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Country Chair: Mauricio Piñeros
Quick facts
Partners

26

Lawyers

133

Memberships

IBA, INTA, ISDA, LAVCA, IAPP, Taxand, TAGL. | Members of the Affinitas Alliance.

Languages

ES, EN, FR, DE, and PT

Key practice areas
Banking and finance
Capital markets
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Financial and corporate
Corporate and M&A
M&A
Energy and infrastructure
Project development
Project development : Mining
Firm overview

Pérez-Llorca completed the full integration of highly respected, long-established Colombian Law Firm Gómez-Pinzón into its global network in 2025, thereby acquiring the expertise of more than 120 lawyers across Bogotá and Medellín. The team is renowned for its work advising on complex cross-border M&A and financing deals, regulatory matters including complex competition & antitrust mandates, sophisticated tax planning and advisory to high-net worth individuals, major labor & employment affairs for large companies, intellectual property work for both major national and multinational brands, as well as disputes in sectors such as energy, infrastructure, and telecommunications. The dual-city presence of its Colombian practice enables Pérez-Llorca to serve both national and regional business hubs with scale and sector-specific expertise.

The firm’s Latin American presence is anchored in its locations in Mexico City, Monterrey, Bogotá, and Medellín. Each office operates with its own dedicated teams and client base, offering legal services that reflect both deep local-market knowledge and the internationally recognized standards of excellence of Pérez-Llorca’s global brand. Its Latin America practice advises on transactional, regulatory, and contentious mandates in key industries including infrastructure, energy, financial services, consumer goods, and technology. Pérez-Llorca’s regional network also enables the firm to support cross-border investments and operations spanning Europe, the Americas, and Asia with agility and multi-cultural focus.

Key transactional practices
  • Banking
  • Finance
  • Capital Markets
  • M&A
  • Project Finance
  • Real Estate Finance
Tel:+571 3192900 Fax:+571 3210295 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.perezllorca.com/en-co/colombia/
Rankings published in 2026
Banking and finance
Tier 1
19 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Brigard Urrutia
9 practice areas
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Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas
11 practice areas
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Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
11 practice areas
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Posse Herrera Ruiz
11 practice areas
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Pérez-Llorca
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Cuatrecasas
5 practice areas
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Garrigues
8 practice areas
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Parra Rodríguez Abogados
4 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Rodríguez-Azuero
4 practice areas
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Holland & Knight
10 practice areas
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Muñoz Aya
2 practice areas
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Muñoz Tamayo & Asociados
4 practice areas
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Tier 4

Lloreda Camacho & Co
7 practice areas
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Mendoza Abogados
6 practice areas
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Notable

Cavelier Abogados
2 practice areas
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Esguerra JHR
5 practice areas
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GODOY
4 practice areas
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Capital markets
Tier 1
12 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Brigard Urrutia
9 practice areas
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Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
11 practice areas
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Posse Herrera Ruiz
11 practice areas
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Pérez-Llorca
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Garrigues
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Cuatrecasas
5 practice areas
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Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas
11 practice areas
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Mendoza Abogados
6 practice areas
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Notable

A&O Shearman
1 practice area
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Holland & Knight
10 practice areas
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M&A
Tier 1
25 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Brigard Urrutia
9 practice areas
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Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
11 practice areas
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Posse Herrera Ruiz
11 practice areas
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Pérez-Llorca
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

CMS Rodríguez-Azuero
4 practice areas
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Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas
11 practice areas
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Garrigues
8 practice areas
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Lloreda Camacho & Co
7 practice areas
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Tier 3

BDO Colombia
1 practice area
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Cuatrecasas
5 practice areas
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Holland & Knight
10 practice areas
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Parra Rodríguez Abogados
4 practice areas
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Tier 4

Mendoza Abogados
6 practice areas
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Serrano Martinez
2 practice areas
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Solvere
2 practice areas
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Notable

BBGS Abogados
2 practice areas
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Chalela I Abogados
2 practice areas
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Correa Merino Agudelo
3 practice areas
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Deloitte
3 practice areas
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Esguerra JHR
5 practice areas
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GODOY
4 practice areas
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Gamboa, García, Roldán & Co
2 practice areas
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Paniagua & Tovar Abogados
3 practice areas
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Project development
Tier 1
18 firms ranked
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Tier 1

Brigard Urrutia
9 practice areas
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Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
11 practice areas
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Posse Herrera Ruiz
11 practice areas
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Pérez-Llorca
10 practice areas
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Tier 2

Baker McKenzie
10 practice areas
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Castro Leiva Rendón Abogados
2 practice areas
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Cuatrecasas
5 practice areas
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GODOY
4 practice areas
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Garrigues
8 practice areas
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Tier 3

CMS Rodríguez-Azuero
4 practice areas
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Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas
11 practice areas
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Esguerra JHR
5 practice areas
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Holland & Knight
10 practice areas
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Infraestructura Legal
2 practice areas
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Muñoz Tamayo & Asociados
4 practice areas
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Notable

Mendoza Abogados
6 practice areas
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Palacios Lleras
3 practice areas
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Linked Reviews
Financial and corporate

Founded in 1992, Gómez-Pinzón has grown to two offices in Colombia: Bogotá and Medellín. The firm is well known in the market for their work in financial and corporate practice areas. It is a member firm of the Affinitas alliance. 

