Market: Colombia

Multiple firms guide US software company's LatAm expansion

Three Shearman & Sterling LLP offices, Bruchou & Funes de Rioja in Buenos Aires, Colombia's Brigard Urrutia, Rebaza, Alcázar & De Las Casas in Lima and Ferrere (Uruguay) have helped US digital services company GlobalLogic acquire Argentine counterpart Hexacta.

07 February 2023

Garrigues hires tax partner from Deloitte

Highly Recommended firm Garrigues (Colombia) has appointed a tax partner by hiring from professional services group Deloitte.

06 February 2023

Latin Lawyer announces Specialist Law Firm Leader Award

Featured in 17th Annual Awards

Latin Lawyer is pleased to announce the winner of this year’s Specialist Law Firm Leader Award: Martín Gustavo Ibarra Pardo, CEO of Colombia’s Araújo Ibarra International Trade Consultants.

03 February 2023

Colombian fintech secures funding for Brazil expansion

Four offices of Latham & Watkins LLP and Campbells in the Cayman have helped Colombian fintech KLYM raise US$27 million in a Series B funding round.

01 February 2023

LatAm firms help Chilean start-up get funds from BTG Pactual

Mattos Filho in São Paulo and CMS Carey & Allende in Santiago have helped Chilean biodegradable packaging start-up Bioelements raise US$30 million in a Series A funding.

01 February 2023

Nubank lands US$150 million financing in Colombia

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (Colombia) has helped the International Finance Corporation (IFC) lend US$150 million to the Colombian subsidiary of Brazil’s Nubank.

01 February 2023

Gómez-Pinzón elects new managing partner

Colombian Elite firm Gómez-Pinzón has announced that Mauricio Piñeros has replaced José Luis Suárez as its managing partner.

30 January 2023

LatAm firms in cross-border background check acquisition

UK-based employee screening services provider Sterling Check has enlisted Machado Meyer Advogados in São Paulo and two offices of Cuatrecasas to acquire Latin American counterpart Socrates.

26 January 2023

Colombian company gets solar project financing

Holland & Knight (Colombia) has helped Bancolombia lend 126 billion pesos (US$27 million) to Colombian renewable energy company Sol de las Ciénagas for the construction of a solar power plant.

23 January 2023

Colombia’s EPM secures inaugural sustainability-linked loan

Energy company Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) has hired three offices of Mayer Brown LLP and Mosquera Abogados in Bogotá to obtain a sustainability-linked loan worth US$700 million.

20 January 2023

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