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Provided by Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
The Banking, Finance and Capital Markets area provides advice in financial transactions and in regulatory issues to financial entities, as well as to sponsors and borrowers, in each case, local and foreign.
In relation to its participation in financial transactions, the firm has broad experience in banking, capital markets and structured finance transactions. Among such transactions, we can mention the following, for which there are specialized lawyers in each of the jurisdictions where we operate:
• Asset financing, including aircraft financing;
• Debt and equity issuances in both local and international markets;
• Structuring Collateral;
• Financial due diligence in respect of both banking and non-banking entities;
• Structuring of mutual investment funds and private equity funds;
• Securitizations and creation of structured instruments;
• Derivative transactions.
As to regulatory issues, the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets area provides advice in a wide range of processes before the regulatory authorities, including, among others, the structuring of products, the incorporation of financial entities and the authorization for the acquisition, merger and/or division of such entities. It also represents local and foreign financial entities in all kind of administrative proceedings before the supervising authorities.
Chambers Review
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría is a notable full-service law firm that boasts a solid reputation in capital markets, and is particularly recognised for providing counsel to initial purchasers and underwriters on bond offerings in Colombia. The department offers noteworthy expertise dealing with private placements. Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría possesses further experience assisting its clientele with structuring high-value securitisation transactions.
Work Highlights
- Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría advised Grupo Argos on a stock exchange, including Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana and Grupo Nutresa, with Jaime Gilinski Bacal and the investment companyIHC. The purpose of this exchange was to ensure that, after its completion, neither Grupo Sura nor Grupo Argos had a stake in Grupo Nutresa.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría provides expert advisory from its capital markets team. The senior partners are very involved and very experienced handling challenging situations."
"Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría provides expert advisory from its capital markets team. The senior partners are very involved and very experienced handling challenging situations."
Notable Practitioners
Distinguished partner Claudia Barrero boasts a premium capital markets practice in Colombia. She is particularly esteemed for her expertise in bond issuances and regulatory work in the field. Claudia Barrero is also known to provide expert advice to Latin American stock exchanges on integrating services and infrastructures.
"Claudia Barrero is extraordinary. She is able to handle very complex topics, with a very high business sense and creativity. She has a lot of experience and her customer engagement is exceptional."
"Claudia Barrero has a high level of expertise in Colombia's capital markets arena. She is very sophisticated in her approach and advice and is also a great problem solver."
Capital markets partner Hernando Padilla assists clients with debt offerings, private placement financing and the public issuance of notes in Colombia.
"Hernando Padilla stands out as a great leader and highly qualified professional."
Ranked Lawyers at
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Colombia
Clients
Provided by Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
Alpha Capital, S.A.S.
Alpha Holding, S.A. de C.V.
Bank of America
BlackRock
Celsia S.A. E.S.P.
Cementos Argos S.A.
Citadel Equity (Ireland) DAC
Citibank
Echelon Wealth Partners Inc.
Empresa de Energía de Pacífico S.A. E.S.P
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
Grupo Argos S.A.
Grupo Energía Bogotá S.A. E.S.P.
HSBC
JP Morgan
Scotiabank