  

Focusses/specialisms 

Even though the firm is best known for its financial and corporate work, it also has an active project development practice area. 

The banking team at the firm works with both borrowers and lenders across various types of financings including acquisition financing, project financing and refinancings. 

The capital markets team represents issuers and underwriters in debt and equity matters. 

The M&A team advises strategic buyers and sellers through a variety of acquisition and joint venture matters. 

  

Key clients 

Key clients include Avianca Holdings, Cemex España, Goldman Sachs ,Enfragen, Macquaire, Sacyr, Tetrapack, and Wells Fargo. 

  

Research period review: 32nd edition (2021/2022) 

Over the research period the firm was active in banking and finance. 

The banking team advised mostly lenders on multiple high profile and complex acquisition financing transactions. The firm also assisted in reorganization financing for insolvent companies, as well as general corporate financing. 

  

Deal highlights: 32nd edition (2022/2023) 

Avianca $1.6 billion reorganization financing 

Ecopetrol $4 billion acquisition financing 

Enfragen Energía $210 million acquisition financing 

10 results10 results
Deal Highlights
28 results28 results
Deal Name Deal Date Firm Name Jurisdiction Deal Type Lawyer Names Client Names Client Role
Bancolombia - Financing
2021-12-17
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
Daniel Londoño Pinzón
Bancolombia
Lender
Banco Davivienda SA - Financing
2021-12-17
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
Ricardo Fandiño de la Calle
Banco Davivienda SA
Lender
Banco W - Bond issue
2021-11-02
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Bond issue
Ricardo Fandiño
Banco W
Issuer
Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group - Financing
2021-09-20
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
Daniel Londoño
Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group
Agent
Glenfarne Group - Financing
2021-01-03
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
José Luis Suárez
Glenfarne Group
Borrower
Banco Davivienda - Bond issue
2021-05-15
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Bond issue
Daniel Londoño Pinzón
Banco Davivienda
Issuer
ISAGEN SA ESP - Financing
2021-09-28
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
Adriana Moreno
ISAGEN SA ESP
Borrower
ISAGEN SA ESP - Financing
2021-11-18
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
Adriana Moreno Márquez
ISAGEN SA ESP
Borrower
VG Mobility Fontibón SAS - Financing
2021-12-30
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
José Luis Suárez
VG Mobility Fontibón SAS
Borrower
Citigroup Global Markets - Bond issue
2021-11-02
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Bond issue
Ricardo Fandiño de la Calle
Citigroup Global Markets
Underwriter
Credit Suisse Securities; JP Morgan Securities; SMBC Nikko Securities America - Bond issue
2021-05-13
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Bond issue
Ricardo Fandiño de la Calle
Credit Suisse Securities, JP Morgan Securities, SMBC Nikko Securities America
Underwriter
Inverfam - Bond issue
2021-12-08
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Bond issue
Adriana Moreno Márquez
Inverfam
Guarantor
Wells Fargo Securities LLC - Bond issue
2021-12-10
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Bond issue
José Luis Suárez
Wells Fargo Securities LLC
Initial purchaser
PGIM Inc - Bond issue
2021-12-11
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Bond issue
Daniel Londoño Pinzón
PGIM Inc
Initial purchaser
IWL River Inc - Project finance
2021-04-15
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Project finance
Daniel Londoño Pinzón
IWL River Inc
Lender
Ingenio la Cabaña; Agroindustrias del Cauca; Bancolombia; Banco de Bogotá; Banco de Occidente; Banco Davivienda; Itaú Corpbanca Colombia; Citibank Colombia SA; Banco de Crédito e Inversiones; Scotiabank Colpatria - Financing
2021-04-22
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
Ricardo Fandiño de la Calle
Ingenio la Cabaña, Agroindustrias del Cauca, Bancolombia, Banco de Bogotá, Banco de Occidente, Banco Davivienda, Itaú Corpbanca Colombia, Citibank Colombia SA, Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, Scotiabank Colpatria
Lender
Banco Santander SA; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Concesionaria Vial del Pacífico SAS - Project finance
2021-06-16
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Project finance
José Luis Suárez
Banco Santander SA, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Concesionaria Vial del Pacífico SAS
Lender
Itaú Corpbanca Colombia; Banco Davivienda - Financing
2021-06-24
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
José Luis Suárez
Itaú Corpbanca Colombia, Banco Davivienda
Lender
SierraCol Energy Ltd - Financing
2021-06-30
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
Ricardo Fandiño de la Calle
SierraCol Energy Ltd
Lender
Banco Santander; Citibank; JP Morgan Chase Bank NA; The Bank of Nova Scotia - Financing
2021-08-17
Pérez-Llorca
Colombia
Financing
Ricardo Fandiño
Banco Santander, Citibank, JP Morgan Chase Bank NA, The Bank of Nova Scotia
Lender
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