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Lina is a senior associate in Mendoza’s Sovereign Debt and Corporate Finance practices. She has more than 8 years of experience in sovereign debt, capital markets, corporate finance transactions and financial derivatives.

She has advised the Republic of Colombia, quasi-sovereign entities, state-owned entities and other governmental instrumentalities in their financing transactions, including syndicated loan facilities, bond issues and derivatives transactions for the financing of projects and capital expenditure and budgetary needs, with commercial financial institutions, development banks and multilateral entities, among others. She has also participated in project finance transactions in the oil and energy industries, and in leveraged buyout transactions for the acquisition of state-owned entities.

Before joining Mendoza, Lina was head of the legal affairs group of the General Directorate of Public Credit and National Treasury of the Ministry of Finance, where she led the project for the modernization of the public credit regime issued in 2022. She was board member of a state-owned energy company and part of its auditing and projects committee. She also worked as an associate for a major leading law firm in Colombia.

Specialties​
  • Corporate finance.
  • Capital Markets.
  • Sovereign Debt.
  • Derivatives and treasury products.
  • Energy Project Structuring and Financing.
Qualifications
Professional 
  • Admitted to practice law in Colombia 
Academic 
  • Master of Laws (LL.M) in Banking Law and Financial Regulation, London School of Economics  
  • Postgraduate Degree in Financial Legislation, Universidad de los Andes  
  • Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Universidad de los Andes  
  • Bachelor of Economics (B.Sc), Universidad de los Andes  

Languages: Spanish and English

Lina María Londoño Deals

IHC

Counsel to IHC on the framework and transaction agreement with Grupo Argos, Grupo Sura, Grupo Nutresa, and Grupo Gilinski for the exchange of 87% of Grupo Nutresa’s outstanding shares for shares in Grupo Sura, with an estimated value of COP 21 trillion.

IHC

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.

Avista

Counsel to Avista on the structuring, negotiation, and closing of a receivables funding operation for COP 120 billion for portfolio origination.

Rappi Pay

We advised Rappi Pay on matters related to its liquidity indicators and Net Stable Funding Ratio (CFEN) before the Financial Superintendence of Colombia.

Lulo Bank

Counsel to Lulo Bank and its shareholders on the legal and regulatory structuring of a guarantee provider.

Supra

We provide ongoing advice to Supra, a fintech focused on cross-border payments in multiple currencies, on financial law, regulatory compliance, foreign exchange matters, and consumer protection.

Banco Pichincha

Counsel to Pichincha on regulatory aspects related to foreign exchange transactions, exposure indicators in its corporate debt segment, and its transition in certain financial products with a structural neo-bank approach.

STORI

We provide ongoing advice to Stori, a fintech company originating consumer loans through credit cards with a presence in Latin America, on financial law, regulatory compliance, foreign exchange matters, and consumer protection.

BTG Pactual

Counsel to BTG Pactual Colombia on regulatory compliance related to its treasury operations.

Avista

Counsel to Avista on the structuring of a customized corporate mechanism in accordance with the shareholders’ agreement, ensuring strong protection of minority interests.

Finkagro

We provide ongoing advice to Finkagro on the structuring and placement of financing products for imports, the acquisition of payment instruments, and embedded derivatives transactions.

FDN

We provide ongoing advice to FDN on financial law, regulatory compliance, and foreign exchange law matters, including the structuring of an investment classification policy.

Lina María Londoño Blogs

Esperemos que enero no sea el tráiler del 2025

A pensar en el futuro

Opción para reducir el estrés en el flujo de caja