Catalina Prieto Núñez

Catalina Prieto Núñez is a senior associate in Pérez-Llorca’s Banking, Finance & Capital Markets practice in Bogotá. Drawing on nearly two decades of experience, she advises national and international clients in the financial, energy, and technology sectors on complex financing structures, corporate lending, and capital markets transactions. She has significant expertise in corporate loans, syndicated financings, acquisition financings, aircraft financings, and bond issuances under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Rule 144A, and bring a cross-border perspective to her work that has been strengthened by her international training and regulatory background.

Before joining Pérez-Llorca in 2019, Catalina built her career in-house at leading companies including Enel and Computec, where she served as Legal and Compliance Manager, and held positions in prominent law firms such as Brigard & Urrutia. She also served as Legal Manager of a technology outsourcing company and as a board member of a mutual investment fund, providing her with a strategic business perspective on financial law. She is recognised as a Leading Associate in Banking & Finance and Capital Markets by The Legal 500 2025, and as an Associate to Watch by Chambers Latin America 2025.

Catalina is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and participates actively in forums on finance and capital markets law. She holds a law degree from Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá and a specialisation in Commercial Law from Universidad del Rosario. In addition, she has an LL.M. in Law and Finance from Goethe Universität Frankfurt (ILF), and further LL.M. degrees from Tilburg University in the Netherlands and the University of Deusto, Spain.

Catalina’s representative experience includes advising on the structuring of Davivienda’s gender social bond, syndicated and bilateral loans granted by Citibank and SUAM to companies such as PriceSmart and Exponencial Confirming, and credit agreements for Almacenes Éxito. She has also assisted Adelante Soluciones Financieras (ADDI) in securing international financing, and advised on the refinancing of major Colombian corporates. Her experience at BaFin, Germany’s financial regulator, adds technical depth to her work on cross-border financings and financial regulation.