutical and food industries, as well as her strategic guidance on biotechnology-related matters. Specifically, in food regulatory matters, Ana María specializes in the strategic and cost-efficient management of large portfolios for Top Tier multinational companies in the real sector, including compliance with general and nutritional food labeling requirements and compliance for formulations of both food and beverages.
Ana María has been consistently invited to participate as a speaker in some of the most distinguished forums, reflecting her recognized expertise and leadership in her field. Among her notable presentations are the Interpat Innovation Seminar 2024 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; the Symposium on Regulatory Affairs (RALS) in Uruguay; the Seminar on Innovation: Law and Health at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Tijuana, Mexico; and the session on the Implementation of Compulsory Licenses in Latin America during the academic sessions of the Asociación Colombiana de Propiedad Industrial (ACPI).
She has also presented at the 2023 Interpat Innovation Seminar in Brasília and addressed topics such as the application of reliance in health registration procedures in LATAM during the Global Alliance for Women in Life Sciences, 2023. Additionally, she has spoken about medicinal cannabis in Latin America at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia and about the implementation of international treaties and their influence on the establishment of national IP authorities during events hosted by the Asociación Mexicana de Industrias de Investigación Farmacéutica (AMIIF).
Other significant contributions include her insights on aspects of industrial property in free trade agreements from a regional perspective at the Asociación Civil Derecho & Sociedad at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, her expertise on artificial intelligence applied to medical devices during a seminar with Santamarina y Steta, and her participation in the II Health Forum organized by AMCHAM Perú. Ana María has also delivered talks on medicinal cannabis, focusing on the analysis and application of the current regulatory framework with Invest In Bogotá, and on the value of intellectual property for growth and health at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in collaboration with Cediquifa. She has discussed compulsory licensing in LATAM at Cediquifa in Rio de Janeiro in 2018, biosimilars at ASIPI, patent protection in Colombia for AHK (German Chambers of Commerce), and the advantages of the patent system before the Chambers of Commerce in Bogotá, Pereira, and Bucaramanga. Furthermore, she participated in the Latin American Seminar “Innovation and Health” held in Mexico in 2016.
Ana María is recognized by the most prominent global directories, including, among others, Chambers and Partners, which ranks her as a Band 1 lawyer; Legal 500, which lists her in the Hall of Fame for lawyers in Colombia; and IAM Patent, which rates her as a Gold-tier lawyer in Colombia.
