Familiar firms convene for Avianca’s US IPO

The New York office of Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Colombia’s Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta Abogados and Panama’s Icaza, Gonzalez, Ruiz & Alemán have helped Colombia’s national flag carrier Avianca raise US$409 million through its first American Depositary Shares (ADS) listing on the New York stock exchange.