Pablo Jaramillo

Practice Areas

Infrastructure

Project Development

Public Law

Career

Pablo Jaramillo is a partner at Dentons. His main experience includes project structuring and development, project acquisitions and complex structured finance operations. Pablo also works in M&A and asset acquisition transactions of highly regulated industries in Colombia and Latin America.

Pablo has extensive experience in constitutional and public-administrative law issues with emphasis on project development and regulatory aspects, including matters related to royalties. He was an Assistant Magistrate in the Constitutional Court during the period 2017-2018, professor of Constitutional Law, Legislation and Public Policies (legislative procedure), Administrative Law, Public Actions among other related matters at Universidad de los Andes and was director of the public law area at Norton Rose Fulbright Colombia during the period 2017-2018.

Pablo has worked extensively across the region in some landmark infrastructure projects. His experience includes various transport sectors including ports, power generation facilities, toll roads, heavy and light rail, airports and massive transportation systems.

Experience

Confidential client: Advised on the sale of a majority stake in the concession for the El Campín real estate complex in Bogotá, including structuring and negotiating key agreements with a strategic investor and a joint venture agreement to commercialize the project.

Confidential client: Provided regulatory guidance and contractual structuring for the operation and maintenance of an animal processing plant in Tame, Arauca, including the regulatory framework and public tender process for selecting the O&M provider.

Confidential client: Assisted an energy company in acquiring wind energy projects in La Guajira, covering due diligence, offer structuring, and regulatory and financial risk mitigation.

Puerto Antioquia: Advising PIO S.A.S., Puerto Bahía Colombia de Urabá S.A. and Puerto Antioquia Holding S.A.S. on the regulatory framework for port concessions and several contractual matters related to the Project, including matters related to its financing (senior debt, mezzanine debt and equity investment), the drafting and negotiation of off-take agreements with key clients, owner's engineer agreement, EPC Contract related matters, dry bulk facilities and power line construction, operation and maintenance agreements with various counterparties, environmental, land matters including complex land restitution and expropriation proceedings involving several public entities, social matters, data protection, labour matters, among others.

Meridiam North America Infrastructure Inc.: Advising on the intended acquisition of a Colombian 4G toll road concessionaire.

Interconexión Eléctrica S.A.: Advising on the intended acquisition of a toll road concession in Antioquia, Colombia.

Confidential client: Currently advising the Project developer of Puerto Antioquia de Urabá on all matters including M&A matters and public and private parties involvement in the project.

Confidential client: Advising an interested party on the due diligence process of Sociedad Portuaria El Cayao.

Happag Loyd: Advising on the acquisition of Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores, a Chilean Corporation.

Vinci Airpoirts: Advising on the intended acquisition of two airport concessionaires in Colombia comprising 12 airport facilities.

Deutsche Bahn Ag: Advising on the acquisition of a Colombia cargo services provider.

SGS Colombia S.A.: Advising on the acquisition of an infrastructure studies laboratory with cross-border operations in the region.

Empresa de Energía de Bogotá S.A. E.S.P.: Advising on the intended acquisition of Isagen S.A. E.S.P.

Citi Venture Capital International: Advising on the US$400million capitalization of Transportadora de Gas Internacional S.A. E.S.P.

Confidential client: Acting for a French entity on the acquisition of a Colombian aqueduct services concessionaire.

Confidential client: Acting for an interested party on the due diligence process of Sociedad Portuaria Rio Córdoba.

Confidential client: Acting for one of the sellers on an intended acquisition of shares of Sociedad Portuaria Regional de Buenaventura.

Confidential client: Acting for an interested party on the due diligence process of Sociedad Portuaria Tumaco Pacific Port.

Confidential client: Acting for the buyer on the acquisition of Sociedad Portuaria Michelmar.

Confidential client: Acting for a Swiss Owned infrastructure investor on the intended acquisition of an airport concessionaire in Colombia.

Puma Energy: Acting for an affiliate of Puma Energy on the acquisition of Mineroil, a Colombian fuel distribution Company.

Representative Experience in Advising Secondary Market Acquisitions

Pablo has a broad experience in the infrastructure market including financing, structuring, tender proceedings and secondary market acquisitions. Below is a summary of Pablo’s representative experience in secondary market acquisitions during the last few years:

Confidential client: Advising a French group on the targeted acquisition of a Colombian 4G concessionaire.

Confidential client: Advising a British-Colombian group on the targeted acquisition of 4 Colombian 4G concessionaires.

Trafigura: Advising on the acquisition of Ferrocarril del Pacífico, a Colombian railway concessionaire.

Confidential client: Advising a French multinational company on the targeted acquisition of two airport concessionaires in Colombia.

Confidential client: Advising a Brazilian multinational construction company on the targeted acquisition of an airport concession in Colombia.

Ashmore group: Advising on the acquisition of Codad S.A., the concessionaire for the runways of Bogota international airport in Colombia.

Confidential client: Advising a Chinese entity on the acquisition of a waste to energy facility and waste management concessionaire in Colombia.

Puertos, Inversiones y Obras S.A.S.: Advising on the selling of its participation in Sociedad Portuaria Energética y Contenedores Puerto Solo S.A.

Awards

Education

Languages Spoken

English

Spanish