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| | | Brigard & Urrutia partner since 1994. With more than 20 years of extensive experience. Mr. Michelsen advises leading domestic and foreign companies as well as private equity funds in complex corporate transactions as well as telecommunications, media and technology matters. Over the course of his distinguished career, he has consistently been recognized internationally as one of Colombia’s leading M&A practitioners. He has acted as lead counsel in many of Colombia’s largest and most complex corporate transactions. Among his most prominent transactions is the advice for SABMiller in the acquisition through a merger of Bavaria SA, the second largest brewer in South America for US$7.8 billion. | | | Moreover, Mr. Michelsen has played a key role in many of the most important recent M&A transactions and corporate finance deals in Colombia, such as acting for Álmacenes Éxito, the largest retail company in Colombia, in its US$700 million acquisition of controlling stake in Carulla- Vivero, Casino Guichard Perrachon in its US$327 million acquisition of a controlling stake in Álmacenes Éxito, and Almacenes Éxito’s in their GDR issuance in international markets, among others.
| | | Mr. Michelsen received his JD from the Andes University and holds a Master's degree in Commercial Law from University of Paris II, France. He also did an intensive course in Project Finance at the Euromoney Institute in New York.
| | | Academic Training
| Institution: University of Paris II
Program: Commercial Law
Degree: Master in Commercial Law
Year of Completion: 1985
Institution: Universidad de los Andes
Program: Law
Degree: Lawyer
Year of Completion: 1984
| | | Experience at B&U
| Firm: Brigard & Urrutia Abogados
Position: Partner
Entry date: 1994
| | | Memberships & Distinctions
| Memberships
| | Member of the IBA, the American Society of International Law, the Institute for Transnational Arbitration, and the Center for Telecommunications Studies. Lex Mundi Leadership Chair in the E-commerce Practice Group, and Regional Vice-Chair of the Antitrust and Competition Practice Group. | | | Distinctions
| He has been consistently recommended in the last years by publishers such as The Latin Lawyer, The Global Telecoms Business Guide, The World’s Leading Lawyers, and The European Council Industry Report.
Recognised in Corporate/M&A, Banking and Finance and TMT by Chambers & Partners Latin America- 2012
Recommended in Banking, Corporate, Labour and Employment, M&A, Project Finance, Communications Regulation by Who's Who Legal-2011
| | | | Languages | English and French
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