Laura Garcia Cancino

Laura Garcia Cancino is a Senior Legal Researcher at CCSI, with a focus on leveraging law and metrics to address climate change challenges and accelerate the energy transition. Her expertise also encompasses the role of extractive industries in sustainable investment. Prior to joining CCSI, her work at the International Energy Agency (IEA) centered on energy efficiency and demand-side measures’ pivotal role in reducing fossil fuel dependence and driving the energy transition. With a comprehensive legal background in Latin America, she has additionally served as in-house counsel for a multinational oil and gas explorer, managing E&P and dispute resolution matters. Her legal insight extends from her former position as an Associate of an international law firm's Energy, Mining, and Infrastructure team, offering strategic guidance to multinational companies engaged in developing large-scale projects in the mining, oil and gas, power, and renewable sectors. She holds a J.D. from Universidad del Rosario in Colombia, an Advanced Degree in Mining & Energy Law and Sustainable Development from Universidad de los Andes, where she graduated first of her class, a Master of Science in International Energy from the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po, where she served as a Board Member of the Sciences Po Energy Association, and an LL.M. in Energy and Environmental Law from Georgetown University Law Center, where she graduated with honors. She is also a co-founder of coMpower, a nonprofit association that promotes the participation and empowerment of young women in the energy sector in Colombia.