Daniel Restrepo

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Daniel Restrepo

Associate

Practice Areas

Profile

Daniel is a mid-level associate in Mendoza’s Infrastructure & Transportation practice. He has two years of experience in in infrastructure and transportation project finance transactions, public private partnerships and financial derivatives.

Daniel has advised local and international lenders in high-profile project finance transactions, including the financing and refinancing of fourth generation (4G) toll-road projects in Colombia. He has also advised lenders in the structuring, negotiation and closing of liquidity facilities for projects involving the provision of electric buses in the city of Bogotá D.C.

He has also participated in the negotiation of hedges and derivatives governed by ISDA Documentation and Asobancaria’s local derivatives master agreement.

Specialties

Derivatives and treasury products.
Toll roads, airports, railroads and ports.

Buses and massive transportation.
EPC and Construction Contracts.
Project Finance.

Qualifications

Professional

Admitted to practice law in Colombia

Academic

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Universidad de los Andes
Bachelor of Economics (B.Sc), Universidad de los Andes

Languages: Spanish and English

Daniel Restrepo Deals

IHC

Lina María Londoño, Mateo Mendoza, Luis Armando Tolosa, María Lucía Amador, Daniel Restrepo

Counsel to IHC Holding Capital on its participation in the joint tender offer with Grupo Sura and Grupo Argos for the acquisition of 23.1% of Grupo Nutresa’s outstanding shares for a total value of USD 1.2 billion.

Alsacia/ Express

Mateo Mendoza, María Lucía Amador, Lina María Londoño, Daniel Restrepo

Counsel to two Chilean transportation companies and their sponsors on the restructuring of a senior project bond for USD 370 million for the development and operation of five bus terminals in Santiago de Chile, issued under Rule 144A/Reg S of the U.S. Securities Act.

Recaudo Bogota

Mateo Mendoza, María Lucía Amador, Lina María Londoño, Daniel Restrepo

Counsel to Recaudo Bogotá in a restructuring agreement for a syndicated loan of COP 372 billion with IFC, KEXIM Bank, HSBC, EDTM Desarrollador de Tierras, and Citymóvil.

FDN (SITP) for USD 88 million.

Mateo Mendoza, María Lucía Amador, Daniel Restrepo

Counsel to FDN on the structuring and negotiation of the first firm underwriting for the issuance and placement of securities derived from the securitization of economic rights under a bus fleet provision concession contract for Bogotá.

FDN/ Electribus Bogo

Mateo Mendoza, María Lucía Amador, Daniel Restrepo

Counsel to FDN as the liquidity lender in the financing for the acquisition of the first fleet of electric buses by two concessionaires of Bogotá D.C.’s Integrated Public Transport System (SITP) for USD 88 million.

FDN/Concesión Alto Magdalena

Mateo Mendoza, Natalia Rubio, María Lucía Amador, Daniel Restrepo, Anthony David Lugo

Counsel to the lenders on the first financing of a 4G project (Honda-Puerto Salgar-Girardot) for USD 45.9 million, structured in three tranches in COP and one in USD.

Natixis/ Vitol

María Lucía Amador, Mateo Mendoza, Natalia Rubio, Daniel Restrepo, Anthony David Lugo

Counsel to Natixis (New York Branch) on the financing of the acquisition of Celsia Move SAS’s operator by Vitol Investment Partnership II Limited for USD 25.2 million.

FDN (SITP)

Mateo Mendoza, María Lucía Amador, Natalia Rubio, Daniel Restrepo, Anthony David Lugo

Counsel to FDN as the liquidity lender in the financing for the acquisition of 406 electric buses by two concessionaires (sponsored by Fenakca and Transdev) of Bogotá D.C.’s Integrated Public Transport System (SITP) for USD 130 million.

Societe Generale

Mateo Mendoza, María Lucía Amador, Natalia Rubio, Daniel Restrepo, Anthony David Lugo

Counsel to Société Générale on the financing granted to a company dedicated to electric mobility projects for the renewal of an electric fleet under a concession contract for Phase III of Bogotá’s Integrated Public Transport System (SITP).

Nuevo Cauca/ BTG Pactual

Mateo Mendoza, María Lucía Amador, Daniel Restrepo, Natalia Rubio, Anthony David Lugo

Counsel to BTG Pactual on the structuring and negotiation of a loan for the financing of the 4G Popayán-Santander de Quilichao project for COP 120 billion.

FDN/SACYR

Mateo Mendoza, María Lucía Amador, Daniel Restrepo, Natalia Rubio, Anthony David Lugo

Counsel to FDN on the structuring, negotiation, and closing of a letter of credit facility to support the reserve accounts of the 4G Pamplona-Cúcuta project.