Baker McKenzie S.A.S.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Partner

For over 30 years, Jaime Trujillo has advised clients on transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions and private equity deals in both public and private acquisitions and divestitures. He has been involved in major transactions for the purchase and sale (including privatization) of infrastructure (pipelines, power plants, transportation systems and telecommunications networks) in Colombia, Peru and Central America, among others. Jaime has played a meaningful role in some of the most relevant M&A transactions in Colombia's recent past.

Jaime concentrates on private and public mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance as well as general corporate matters. He represents buyers, sellers and their financial advisers in a wide variety of transactions involving Colombia and the broader Latin American region. He specializes in cross border transactions involving targets with operations across the Andean region and Central America, in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

He has also played a significant role in the leadership of Baker McKenzie, as the Firm's Acting Global Chair (2018-2019), a member of the Firm's Global Executive Committee, the chair of its Latin American Regional Council and its Financial Committee (2017-2021), the  Managing Partner in Colombia (2011-2017), and the leader of Baker McKenzie's Latin America Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity Practice Group (2013-2016).

Jaime has been ranked in Band 1 in M&A/Corporate by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 several times and is currently in Legal 500's Colombian "Hall of Fame".

Jaime has been a member of the board of directors of the Colombian subsidiary of a major international bank, the chairman of the Colombian Chamber of Law Firms (Cámara de Servicios Legales – ANDI), the chairman of the board of governors of one of the most reputable international schools in Bogotá and a member of the board (committee) of the Vance Center for International Justice in New York.

He helped establish Baker McKenzie's Latin American pro bono practice and is the pro bono partner in Baker McKenzie's Colombia office.

Rankings:

Hall of Fame, Corporate / M&A, Legal 500, 2023 – 2024 Market Leader, M&A, IFLR 1000, 2019 – 2022 Excellent, Corporate / M&A, Leaders League, 2024 Excellent, Banking and Finance, Leaders League, 2024 Band 1, Corporate / M&A, Chambers Global, 2011-2017 Band 1, Corporate / M&A, Chambers Latin America, 2009-2017

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Acting Global Chair of Baker McKenzie (2018-2019). Member of the Firm's Global Executive Committee (2017-2021) Chair of the Firm's Financial Committee and the Latin America region (2017-2021) Managing Partner in Colombia (2010-2017) Leader of Baker McKenzie's Latin America Mergers & Acquisitions/Private Equity Practice Group (2013-2016)

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LL.M. International Business Law) (1994) Universidad de Los Andes (J.D.) (1988)

Publications:

Colombia Law and Practice, Chambers, 2024 Colombia Trends and Development, Chambers, 2024