Garrigues

Fully equipped to handle the full range of banking and finance transactions, Garrigues is arguably best known for its track record in project finance work. Additionally, the team is widely admired for its regulatory prowess, where it is a popular choice to advise banks, financial institutions, alternative lenders, and payment companies on M&A and corporate restructurings — it also handles day-to-day compliance matters, including incorporations. Department co-head Roberto Borrás is a go-to expert for banking regulation and recently advised Grupo Bancolombia on its corporate restructuring process, aimed at separating the functions of Bancolombia as a banking institution and parent company of the group. Francisco Noguera co-heads the practice and enjoys a strong profile for project finance; he is advising Empresa Metro de Bogota and Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional (FDN) on the financing of the second line of the Bogotá Metro. A deep pool of talented principal associates includes Lissa Parra Alarcón, who handles a mix of transactional and regulatory work; Mónica Rodríguez G, who is noted for cross-border matters; and Nicolás Angulo, who focuses on banking and finance, securities and capital markets.