Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as Colombian legal advisor to Portland Private Equity Fund, in connection with the loan and equity investment made into Inmaculada Guadalupe y Amigos en Compañía S.A., company owning and operating the famous Andrés Carne de Res branded restaurant chain. The transaction, which was sponsored by MAS EQUITY PARTNERS, served the stage for the integration of Inmaculada Guadalupe y Amigos en Compañía S.A., with Grupo Conboca S.A.S. and Productora y Comercializadora de Alimentos S.A.S., which in turn owns and operates the chicken outlet chain Kokoriko, and Mimos renowned ice cream stores in Colombia.
Closing Date: March 29, 2017.
LEGAL ADVISORS
Counsel to Portland Private Equity
Posse Herrera Ruiz: Partner José Alejandro Torres, and Associates Juan Pablo Puerto and Daniel Gardeazábal.
McMillan: Partner: Kip Daeschel, and Associates Jeffrey Nagashima, Maria Sagan and Philip Vineberg.
Counsel to MEP
Santiago López (in house counsel of MEP)
Brigard & Urrutia: Partner Dario Laguado, and Associates Christian Diaz and Laura Ribero.
Holland & Knight: Partner Juan Carlos Valencia.
Rodríguez & Asociados: Partner Juan Diego Rodríguez and Associate Paola Valderrama.
Counsel for Inmaculada Guadalupe
Laura Medina (in house counsel of Inmaculada Guadalupe)
Brigard & Urrutia: Partner Dario Laguado, and Associates Christian Diaz and Laura Ribero.
Rodríguez & Asociados: Partner Juan Diego Rodríguez and Associate Paola Valderrama.
Counsel for Grupo Conboca
Nataly Vargas (in house counsel of Grupo Conboca)
Rodríguez & Asociados: Partner Juan Diego Rodríguez and Associate Paola Valderrama.
Counsel for the shareholders of Inmaculada Guadalupe
Mosquera Abogados: Juan Pablo Mosquera (counsel to certain shareholders)