Mexican company JC & Holding, dedicated to investing in Latin America and tied to an important pharmaceutical group in Mexico, has acquired Farmalogica, which provides product ...

Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas has strengthened its banking and finance area through the incorporation of Felipe Alarcón as its new partner.

Colombian vehicle financing company Finanzauto has secured a $55 million loan from the International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), with a seven-year maturity, that the com...

Colombian singer JbALVIN, whose real name is José Álvaro Osorio Balvin, has lost a trademark lawsuit in Colombia against a Puerto Rican music production company.

Colombian law firm Posse Herrera Ruiz has announced the incorporation of Juan Manuel Cuellar as a partner in its energy practice.

Ashmore, a UK-based specialist emerging markets investment manager, has acquired an 85% stake in SOHEC, a Colombian healthcare provider specializing in treatments associated with c...

Colombian law firm Espinosa & Olarte has announced the incorporation of two experienced lawyers to its team as partners, Jairo Malaver, who will lead the firm’s foreign trade ...

Colombian law firm Brigard Urrutia has announced the addition of four partners, María Victoria Munevar, Daniel Duque, Johann Schomberger and Lucas Fajardo.

Colombian law firm CMS Rodríguez-Azuero has announced the addition of Carlos Andrés Sánchez as a partner.

Global law firm ECIJA has announced the promotion of Patricia Renjifo to managing partner in its Bogotá office, and who works in the areas of intellectual property, and industrial ...

Patria Investments, a Nasdaq-listed, global alternative asset manager, has announced an agreement for the formation of a joint venture with Bancolombia, the leading full-service fi...

IHC Capital Holding LLC and Colombian conglomerate Grupo Gilinski have completed the takeover of processed food company Nutresa, the largest in Colombia.

Colombian law firm Serrano Martínez has announced the incorporation of José Plata Puyana as a partner, and who will lead the firm’s energy and gas practice.

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V has acquired a 50% participation in Colombian infrastructure company Odinsa’s stake in Malla Vial d...

Colombian law firm De La Espriella has announced a strategic partnership with Spanish firm Fuster-Fabra, with the aim of strengthening the two firms’ reputations in their respectiv...

EY Law in Colombia has announced the appointment of Diego Vega Ramírez as a partner, and who will lead the firm’s foreign exchange and international investments practice group.

Agrega Partners Corp., acting as co-manager of private fund INICIA FIS Fund I, has made an investment in Colombian fintech company Exponencial Confirming.

Colombian law firm CMS Rodriguez-Azuero has joined forces with KPMG, the consultancy, auditing and legal advisory firm, to form a strategic alliance to continue offering a technolo...

Colombian law firm Pinilla, González & Prieto Abogados (PGP) has announced the creation of its energy practice, focusing on both renewable and non-renewable generation, and the...

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has incorporated partner Serviliano Abache Carvajal to the firm's Tax group in its Caracas office.

Global firm FTI Consulting has named Michael Cullen, senior managing director at the firm, as the Latin America regional head of firm’s forensic and litigation consulting area.

Colombian bank Banco de Bogotá has made a successful issue and private placement of floating rate subordinated sustainable bonds, represented by a nonconvertible unsecured debt ins...

Baker McKenzie has appointed seven new partners in its Bogotá office to strengthen the areas of mergers and acquisitions, competition and corporate compliance, intellectual propert...

Mexican cement giant Cemex has delisted from the Colombian stock exchange, via the withdrawal of Cemex Latam Holdings SA (CLH), a Spanish domiciled company, from the bourse.

Colombian law firm Brigard Urrutia has named Carlos Fradique-Mendez as its new managing partner following a unanimous election by the firm’s board of directors.

Spain-based global law firm ECIJA has announced the opening of its ECIJA Advisory division in Colombia, Chile and Mexico.

KIO, I Squared Capital's Data Center and Digital Infrastructure platform for Latin America, has acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Zetta Complex Operation.

JetBlue Airways Corporation has acquired control of Spirit Airlines INC, through a merger between Sundown Acquisition Corp (a subsidiary of JetBlue) and Spirit.

Norfund, the Norwegian government’s investment fund for developing countries, is investing $30 million in Colombian renewable energy company Erco Energía for the development of sol...

Colombian carrier Avianca has sold its subsidiary Servicios Aeroportuarios Integrados SAI S.A.S. (SAI), a company specialized in airport ground handling services to Peruvian compan...

