Corporate/M&A

Cuatrecasas fields an active corporate and M&A department in Bogotá which is known to assist clients from the financial services, real estate, technology and energy sectors in Colombia. The legal department boasts experience handling M&A and contractual negotiations, as well as corporate structuring mandates. Cuatrecasas possesses strong capabilities in managing the Colombian-law aspects of regional and cross-border corporate transactions.

"Cuatrecasas' team has very good experience in M&A processes, with a great capacity to find solutions and alternatives for the management of the complexities that arise in these transactions, finding practical and legal ways to make them a reality."

Head of department Juan Felipe Vera Cardona is held in high esteem for his expertise in corporate and M&A mandates in Colombia. He enjoys solid experience advising clients from a wide range of sectors including the energy, banking and manufacturing industries. "Juan Felipe Vera Cardona is an excellent professional and person, with an absolute orientation towards the client and a complete disposition to understand complex business situations to provide creative and practical management."

Associates-to-watch Carolina Trejos enters the rankings this year after impressing commentators with her expertise in the Colombian corporate field. "Carolina Trejos is a practitioner who is extraordinarily careful about the details and has an in-depth knowledge of M&A."