• Partner

    Managing partner of Bensons Clark at national level. acquisitionsMember of the IBA (International Bar Association). Expert in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, foreign exchange and capital investments. He has advised important clients in the real sector in local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.

     

    He has great listening, analytical and negotiation skills. In the time he has been leading Bensons Clark, he has been successful in the strategic direction of the firm and in the management and innovation of client service.

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    Work Experience

    • Camilo advised ANDEAN COAL BVI LTD and CARBHID SAS, leading companies in the Colombian mining sector, in the divestment of assets corresponding to the sale of the Carbhid-1 and Carbhid-2 mines, concession FGL-111, transaction for 14.6 million USD.
    • advised IXERV LAC INC, a leading multinational company in the optimization and support of the entire suite of SAP SuccessFactors solutions, in a complex acquisition in which a major Californian-Indian company (The Silicon Partners) acquired 100% of IXERV and its subsidiaries in Latin America.
    • advised Agroindustrias Guarojo SAS, a major national company in the natural fuels industry, in the acquisition of a strategic asset for the development of natural fuel production for US$6.9 million.
    • advised COLCOBER LTDA, a leading Colombian company in the insurance brokerage sector, in the sale of 100% of the majority interest of such company in INTERCARIBE S.A and SOTRACOR S.A, valued at USD 4.5 million
    • team advised an important Colombian businessman, in a private process of sale of 100% of its shareholding in the company COINVERCOP SAS, a Colombian company leader in the consumer credit sector through draft to the private equity fund CUANTUM SOLUCIONES FINANCIERAS for the amount of 2 MILLION DOLLARS.
    • advised the buyer, BRIGHTON CONTRACTOR, in the acquisition of 100% shares in the company SINERGI SOLUTIONS SAS, a Colombian company of importance in the technology sector, a transaction valued at 1.2 million USD.
    • advised NOVOPAYMENT SAS, an important payment ecosystem technology services company, in the process of merger by absorption with SERVITEBCA COLOMBIA SERVICIOS DE TRANSFERENCIA ELECTRONICA DE BENEFICIOS Y PAGOS S.A.S.
    • advised the Spanish company Consulting Ezolution SL on foreign direct investment in Colombia in the technology industry. This, through the incorporation of a subsidiary company subordinate to the parent company. We also provided advice on the exchange regime applicable to the entry into the country, of the resources for the investment and their monetization.
    • advised SERVICIOS Y MEDIO AMBIENTE SAS in the statutory reform of the transformation from SA to SAS. We also represented this company as seller for the negotiation of the shareholding it held in the company Buenaventura Medio Ambiente BMA ESP to Servintegrales SAS ESP.
    • advised MOL CHEMICAL TANKERS, a leading multinational company in the specialized maritime transportation of liquid chemical products, on a corporate and tax due diligence. This involved the review of all the company's bylaws and reforms since its incorporation.
    • advised ANKH RODERICK SAS, a leading company in the neonatal pharmaceutical industry, to develop the incorporation of a subsidiary company in Brazil in the internationalization process faced by the company.
    • Chairman of the Board of Directors of ACT Telemática S.A. where his guidelines and managerial skills have maximized the company's performance and projections.
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    Academic Background

    • Ll.M. International Business Law – Universidad Complutense de Madrid - Spain.
    • Master in Private Law - Universidad de los Andes.
    • Specialist in Financial Law - Universidad de los Andes.
    • Specialist in Corporate Law - Universidad Javeriana de Colombia,
    • Specialist in Commercial Law - Universidad Externado de Colombia.
    • Professional course in Corporate Governance and Boards of Directors - Universidad de los Andes.
    • Lawyer - Universidad Autónoma de Colombia.
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    Teaching

    • Professor of Mergers and Acquisitions at Universidad de los Andes and coordinator of the legal course on M&A and corporate transactions at the same University.
    • Professor at the Universidad de Caldas in the Specialization in Commercial and Financial Law.
    • Professor at Universidad Católica, Universidad Central and Universidad Autónoma de Colombia, in Corporate Law, International Commercial Contracts and Commercial Law.

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    CAMILO LÓPEZ ACOSTA

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