Colombian law firm Ibarra Rimón has announced the opening of an office in the city of Medellín, and the addition of new partner Natalia Martinez Villa, who will run the new office.

FTI Consulting has announced the appointment of Michael Cullen as senior managing director in Colombia.

Colombian law firm DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán has announced the promotion of three partners and the incorporation of a fourth to its tax law practice.

Colombian law firm Gómez-Pinzón has named Mauricio Piñeros as its new managing partner.

Law firm Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría (PPU) has incorporated three new partners and three other area directors at a regional level.

Colombian law firm Posse Herrera Ruiz has announced the promotion of two partners, Susana Gómez Ramírez and Jesús Alejandro Albarrán Hernández. These moves bring the partner count ...

Colombian law firm Rincón Castro Abogados has announced its launch, co-founded by lawyers Rafael Rincón and Miguel Castro.

Holland & Knight has announced that 52 attorneys in the firm have been elected to partnership effective January 1, 2023, of whom four are based in Latin America.

Cuatrecasas has strengthened its Bogotá office by hiring Felipe Mariño as a new partner in the firm’s corporate and M&A practice.

Global healthcare and nutrition giant Bayer has completed the sale of its Environmental Science Professional (ESP) business to international private equity firm Cinven, after the t...

Peruvian law firm Santiváñez Antúnez Abogados has opened a new office in Colombia’s capital Bogotá, and incorporated David Roa Salguero as a partner at the firm.

Colombian law firm Cáez Muñoz Mejía Abogados has announced its fusion with fellow firm A&G Legal, and the subsequent change of the firm’s name to CMM Abogados and the integrati...

Colombian law firm CMS Rodríguez-Azuero has integrated Vergel Riascos Abogados, a boutique firm with extensive expertise in mining, environment and conflict resolution matters, whi...

Colombian law firm Gamboa García & Cardona has announced the incorporation of four partners, in response to the creation of new practice areas of its intellectual property and ...

With the aim of strengthening several practice areas within the framework of the firm’s growth plans, Colombian firm Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas has announced the promotion of ...

Donors including the World Wildlife Fund, French energy efficiency company GreenYellow and the Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation have contributed $245 million to Herencia Col...

In a transaction expected to boost the Colombian agribusiness sector, consultancy and asset management company Alere Advisors has announced its acquisition of an indirect stake in ...

Law firm Garrigues continues to bolster its Latin American offering with the addition of a new partner, Carolina Camacho, who will lead the firm’s labor law department in Bogotá.

Paris-headquartered Nexans, a global cable and optic fiber company, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Centelsa, a premium cable manufacturer in Latin America speci...

Colombian law firm Serrano Martínez, which focuses on corporate and antitrust laws, has announced the incorporation of Ana María Valdivieso as a partner in the firm.

Adell & Merizalde, a law firm focused on arbitration, has launched with the opening of offices in Bogotá, Panama City and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.

Colombian law firms Gómez-Pinzón and Fabio Humar Abogados have announced the creation of a strategic alliance to incorporate a new law practice into Gómez-Pinzón’s portfolio of ser...

Colombian law firm De La Espriella has announced the launch of its energy and natural resources practice, designed to meet current market demands.

Global firm FTI Consulting has announced the appointment of Monica Caswell as a director in its Latin American forensic and litigation consulting practice in Bogotá.

Cañón Thompson, a Bogotá-based boutique law firm, specialized in corporate taxation and wealth management, has announced its launch, formed by a highly qualified, updated and innov...

Law firm Greenberg Traurig has named Antonio Peña as the new co-chair of its Latin America practice.

Bogotá-based law firm Lewin & Wills has announced the appointment of Federico Lewin and Francisco González Salamanca as new partners of the Firm.

Global law firm Cuatrecasas is consolidating its position in Latin America with the incorporation of a partner in in Santiago and two in Bogotá

Global law firm Holland & Knight has announced the incorporation of Camilo Gantiva Hodalgo as a partner in Bogotá, and who will lead the office’s capital markets and financial ...

Concesionaria Vial Unión del Sur and, its sponsors and shareholders, Sacyr Concesiones Colombia, Sacyr Concesiones Participadas, Sudamericana Integral de Construcciones Sudinco Sol...

Colombian law firm Brigard Urrutia has announced the incorporation of Adrián Rodríguez as a partner, and who will co-lead the firm’s tax practice together with Catalina Jaramillo a...

