Luis Armando Tolosa

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Luis Armando Tolosa

Associate

Practice Areas

Profile

Luis is a mid-level associate in Mendoza’s Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Practice. He has experience in corporate finance, capital markets, sovereign debt and financial derivatives.

He has advised corporate debtors and financial institutions in cross border and cross-currency financings, receivables financings, structured financings, and syndicated loans. He has also participated in the negotiation and closing of ISDA documentation for financial institutions and Colombian blue chips with international swap dealers under US, UK and French regulation.

Specialties

Corporate finance.
Structured finance.
Capital Markets.

Sovereign Debt.
Derivatives and treasury products.

Qualifications

Professional

Admitted to practice law in Colombia

Academic

Master of Laws in Private Law, Universidad de los Andes
Postgraduate Degree in Financial Legislation, Universidad de los Andes
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Universidad de los Andes
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Universidad de los Andes

Languages: Spanish and English

Awards & Recognitions

The Legal 500 | Banking and finance 2024 "Luis Tolosa has great technical, professional and human qualities; He is the advisor that a client wants to have by their side at a negotiation table."

Luis Armando Tolosa Deals

Rappi Pay

Lina María Londoño, Luis Armando Tolosa, Mateo Mendoza

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

Lina María Londoño, Luis Armando Tolosa

We advised Lulo Bank and its shareholders on the legal and regulatory structuring of a guarantee provider.

Supra

Luis Armando Tolosa, Lina María Londoño, Nicolás Pérez

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

Luis Armando Tolosa, Lina María Londoño, Mateo Mendoza

We advised 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

Lina María Londoño, Luis Armando Tolosa, Nicolás Pérez

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

Lina María Londoño, Luis Armando Tolosa, Mateo Mendoza

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

Avista

Lina María Londoño, Luis Armando Tolosa

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

Finkagro

Luis Armando Tolosa, Lina María Londoño, Nicolás Pérez

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

Lina María Londoño, Luis Armando Tolosa, Mateo Mendoza

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

FDN

Mateo Mendoza, Lina María Londoño, Luis Armando Tolosa

We advised FDN on the negotiation of two ISDA Master Agreements, their annexes, the CSAs, and a bilateral agreement on the U.S. Stay Regulation.

Credicorp Capital

Lina María Londoño, Luis Armando Tolosa, Mateo Mendoza

We advised Credicorp on financial and foreign exchange regulatory matters applicable to derivatives, in relation to the 2020 Local Master Agreement and the credit support agreement, and their context in comparison with the ISDA Master Agreement.

BTG Pactual

Luis Armando Tolosa, Mateo Mendoza

We advised BTG Pactual Colombia on contractual and regulatory matters related to OTC derivatives, ISDA documentation, and Dodd-Frank protocols for its hedging operations with international swap dealers.