Santiago Miramón

Practice Areas

Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mining; Real Estate; Energy;

Career

Santiago Miramón is the Director of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions at the Firm. Santiago focuses its practice on advising national and foreign clients on the purchase and sale of assets; structuring complex transactions for the acquisition and sale of investment vehicles, and the purchase of distressed assets. Additionally, Santiago has extensive experience in advising clients in investment vehicle management, negotiation of shareholder agreements, corporate governance structures, company dissolution, and liquidation. He is a lawyer with a specialization in Contracts and Legal-Commercial Relations and a Master’s Degree (LL.M) in Corporate and Securities Law.

Publications

“Dinamizar la adquisición de sociedades en crisis (Boosting the acquisition of distressed companies.)", Asuntos Legales, 10 February 2021.

“The Corporate Governance Role of Lenders: Minority Shareholders Champions?,” Vniversitas Magazine No. 135 July – December 2017 Legal Sciences Faculty of Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

“La contrarreforma en materia de fusiones y adquisiciones (The counter-reformation of M&A regulation),” Portafolio Newspaper, November 28, 2017

Work Highlights

Davivienda Corredores Real Estate Collective Investment Fund: Permanent adviser to the Davivienda Real Estate Investment Fund in the acquisition of real estate. To date, the approximate value of the acquisitions amounts to US$80 million.

• Analizar Laboratorio Clínico Automatizado: Advising the shareholders of the company on the transfer of 100% of their shares to Synlab.

• Tyndall Group: Advising on the sale of 99.71% of the outstanding shares of Distribuidora Andina de Combustibles S.A. (formerly ExxonMobil Colombia) to Primax S.A. In this competitive sales process, we advise on the structuring of the operation and on the drafting and negotiation of the acquisition documents of the shares with Primax and three other bidders interested in the purchase of the shares.

• Transcontinental. He advised this Canadian conglomerate on the acquisition of 100% of the shares of two agro-packaging manufacturing companies in Colombia and Ecuador.

• Spectrum. He advised this company in the acquisition of two renewable energy projects with the capacity to generate 350 (MW) by photovoltaic solar energy.

Languages Spoken

English; French; Spanish

Education

Awards