Colombian energy company ISAGEN has announced the purchase of seven hydroelectric plants in the country, with total generation capacity of 360MW.

Colombian law firm Gómez-Pinzón has appointed three new partners, Paola Larrahondo, Nicolás Potdevin and Carolina Bobillier, in the firm’s administrative, constitutional and infras...

Colombian law firm Posse Herrera Ruiz has announced the appointment of four new partners in the financial law and capital markets, infrastructure, natural resources, and tax areas.

Colombian energy company Celsia, part of Grupo Argos, has sold its electric transportation unit Celsia Move to VIP Green Mobility for 122.5 billion Colombian pesos ($30.4 million).

Medina Abogados, a Colombian law firm specializing in corporate and insurance litigation law, has announced the promotion of Germán Cajamarca Castro to partner.

Ana Cristina Jaramillo has been named a new partner in the M&A practice of law firm Gómez-Pinzón in Bogotá, making the firm’s female-partner count the largest in any law firm i...

Upfield is set to strengthen its operations in Colombia with the acquisition of Unilever's food-processing plant located in Cali (Valle del Cauca).

Softtek has announced it has chosen Colombia as its newest location to strengthen its global digital capabilities, building on its presence in the South American company that stret...

The Colombian law firm has added Beatriz Molina as counsel.

One year after entering the Colombian market, US-based law firm Rimon Law has announced its merger with Colombian firm Ibarra Abogados.

Andean Telecom Partners (ATP) has made its first regional debt issuance, for $375 million, comprising 4.05% senior secured notes due 2026.

The new partner has experience as an attorney, professor and author of several books.

CMS Rodríguez-Azuero continues its growth and consolidation as a full-service global firm, with the integration of Bogotá-based law firm, Escobar García Abogados, a boutique specia...

Gómez Pinzón has advised Empresa de Energía del Pacífico EPSA in the acquisition from its parent company, Celsia, of two operative hydroelectric plants (Hidromontañitas and Rio Pie...

On January 1st, Posse Herrera Ruiz announced the appointment of Juan David Velasco and Juan Camilo de Bedouf as new partners in the tax, customs and international trade department....

Miami-based global law firm Diaz Reus International Law Firm & Alliance (DRT) has promoted Javier Coronado to the position of partner in its Bogotá office, and who is an ACAMS-...

Gómez Pinzón has advised BTG Pactual US Capital, BTG Pactual., Comisionista de Bolsa, Inverlink and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as placement agents in th...

As part of its global expansion plan, US law firm Rimon Law has hired Rodrigo Castillo Cottin as a tax and private client partner in the firm’s first Latin American office to focus...

Gómez-Pinzón Abogados has advised International Finance Corporation and Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional S.A., as investors of green bonds to be issued by Empresa de Energía del P...

On January 16th, international law firm CMS announced its expansion in Chile, Peru and Colombia by partnering up with local firms Carey & Allende, GRAU Abogados and Rodríguez A...

On December 16th, Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría, major Ibero-American law firm, announced the incorporation of three partners: Eduardo Escalona, from Chile; Diego ...

Colombian law firm Nieto Abogados has announced the incorporation of two new partners, Paula Duarte and Juan Antonio Vallejo Ordoñez, who bring their experience in wealth managemen...

Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas has expanded its presence in Colombia with the opening of a new office in Medellín, the country’s second-largest city.

Colombia’s Brigard Urrutia announced the strengthening of its corporate/M&A team with the promotion of Fernando Castillo and Tomás Holguín to a partner level positions, effecti...

Colombian law firm OlarteMoure has promoted Juan Felipe Acosta, the firm's litigation and ADR area director, to a partner level position, effective June.

Colombian law firm Posse Herrera Ruiz has added Juan Pablo Bonilla as a partner in the dispute resolution area. This move takes the partner count to 21.

On October 27th Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announced the appointment of three new partners and two associates in Colombian Group Dentons Cárdenas & Cárdenas. The ar...

US-based private equity fund I Squared Capital has sold its Peruvian transmission line company Orazul Energy Group to Colombia’s state-owned Interconexión Eléctrica.

Godoy y Hoyos Abogados has advised Colombia’s Concesionaria Desarrollo Vial del Mar S.A.S. (Devimar), in the financing of the Autopista al Mar 1, project.

FTI Consulting has strengthened its global risk management and investigation team in Colombia’s capital Bogotá to better serve its Latin American clients.

