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ABOUT HOLLAND & KNIGHT WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT OUR FIRM
2016 Chambers Latin America 11 lawyers honored as “Latin America’s best advisors” | Top rankings in Latin America: Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A and Capital Markets; Colombia: Corporate/M&A, Intellectual Property, Energy & Natural ResourcesColombia recognitions for Enrique Gómez-Pinzón – Corporate/M&A | José Vicente Zapata Lugo – Energy & Natural Resources
Holland & Knight is a global law firm with more than 1,200 lawyers and other professionals in 27 offices throughout the world. Our lawyers provide representation in litigation, business, real estate and governmental law. Interdisciplinary practice groups and industry-based teams provide clients with access to attorneys throughout the firm, regardless of location.
We regularly counsel clients in cross-border transactions, taxation, labor and employment, international trade, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, venture capital and private equity investments, energy and environmental matters, international licensing and franchising, intellectual property, media and entertainment, public policy and regulation, and international litigation and arbitration. Our physical presence in Colombia – combined with the depth and scale of our practices, regional relationships and international reach – enables Holland & Knight to provide comprehensive and seamless legal services to our clients.
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COLOMBIA OUTLOOK Holland & Knight is well-positioned to address client needs and goals with our full-service representation and value-added services around the globe. We are highly experienced in helping clients in the strategic areas of growth in Colombia, including in financial services, energy, mergers and acquisitions, and transportation and infrastructure.
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COLOMBIA PRACTICE
IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide2016 edition | “Notable Firm” in Colombia for Financial and Corporate Recognized attorneys: Jose Vicente Zapata, Juan Carlos Valencia and Enrique Gómez-Pinzón
2016 Latin Lawyer 250Holland & Knight | A “longstanding member of the Latin American legal community”Latin America Practice | Noted for work in Corporate/M&A, Banking & Finance, Arbitration, Litigation, and White-Collar Crime and Compliance
Colombia recognitions for Enrique Gómez-Pinzón | “an excellent Lawyer” with a “solid reputation”
Juan Carlos Valencia | “highly regarded”Vicente Umaña | “effectively utilised his private sector experience to win praise for Holland & Knight’s labour department”Additional Colombia recognitions: José Vicente Zapata | Danilo Romero Raad
LATIN AMERICA PRACTICE BY THE NUMBERS
2016 Chambers Global Among the “world’s leading firms” in Latin America-wide: Banking and Finance and Corporate/M&A; Colombia-wide: Corporate/M&A
100+ attorneys fluent
in Spanish and/or Portuguese
with multicultural and multilingual services to
help clients succeed
30+ years of representinglocal and international clients doing business
in the region
700+ foreign-trained lawyers
have worked in our U.S. offices through
our renowned Foreign Lawyer Trainee Program
Legal 500 Latin America 2015 Recommended in Colombia for Corporate/M&A, Dispute Resolution, Energy/Natural Resources, and Labor and Employment
Colombia recognitions for Enrique Gómez-Pinzón | “celebrated” in Corporate/M&A and “experienced” in Dispute Resolution
Juan Carlos Valencia | “recommended” for Corporate/M&A
Vicente Umaña | leads “very professional labor team”
José Vicente Zapata | “well-regarded environmental specialist” and an “energy expert”
COMMITMENT TO CLIENTS We represent global and Fortune 500 companies, other public corporations, emerging companies, financial and insurance institutions, governmental agencies and private companies.
Collaboration across practices and offices, along with highly focused management of matters and cases, enables us to deliver seamless and efficient support.
The firm partners with clients to deliver innovative business and legal solutions. Holland & Knight is one of the few U.S.-based firms with a full-service
office in Colombia, which allows us to play a key role in helping clients achieve their short- and long-term goals.
»Recent Notable Deals in the News
» Advised Empresa de Energia de Bogotá (EEB) on its US$880 million purchase of 31.92% of stock in Transportadora de Gas Internacional (TGI) from The Rohatyn Group and a US$645.5 million syndicated loan to finance the acquisition
» Led negotiation process between the USO and CB&I in Cartagena, Colombia, as part of expansion of one of the biggest Colombian infrastructure projects
» Representation of a U.S. general contractor in several arbitration proceedings against subcontractors for a project to expand and revamp the Cartagena Refinery before different arbitration tribunals in the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota
TRACK RECORD
» Provided counsel in the complex international merger of the commercial group GeoPark in Colombia, Panama and Delaware (U.S.) as all of its entities, capital and assets were absorbed by a Colombian company
» Served as New York and Colombia counsel for Bladex and lenders in US$90 million syndicated loan to Colombia’s Centelsa; lead arranger and administrative agent in US$80 million syndicated loan to Banco Aliado; and sole lead arranger, administrative agent and bookrunner of a nine-bank syndicate on a US$125 million syndicated loan to Banco de Costa Rica
» Led InterContinental Hotels Group’s multiple hotel projects Argentina, Chile, Colombia and throughout Central America
CLIENTS BENEFIT FROM OUR PRACTICE SYNERGY AND MULTICULTURAL UNDERSTANDING » Holland & Knight’s substantial experience in a wide range of business sectors is enhanced by our established working relationships with business and government leaders.
» Our Energy Team has extensive experience in Colombian and Latin American environmental compliance and regulatory litigation, oil and gas projects, mining projects, project finance, foreign investment projects, mergers and acquisitions, and complex corporate reorganizations and financial restructurings.
» We have been a key participant in several first-ever transactions in Latin America, including numerous large-scale deals.
Labor, Employmentand Bene�ts
Energy FinancialServices
IntellectualProperty
M&A, Private Equity, Corp.
Services
SOLID FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICANGROWTH
International Litigation & Arbitration
Jose ZapataPartner
»GET CONNECTEDEnriqueGómez-PinzónBogotá Executive Partner
Juan Carlos Valencia MarquezPartner
Vicente Umaña CarrizosaPartner
Danilo RomeroRaadPartner
Julian SantosRubinoPartner
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