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Fernando Alfredo Castillo

Fernando Alfredo Castillo

Partner
fcastillo@bu.com.co
Contact information
(57-60-1) 346 2011 Ext: 8772
Bogotá
Admitted to practice law in
Colombia
Languages
English
French

Mr. Castillo is a member of the firm since 2007, as part of the M&A team, where he advises local and foreign companies in both domestic and transnational M&A transactions, as well as other corporate matters. Key representations include the merger between Colombia Telecomunicaciones and Movistar, the merger between Tigo and UNE, the sale by Casino of certain of its subsidiaries in Brazil and Argentina, and the sale of Citibank's consumer business. He also provides advice in general M&A and corporate governance matters to several national and foreign companies, including Sanofi, Danaher Corporation, Argos, EPM, and ISA.

He is admitted to practice in Colombia (2005) and in the State of New York (2014), and he worked in the Latin American M&A practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York.

Currently he is a Professor of Corporations at the Law School of the Universidad del Rosario, where he was previously a professor of Introduction to Civil law and Contracts.

Attorney from the School of Law of Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario. He holds a postgraduate degree in Contractual Law and Financial Law from the same university. He obtained a Master 2 (Finalité Recherche) on General Private Law from the prestigious Université Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas), with a scholarship from the Corporation pour les Études en France (CEF), and earned his LL.M. from New York University as a Dean’s Scholar.

Experience

Brigard Urrutia’s partner, he joined the firm in 2011. He worked as International Visiting Attorney in Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. 

Educational Background

  • Lawyer from Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
  • Postgraduate degree in Contract Law and Financial Law from Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario.
  • Master 2 (Finalité Recherche) on General Private Law at Université Paris 2 (Panthéon-Assas) with a scholarship from the Corporation pour les Études en France (CEF)
  • LLM from New York University (NYU) as Dean's Scholar
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS

 

(i) La cesión de crédito (The Assignment of Rights). Contracts in Private Law, 2007. (ii) Algunas reflexiones sobre los efectos de la obligación de ‘renegociar’ un contrato desequilibrado (Some Reflections about the Effects of the Duty to Renegotiate an Unbalanced Contract). Private Law Studies in Tribute to Christian Larroumet, 2008. (iii) El leasing: Mecanismo contractual con fines de garantía (Financial Leasing: a Contractual Mechanism with Collateral Purposes). Studies on Personal and In Rem Guaranties in Tribute to Manuel Somarriva Undurraga, 2009 (iv) Ampliación de los supuestos de hecho que autorizan el levantamiento del velo corporativo en Colombia: posibilidades y efectos (Expansion of the Circumstances that Authorize Lifting the Corporate Veil in Colombia: Possibilities and Effects). Lifting the Corporate Veil, Panorama and Perspectives. The Colombian Case. 2010

 

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