Market: Colombia

US law firm Holland & Knight LLP has added two new partners in each of its Colombia and Mexico offices, promoting four senior counsel across its corporate, labour and tax practices.

20 August 2021

US investor General Atlantic has turned to Mexican firm Creel, García-Cuéllar, Aiza & Enríquez, SC and Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría in Bogotá and Lima to inject US$70 million into regional education technology platform Crehana.

19 August 2021

Peruvian plastic packaging company San Miguel Industrias (SMI) has hired Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York and BBGS Abogados (Peru) to issue sustainability-linked bonds and launch a tender offer, with both transactions worth a total of US$585 million.

16 August 2021

A group of investors, led by the Inter-American Investment Corporation, Colony Latam partners and IDC Ventures, have enlisted Gómez-Pinzón in Bogotá to inject US$50 million in Colombian grocery delivery company Merqueo.

13 August 2021

US investment fund I Squared Capital has enlisted Garrigues (Colombia) to acquire local port assets from one of Latin America’s biggest private equity funds, Southern Cross.

13 August 2021

French business solutions provider Webhelp has enlisted five offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, several offices of Central American law firm Arias, Mexican firm González Calvillo, SC and Posse Herrera Ruiz in Bogotá to acquire Colombia’s OneLink.

11 August 2021

Garrigues (Colombia) has helped regional energy group Enel Américas launch a Colombian electricity supplier through a merger agreement with Grupo Energía Bogotá (GEB), worth US$673 million.

10 August 2021

US drilling company Patterson-UTI Energy has hired four Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP offices and Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas in Bogotá to acquire US counterpart Pioneer Energy Services, including its operations in Colombia, in a deal worth US$295 million.

10 August 2021

A Latin American finance group is looking to sell off its Colombian business through Chapter 11 proceedings in Delaware, blaming debt defaults on accounting errors at its Mexican arm.

09 August 2021

US private equity company Stonepeak has enlisted Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York and Palo Alto as lead international counsel to buy Lumen Technologies’ Latin American business for US$2.7 billion.

05 August 2021