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Carlos Fradique-Méndez

Brigard Urrutia

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Position: Senior Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Colombia
New York
Practice Areas:
Banking
Project finance
Capital markets
Project development
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Spanish
English
Biography

Carlos Fradique is a licensed practitioner in Colombia and is also a member of the New York Bar. He heads the firm's Project Finance and Banking, Private Equity and Capital Markets and Foreign Exchange and Derivatives teams. He has been distinguished on a number of occasions for many years as a top practitioner in the Colombian market, including having been selected as one of the top capital markets lawyers in Latin America by Latin Lawyer and a star individual in banking and finance by Chambers & Partners.

Practice areas
  • Banking
  • Capital markets: Debt
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • Private equity funds
  • Project finance 
Sector specialisations
  • Banking
  • Construction and materials
  • Financial services
  • Investment management
  • Real estate
Bar admissions

Colombia and the State of New York.

Academic qualifications

Carlos graduated with honors at the JD program at Universidad del Rosario in Colombia. Carlos also holds an LLM in International Banking and Finance from Boston University and an LLM in International Commercial Law from the University of Ottawa. He also graduated from the International Development Law Program of the International Development Law Organization in Rome, Italy and from the graduate Program in Financial Law at Universidad de Los Andes. Carlos is a frequent lecture and writer in local and international universities and congresses in financial related matters.

Address:
Colombia
Tel:(571) 3462011 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://bu.com.co/es/abogados/carlos-fradique-mendez