Martínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & de la Rosa
More informationMartínez Quintero Mendoza González Laguado & de la Rosa’s projects team finds favour for its ‘high level of responsiveness and accountability’. The group acts on a significant volume of secondary market transactions — Macquarie Asset Management stands as a trophy client in this segment — and also handles project finance and development work. Banking and finance specialist Sebastián Lora co-heads the department alongside infrastructure, projects, and public law partner Olga Lucía Ramírez, who joined in August 2022 from the Ministry of Transportation. Private equity expert Felipe Quintero and managing partner Camilo Martínez also handle projects-related matters. Former department co-head Paola Aldana left to go freelance in February 2023. Since publication, the firm has left the DLA Piper network to which it previously belonged - effective as of May 2024.
Testimonials
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- ‘The partners were more involved in the transaction than we have seen at other firms.’
- ‘We recommended lawyers for their high level of responsiveness and accountability.’
Key clients
- Macquarie Asset Management
- Bancolombia, Banco De Bogotá, Banco De Occidente and Instituto para el Desarrollo De Antioquia
- John Laing Group
- Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets
- La Peninsular Compañia Constructora, sucursal Colombia
- Bancolombia, Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional – FDN, and Compartimento a del Fondo De Capital Privado FCP Deuda Infraestructura II Sura – Credicorp Capital
- Termoeléctrica El Tesorito
Work highlights
- Advised Macquarie Asset Management on the acquisition of 50% of Odinsa’s stake in Bogotá and Quito Airports for approximately $310m, among other matters.
- Advised Bancolombia, Banco de Bogotá, Banco de Occidente and Instituto para el Desarrollo de Antioquia on a financing of up to $332m to finance a cash out, the payment of the outstanding debt and to pay project costs of the Vías del Nus toll-road project.
- Advised John Laing Group on the acquisition of two electric bus concessions in Bogotá from Somos K and Ashmore Andean Fund II.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Olga Lucía Ramírez, Sebastián Lora