Colombian law firm Gómez-Pinzón Abogados has appointed its partner Lina Uribe García Lina as director of its corporate and mergers and acquisitions practice, the first woman to lea...

Chilean shopping mall owner and operator Mallplaza has entered Colombia’s capital Bogotá with the acquisition of the Calima shopping mall.

Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas in Colombia has appointed Alejandra Bonilla and Pablo Jaramillo as partners.

SGS Colombia has allied with Datacert to present sello de privacidad, the first-ever certification in Colombia on regulatory compliance and good practices in personal data protecti...

Colombian law firm CMS Rodríguez-Azuero has announced the recruitment of one of the leading lawyers in Colombia focused on the tax and customs practice, Santiago Arbouin. This move...

Local firm Pose Herrera Ruiz and Iberian law giant Cuatrecases announced on September 14th a new alliance to offer legal services to Iberian clients with interest in the Colombian ...

By entering Colombia, Garrigues has bolstered its capacity to work in key areas of business law in the region by creating a 40-lawyer local team in the country.

Colombia’s President Iván Duque has come in for harsh criticism after a tax-free shopping day on June 19th went ahead amid the Covid-19 pandemic, leading to large crowds descending...

EY Colombia has advised Gigas Hosting S.A in the acquisition of Ability Data Services, an operator of cloud hosting services in Colombia. The transaction strengthened Gigas’ commer...

The deal comes as part of Cargill’s business plan for Colombia, which consists of investing up to $500 million  in the country, throughout the next five years.

Garrigues continues to consolidate its offering in Latin America with the hire of Adriana Espinosa to head the infrastructure practice in Colombia. With this addition, Garrigues’ o...

Conexig has solidified the foundations for its strategic expansion in Latin America, establishing its presence in Colombia.

Colombian law firm Gómez-Pinzón has announced that its partner of 12 years, William Araque Jaimes, has assumed the role of Of Counsel. The new role obeys Araque’s decision to begin...

Colombia has been granted a $163.5 million financing for the construction of an electricity transmission line, the first time the country has procured foreign funds for such a proj...

Occidental Petroleum Corporation has sold its onshore Colombian assets to The Carlyle Group for $825 million, in a transaction that will entail a $700 million upfront payment to be...

Conexig, a global consulting firm in infrastructure, engineering and construction, has announced the addition of a new partner in its Bogotá office, Jairo Iván Sánchez, who will le...

Business process transformation company Sutherland Global Services has secured a $850 million debt refinancing through its subsidiaries, including SGS Colombia Holding.

Colombian lawyer Juan Felipe Merizalde Urdaneta has returned to his homeland after 15 years in France and the US to set up an independent law and arbitration practice.

Law firm Cuatrecasas has announced the expansion of its Latin America teams, with the hiring and promotion of five new partners in Chile, three in Colombia and one in Mexico.

US-based global consultancy firm FTI Consulting has announced the appointment of María Paula Duque to its senior team in Colombia as managing director within its strategic communic...

SAG Assessment & Consulting, which specializes in the prevention, detection and containment of fraud, corruption and money laundering through the use of forensic technology and...

Spanish law firm ECIJA has integrated Colombian firm MBCR, marking its entry into the South American country.

Banco Davivienda has made a $500 million global notes issuance, the first by a Colombian bank on the international markets.

Global law firm CMS has incorporated Colombian firm Yáñez & Asociados, a firm with more than 40 years’ experience in the South American country’s energy market and appointed a ...

Bancolombia has announced its entry into the real estate market through an alliance with CCLA Group, which owns, develops and operates mixed-use for-rental real estate across Latin...

Intellectual property consultancy ClarkeModet has appointed Silvia Patiño Rodríguez as its technical and legal services director in Colombia.

Colombian law firm CMS Rodríguez-Azuero has announced the integration of local firm Sanabria & Andrade Abogados, a move which strengthens the former’s dispute resolution area.

Credivalores, a Colombian non-banking financial institution, has made its first bond issuance on local markets after the country’s Financial Superintendence (FNG) approved the issu...

UK-based Waterlogic, a global designer, manufacturer, distributor and service provider of purified drinking water dispensers, has acquired QWS Holding and the Quality Water Service...

Colombia’s state-owned oil Company Ecopetrol has acquired a 51.4% stake in Interconexión Eléctrica (ISA).

Ecuadorian law firm Cevallos, Casals, Balseca & Bilbao (CCB) and Colombia’s MS Legal have launched an alliance, in a bid to widen their services offering to their respective cl...