Paula Samper

Paula Samper is a partner at the Colombian law firm Gómez-Pinzón Abogados, based in Bogotá, Colombia. During her 30-year career at Gómez-Pinzón, Ms. Samper has worked in the corporate practice group, the real estate group (which she currently heads), and she is also the head of the Pro Bono practice of the firm. Ms. Samper was part of the drafting committee of the Pro Bono Declaration of the Americas, an initiative of the Cyrus Vance Center for International Justice, which has now been signed by more than 450 law firms and legal groups across the Americas. After this project, Ms. Samper promoted in 2009 the creation of the Colombian Pro Bono clearinghouse (Fundación Pro Bono Colombia), of which she is an honorary member of the board. Ms. Samper is also a founding member of the Diversity & Inclusion committee of Gómez-Pinzón and the Women in the Profession committee of the Vance Center. Current not-for-profit positions include being the president of the board of Instituto Roosevelt Hospital, Vice-president of the board of Universidad de los Andes, and member of the board of WWF Colombia and Fundación El Veinte. She is a graduate of Universidad de los Andes and has a master’s degree in Corporate Social Responsibility from Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. (Bogotá, Colombia)