Gómez-Pinzón Abogados (GPA)
More informationFielding a destination banking and finance practice, Gómez-Pinzón Abogados (GPA) handles the full spectrum of matters, with particularly strong expertise in cross-border asset finance, corporate finance and regulatory issues. The team’s enviable client roster includes domestic and global lenders —including state-owned banks— as well as major corporate borrowers, which mark it is a go-to team for event-driven, multi-jurisdictional mandates. In a recent example, department head Ricardo Fandiño acted as local counsel to Patagonia Holdco and CenturyLink Colombia in the capital markets and bank financing to support the acquisition of Lumen Technologies across different Latin American jurisdictions. In another cross-border mandate, José Luis Suárez acted as local counsel to a syndicate of five lenders on a $650m financing for Nu Colombia, Nu BN Servicios México, and Nu Holdings. The deep bench also draws on the senior experience of Daniel Londoño, whose previous professional experience includes a stint at Inter-American Investment Corporation, and capital markets specialist Adriana Moreno. At the senior associate level, Jimena González is noted for project finance and structured finance; Catalina Prieto has an emphasis on corporate finance and project finance; and Daniel Flórez maintains a focus on banking and capital markets. In December 2022, senior associate Tonia Orozco left to join the Development Bank of Latin America.
Key clients
- Nugil
- Avianca
- IFC
- Citigroup Global Markets Inc., SMBC, Scotia Bank
- JPMorgan Chase Bank
- The Bank of Nova Scotia
- Avista
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group
- Banco Davivienda
- Itaú Corpbanca Colombia
- Concesionaria Vial del Pacífico
- IWL River Inc
- Fondo de Capital Privado Inmobiliario Salud Compartimento 1
- Bayport Colombia
- Deetken Asset Management Inc
- Glenfarne Group
- Credicorp
- Grupo Pegasus
- Gramercy Funds Management
- Keralty
- Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (IADB)
Work highlights
- Advised the Bank of Nova Scotia and SMBC, as the lenders, on a $1bn loan to Ecopetrol.
- Acted as local counsel to a syndicate of banks (comprising Citigroup Global Markets, Citibank Colombia, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc, Goldman Sachs International Bank, and HSBC) on a $650m financing for Nu Colombia, Nu BN Servicios México, and Nu Holdings.
- Advised the Bank of Nova Scotia, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Citibank International Banking Facility, Banco de Sabadell, and Bank of China (Panama Branch), as the lenders, on a $509m loan to Grupo Energía Bogotá.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ricardo Fandiño