AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Leticia has repeatedly been named among Latin America’s top corporate lawyers. She was named to Latinvex’s “Top 100 Lawyers” in Latin America (2020 - 2024) for her excellence in Corporate/M&A and “Top 100 Female Lawyers” (2014 – 2023) for her achievements in Banking & Finance and Corporate/M&A (2017 – 2023). The Legal 500 included her on its 2022 “Private Practice Powerlist,” recognizing leading U.S. attorneys with a focus on Mexico, and she was also named to Lawyers of Color’s 2022 “Law Firm Leaders” list. In 2018, the International Committee of Women Together presented Leticia with its annual Women Together Award for excellence in banking and international finance, and she was subsequently profiled by leading Colombian business publication Portafolio Magazine. In 2017, Leticia was recognized as one of four LatinoJustice “Latina Trailblazers.” She is an active member of YPO, Young Presidents’ Organization, and is a supporter of many charities, including Aid for Aids/Aid for Life.

EXPERIENCE

Leticia’s significant matters among others, include:

• Accel in its investment in Flink
• América Móvil in the $6.25 billion sale of TracFone to Verizon
• Bloomberg in joint venture transactions for electronic trading platforms and securities brokerage
• BNP Paribas Cardif in the negotiation of a long-term bancassurance strategic alliance in Latin America with Scotiabank
• Celsia SA in its $840 million acquisition of stakes in seven power plants in Panama and Costa Rica from GDF Suez
• Expofaro in the sale of certain assets to Levi Strauss Colombia S.A.S.
• Ferrara Candy Company in its acquisition of Dori Alimentos
• Folhamatic Group in :
  • its sale to UK-based Sage Group
  • its acquisition of IOB Informações Objetivas Publicações Jurídicas
• Full In Partners in:
  • its investment in AutoRABIT
  • its Series B investment in AutoRABIT
  • its acquisition of Cybot
  • its investment in Servicore
  • the sale of ServiceCore to Mainsail Partners
• Greycroft, as lead investor, in equity funding for Latin America digital lender Addi
• Insight in its acquisition of Folhamatic
• Jaguar Growth Partners and its affiliates in connection with the formation of Colombian Healthcare Properties
• John Laing Group in its $80 million acquisition of a 30% stake in a Colombian 4G toll road concessionaire, marking the company’s first investment in Latin America
• Maurel & Prom in:
  • its acquisition of Colombian and Venezuelan oil and gas assets from Knightsbridge Investments
  • its acquisition of Tuscany International Drilling’s drilling activities in Africa
• Michele Levy in the sale of clean beauty brand Costa Brazil to Amyris
• Odinsa S.A. in:
  • the sale of a 50% stake in certain of its airport concessions in Colombia and Ecuador to a Macquarie Asset Management affiliate as part of the expansion of the infrastructure platform the two partners formed to operate and develop their South American road projects
  • the creation of its infrastructure partnership with Macquarie Asset Management to manage its Colombia toll road assets
• Sites del Perú S.A.C., a subsidiary of Sitios Latinoamérica S.A.B. de C.V., in its inaugural offering of S/872 million ($235 million) in senior notes
• Swiss Re Corporate Solutions in its acquisition of a majority stake in Compañía Aseguradora de Fianzas S.A. Confianza
• Teva in its joint venture with P&G to combine their over-the-counter consumer healthcare businesses in Latin America and other markets worldwide
• Union Square Ventures in a Series B investment for Latin America digital lender ADDI
• Vilmorin & Cie in its acquisition of two independent South American seed companies, Sursem (Argentina) and Geneze (Brazil), from Pampa Capital
• Weener Plastics Group and 3i in Weener’s acquisition of Proenfar
• Yildirim Group in various transactions in Latin America including the acquisition of mining projects in Colombia from CCX, part of the EBX Group
• Zurich Financial Services in connection with its long-term alliance in Latin America with Banco Santander S.A.
• Zurich Insurance Group in:
  • its acquisition of the individual and group life insurance businesses and the long-term savings operations of EuroAmerica in Chile
  • its agreement to acquire 19 travel assistance providers in Latin America
  • the $409 million acquisition of QBE in Latin America
  • the sale of an annuity portfolio of approximately $2.6 billion in reserves held in Chile to Ohio National Seguros de Vida S.A.
• A confidential U.S. private investment firm in its joint venture with a local partner in the healthcare real estate sector in a Latin American jurisdiction
• Certain creditors in the Chapter 11 restructuring of LATAM Airlines
• Two private equity funds in their investments in Despegar.com

A native of Colombia, Leticia is fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.