Posse Herrera Ruiz
More informationNoted for its consistent involvement in cross-border transactions, Posse Herrera Ruiz advises a mix of local and international borrowers and lenders on a wide range of banking, finance and capital markets-related deals. The group also houses significant regulatory expertise, with department co-head Natalia Escobar, who is a former Deputy Superintendent of the Financial Superintendence of Colombia, particularly sought after in this space. Among Escobar’s recent mandates, she advised China Development Bank, Shenzhen Branch on a $200m financing granted to Partners Telecom Colombia and Avantel. Seasoned finance and capital markets specialist Mariana Posse has an impressive record in highly structured work and recently teamed up with newly promoted partner Jesús Albarrán and the infrastructure practice to represent Concesión La Pintada (and its sponsors Odinsa and West Valley JL Holdco), in the $278m refinancing of the Autopista Conexión Pacífico 2 toll-road concession project. At associate level, Medellín-based Julián Aguirre is focused on fintech and investment funds, while Catalina Posada has an emphasis on structured finance and project finance. Associate Mauricio Nieto departed in July 2022 for the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Associate Alejandro González left in December 2022 to join CAF.
Key clients
- Enerflex
- China Development Bank
- Fondo de Inversión Colectiva Inmobiliario Visum Rentas
- Fundación WWB Colombia
- American International Group
- BBVA Perú
- Banco JP Morgan Colombia
- Puerto Bahía Colombia de Uraba; Puerto Antioquia Holdings; Agrícola Santamaría; CMA-CGM; CI Tropical ; CI Unión de Bananeros de Urabá; Eiffage; Pio; Puertos Inversiones y Obras; Sociedad de Comercialización Internacional Banafrut and Termotecnica Coindustrial
- Banco Internacional del Perú (Interbank)
- Banco de Crédito de Perú
- Concesión La Pintada
- Parque Solar Planeta Rica
- Akuo Energy Colombia
- MPC Energy Solutions Latin America Holdings
Work highlights
- Advised Enerflex, and its Colombian subsidiary Enerflex Colombian Compression Services Colombia, on the former’s $625m private notes offering.
- Advised China Development Bank Shenzhen Branch on a financing granted to Partners Telecom Colombia and Avantel.
- Advised BBVA Perú on structuring a personal warranty agreement between Promigas and Banco BBVA Perú.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mariana Posse, Natalia Escobar