Colombia

Garrigues is a fully integrated international law firm capable of leveraging these qualities to provide creative solutions for its clients. It has been present in Latin America for more than 40 years through alliances with various firms in the region. The firm has six offices in the region including one office in Bogota. It frequently works on significant infrastructure projects, cross-border, industry-agnostic mergers and acquisitions and novel issuances in the capital markets space. In the infrastructure projects space the firm is especially skilled in the transport sector. 

One of the most notable transactions the firm advised on during the research period involved its banking and finance team. The firm represented BNP Paribas,MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Deutsche Bank AG London Branch and several other financial institutions as lenders in the substantial acquisition financing granted to Aligned Data Centers for the acquisition of ODATA. This financing had a unique and novel hybrid structure that serves as a clear example of the firm’s expertise in such matters.  

Key clients  

Financiera e Desarrollo Nacional, Global Infrastructure Partners, Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank, MUFG Bank, BNP Paribas and Sociedad de Objeto Único Concesionaria Este Es Mi Bus are some of the firm’s key clients.