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Lina Londoño
Work Department
Coorporate Fiance
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Lina is a senior associate in Mendoza’s Corporate Finance practice. She has more than 8 years of experience in sovereign debt, capital markets, corporate finance transactions and financial derivatives.
She has advised the Republic of Colombia, quasi-sovereign entities, state-owned entities and other governmental instrumentalities in their financing transactions, including syndicated loan facilities, bond issues and derivatives transactions for the financing of projects and capital expenditure and budgetary needs, with commercial financial institutions, development banks and multilateral entities, among others. She has also participated in project finance transactions in the oil and energy industries, and in leveraged buyout transactions for the acquisition of state-owned entities.
Before joining Mendoza, Lina was head of the legal affairs group of the General Directorate of Public Credit and National Treasury of the Ministry of Finance, where she led the project for the modernization of the public credit regime issued in 2022. She was board member of a state-owned energy company and part of its auditing and projects committee. She also worked as an associate for a major leading law firm in Colombia.
Languages
Spanish, English
Education
- Master of Laws (LL.M) in Banking Law and Financial Regulation, London School of Economics
- Postgraduate Degree in Financial Legislation, Universidad de los Andes
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Universidad de los Andes
- Bachelor of Economics (B.Sc), Universidad de los Andes
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Banking and finance
‘Always available with concrete answers’, corporate, projects and finance boutique Mendoza Abogados continues to stand out for its record in fintech and heavily structured finance transactions. Name partner Mateo Mendoza has ‘strong understanding of business needs’ and recently advised Holding RappiPay —a joint venture between Banco Davivienda and Rappi— on the first syndicated revolving loan facility to fund digital receivables originated by RappiPay. Former senior associate, and department co-head, Clara Robledo-Sanchez left the firm in June 2022 to become senior legal counsel at fintech, KLYM, while intermediate associate Paula Knudson departed in August 2022. However, in July 2022 the group hired new counsel María Lucia Amador from CMS Rodríguez-Azuero and, two months later, added senior associate Lina María Londoño from the Ministry of Finance. Additionally, Christina Burn was promoted to senior associate in 2022 and, together with associate Luis Tolosa, is highlighted by sources for providing ‘excellent support’.
Colombia > Capital markets
Corporate, project and structured finance boutique Mendoza Abogados is particularly recognised for its expertise in International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and derivatives-related matters. Founding partner Mateo Mendoza has broad international experience and, throughout his 18-year career, has advised local and international underwriters on debt capital markets deals involving Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, Jamaica and Chile. The group was recently bolstered by the hire of senior associate Lina María Londoño, who arrived in September 2022 from the Ministry of Finance. Mid-level associate Christina Burn is also active in capital markets work. Director Clara Robledo-Sánchez left for KLYM in July 2022, while intermediate associate Paula Knudson joined the energy department of Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas in September 2022.