Monica Bonnett

Mónica Bonnett is an attorney with over three decades of experience in intellectual property and life sciences regulation. She is recognized for her ability to provide innovative and practical legal solutions, especially in matters of high technical complexity.

She advises national and international clients on patent strategies, industrial designs, trade secrets, and technology transfer. She has extensive experience in obtaining and managing regulatory approvals and marketing authorizations for pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, medical devices, dietary supplements, food and beverages, cannabis-derived products, pet food, pet cosmetics, and veterinary medicines.

She also supports companies on issues related to seeds, plant varieties, genetics, fertilizers, controlled substances, and artificial intelligence applied to the healthcare sector. Her practice includes regulatory litigation and support throughout the entire product lifecycle: development, marketing, import, and distribution.

Her approach combines intellectual property and regulatory law for due diligence processes and business model structuring in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food and beverage, medical device, cannabis, pet food, veterinary medicine, and pet cosmetics industries. She is especially recognized for her efficient and results-oriented advice on sensitive issues such as clinical trials and compliance with health authorities.

A graduate of Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, she also holds a specialization in Competition and Consumer Law from Externado University of Colombia. She is a co-founder of the Women in Intellectual Property Group in Colombia. She has been recognized by Chambers & Partners, IAM Patent 1000, Leaders League, and Legal 500, and in 2025 was nominated as Best Life Sciences Lawyer in Latin America by the IFLR1000 Women in Business Law Awards.