In conversation
As head of the legal team for Glencore’s coal mining operations in Colombia, Gómez describes the importance of keeping sustainability front of mind.
GC Magazine: Could you tell me, first of all, how you came to be working in-house, and at Grupo Prodeco?
Oscar Eduardo Gómez (OEG): 25 years ago, I started working at a law firm, then I jumped into the financial sector, as general counsel of different financial companies. In my experience as an in-house counsel I have found that building the legal structure of any company is a very rewarding challenge. It allows the in-house counsel to provide a more integrated legal advice considering the underlying needs and requirements of the different areas of the company – legal advice that sometimes external counsels can’t provide because they don’t have direct access to the internal knowledge of the company. So I have structured my career as an in-house counsel, going into the detail of how each company works, working with different teams, and then being able to provide legal advice for the proper functioning of the company.
