Felipe Trias
Muñoz Tamayo & AsociadosOver the past year, Muñoz Tamayo & Asociados added eight new clients to its roster, including Brazilian development bank, BNDES, and payment technology platform, epag. Demonstrating a significant focus on regulatory matters, with growing expertise in fintech, the group also provides transactional support to banks, financial services companies and corporate borrowers. Felipe Trías and Diego Muñoz Tamayo co-head the department; both maintain broad banking, finance and corporate practices. The team also includes senior associate Daniel Cardona-Aranda, who sits in the banking, corporate and sports law groups; and corporate-focused junior associate, Melanie Gómez. Associate Amparo Montes left in October 2022 to become legal counsel at EssilorLuxottica, while associate Alonso de Reyes joined Baker McKenzie in London in May 2022.
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Key clients
- Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
- Deva Capital
- Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social (BNDES)
- Talanx
- Talanx Reinsurance Broker
- HDI Global Network
- Kushki
- Epag (Payment Service Provider)
Work highlights
- Advised Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP on Colombian law matters connected to the US firm’s representation of Mayagüez in a $100m dispute against Citibank —and its Colombian subsidiary— concerning foreign exchange derivatives transactions.
- Advised epag —a payment service provider with offices in Brazil, Portugal and the Netherlands— on its expansion process and seeking new markets in Latin America.
- Advised the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), on the general legal framework regulating the lending and guarantee/collateral structures in Colombia for public credit operations.
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Felipe Trias, Diego Muñoz Tamayo