Banking & Finance
Latin America Guide 2025 : Colombia
Band 2
About
Provided by Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas
Our Banking & Finance practice group is one of the most experienced and skilled in the market. Its capabilities extend into several key sectors, including oil and gas, mining, telecommunications, manufacturing, aviation, shipping, rail, road, and infrastructure. Our recent work included the provision of financial legal solutions to our clients, many of whom are multilateral institutions, local, and international financial entities that are responsible for the financing of several of the most important infrastructure projects in the country. Consequently, we have provided bespoke solutions to clients in transactions that have marked a milestone in our country.
Chambers Review
Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas is a prestigious international full-service firm that boasts a significant presence within the Colombian banking and finance market. Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas is acclaimed by high-profile local and international banking clients for its expertise in rendering complex regulatory advice and representing them before the SFC. The law firm is also often found advising both borrowers and lenders on cross-border corporate financing deals. LNG Holdings and ING Bank count among the firm's client additions this year.
Work Highlights
- Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas represented Frontera ODL Holding, Frontera Bahía Holding, Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Bahía and Pipeline Investment as borrowers, in a loan agreement granted by Macquarie Bank Limited to be used to refinance the existing debt of the company operating Puerto Bahía in Cartagena. The matter was valued at USD150 million.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas has a professional team with extensive experience that contributes to the structuring process. The firm offers very good service and consistently meets deadlines."
"Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas has a professional team with extensive experience that contributes to the structuring process. The firm offers very good service and consistently meets deadlines."
Notable Practitioners
Observers endorse managing partner Bernardo Cárdenas Martínez for his handling of banking and finance mandates, such as acquisition financing matters, for multilateral financial institutions.
"Bernardo Cárdenas Martínez helps us with banking and finance transactions and he is great at what he does."
Up-and-coming partner Daniela Mejia continues to impress market commentators with her involvement in the Colombian banking and finance arena. She possesses particular expertise advising clients on credit agreements.
"Daniela Mejia is an exceptional lawyer who is very professional. She is careful with details and her work is excellent."
Ranked Lawyers at
Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas
Colombia
Members
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Head of Department
Head of Department
Felipe Alarcón