Daniel Rodríguez Bravo

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Compliance

Corporate Criminal Law

Public Procurement

Insolvency, Restructuring & Liquidation

Career

- 2013-present – Partner, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, Bogotá, Colombia

- 2010-2013 – Senior Associate, Brigard & Urrutia Abogados, Bogotá, Colombia

- 2008-2010 – Lawyer, Zuber & Taillieu LLP (Zuber Lawler & Del Duca LLP), Los Angeles, CA, USA

- 2004-2008 – Associate, Rodríguez-Azuero Abogados, Bogotá, Colombia

- 2001-2004 – In-house Counsel, Banco de Bogotá (Grupo Aval), Bogotá, Colombia

- 1998-1999 – Curaduría Urbana Número Uno de Bogotá, Intern, Bogotá, Colombia

Professional Memberships

 Member of the New York Bar Association.

 Member of the California Bar Association.

 Member of the American Bar Association.

 Member of the Colombia Bar Association.

 Vice-Chair of the ICC Global Commission on Anti-corruption and Corporate Responsibility in Paris;

 President of ICC´s Commission on Anti-corruption and Corporate Responsibility in Colombia;

 Was a member of the Panel of Experts summoned by the Presidency of the Republic of Colombian to report to the Organization of American States -OAS- commission on the Implementation of the Inter-American Convention against Corruption (MESICIC);

 Was a member of the “Panel on perspective of Colombian lawyers and academics” summoned by the Colombian National Government to respond to the OECD evaluation committee to verify compliance with the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions;

 Former President/Chair of the Security and Risk Management Committee of the Colombian American Chamber of Commerce -AMCHAM-;

 Member of Colombian Chapter of the World Compliance Association (WCA).

Publications

 Coauthor, “The double taxation agreement between france and colombia (“dta”): effects over french lenders and colombian borrowers”, CMS, February 4, 2022;

 Author, “Regulation for the Treatment of the payment right by functional units on waterway project”, CMS, July 30, 2021;

 Author, "Electronic factoring in colombia is near to become a reality”, CMS, July 8, 2021;

 Author, “The Superintendence of Companies reiterated its position: mortgages are not subjet to registration in the Registry of Securities”, CMS, March 29, 2021;

 Author, “The fund of alternative sources of payment for infrastructure projects was finally regulated”, CMS, March 18, 2021;

 Author, “Recommendations and guidelines for the issuance of green bonds in Colombia”, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, October 23, 2020.

 Author, “New LAFT regulation for FINTECH” Asuntos Legales, September 23, 2020

 Author, “Relevant aspects to be considered in financing transactions and structuring of security package in connection to the insolvency regime”, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, August 27, 2020;

 Coauthor, “Acquisition and sale/transfer of the nation’s shareholding in the COVID-19 crisis”, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, July 1, 2020;

 Author, “Investment in the 5G infrastructure projects will be equal to 1,67% of the country’s PIB”, June 26, 2020;

 Author, “Concesionario Chino avanza en garantizar la financiación del metro de Bogotá”, La República, June 25, 2020;

 Author, “National Government measures to face the financial sector crisis in the context of the Economic, Social and Ecological Emergency”, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, April 20, 2020;

 Author, “Benefits and reliefs offered by credit institutions in the context of the economic, social and ecological emergency”, April 8, 2020;

 Author, “Sovereign guarantees issued to secure the financing of public transportation systems and its impact on their financing”, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, July 30, 2019;

 Author, “Protection of third parties who act in good faith in connection with Public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects”, La República, July 12, 2019;

 Author, “National development plan 2018-2022- reforms to strengthen the Public Procurement Regime”, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, April 8, 2019;

 Author, “Some effects of Colombia’s Tax Reform for foreign lenders and the Colombian borrowers”, CMS Rodríguez-Azuero, March 6, 2019;

 Author, “New exchange regime: new opportunities”, La República, July 27, 2018;

 Author, “Officers authority: general rule under corporate law and special rule regarding negotiable instruments”, La República, November 29, 2017;

 Author, “Security trusts are not securities over mobile assets II”, La República, September 9, 2017;

 Author "An interesting debate about security trusts and securities over movable assets", La República, October 10, 2017.

 Author, “Lack of knowledge on special securities rules”, La República, July 18, 2017;

 Author, “The interesting discussion of security trusts and securities over mobile assets”, La República, October 10, 2017

 Author, “Regulatory challenges regarding digitization of credit”, La República, November 25, 2016;

 Author, “Foreign investment, trust vehicles and lending: urgent amendment”, Ámbito Jurídico, August 17, 2016;

 Author, “Trust under new Secured Transactions Law”, Ámbito Jurídico, Legis Year XVII, No. 404, Colombia, October 27, 2014;

 Author, “New Secured Transactions Law has a very significant impact regarding Money Laundering Compliance”, Ámbito Jurídico, Legis Year XVII, No. 391, Colombia, April 7, 2014;

 Author of nine papers on “New payroll-based lending regulation: Reasons and Purpose. I, II, III IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX”, La República Newspaper, December 3-8 (I-VI), 13-15 (VII-IX), 2012;

 Coauthor, “Financial services in the Colombia-US context”, IFLR 1000, January 30, 2012;

 Author, “New payroll-based lending regulation: Reasons and Purpose – Advances and challenges of the new regulation”, Brigard & Urrutia Abogados News Flash No. 165, 2012;

 Author, “Limitation of liability clauses in negotiable instruments a highly risky fallacy”, Ámbito Jurídico, Legis Year XII, No. 280, Colombia, May 2, 2011;

 Author, “Interview: Colombia has sound legislation on acquisitions”, Ámbito Jurídico, Legis Year XIII, No. 280, Colombia, August 24, 2009;

 Research associate to author, “Sandby Letters of Credit”, Ed. Editorial Jurídica de Chile / Editorial Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Chile: Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 2009;

 Author, “Low amount saving accounts: a new opportunity for ‘bancarisation’”, Ámbito Jurídico, Legis Year XI, No. 256, Colombia, August 25, 2008;

 Peer review expert for author Francisco Reyes Villamizar, “Algunas vicisitudes del régimen societario colombiano derivadas de la interpretación constitucional”, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, June 4, 2008;

 Author, “The new commercial invoice: a detrimental legal reform for Negotiable Instruments regime”, Ámbito Jurídico, Legis Year XI, No. 248, Colombia, May 5, 2008;

 Research associate, “Standby Letters of Credit”, Contracts in Private Law, Ed. Legis, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia, 2007.

Personal

Daniel is a Partner of the Firm and co-leads the areas of Banking & Finance, Insolvency, Restructuring & Liquidation, Compliance and Corporate Criminal Law and Energy & Climate Change. He also leads the Public Procurement practice. Daniel is admitted to practice in Colombia and in the states of New York and California in the United States.

With more than 20 years of experience, Daniel has represented sponsors, banks, and other lenders, as well as infrastructure and construction companies, EPC contractors, investors, guarantee issuers and borrowers in complex infrastructure transactions and project finance matters. He has extensive experience with the social, environmental and land acquisition complexities related to project finance deals and infrastructure projects.

In addition, he has also been involved in some of the most sensitive local and cross-border white-collar controversies and investigations. Daniel has also advised national and international clients, debtors and creditors in complex local and cross-border insolvency processes.

Daniel has advised both the Colombian government and private companies on regulatory issues and on the structuring, design and implementation of energy-related projects, particularly oil and gas, mining, electricity and renewable energy projects.