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Nicolás Lobo Pinzón
Contact
nlobopinzon@perezllorca.com
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Profile
Nicolás Joined Pérez-Llorca as an associate lawyer in 2023, as part of the firm’s international strategy, and is based in Lisbon.
His professional practice is focused on the development of investment projects, particularly in the financial services, energy & infrastructure industries, undertaking active participation throughout the structural, transactional and litigation aspects of different kinds of investments. During his first four years of professional experience in Colombia, he structured and led litigation strategies regarding liability of the State, while advised (and represented) several investors on procurement, privatisation procedures and regulatory matters in a wide array of industries including financial services, mining, energy, construction, and mobility.
Since 2019, in Portugal, he focused his professional activity on providing transactional advice to leading sponsors and financial institutions with strong presence in Iberia and Africa, in connection with mergers & acquisitions, public procurement, cross-border financing, project finance, bond issues (including convertible bonds), securitisations, and regulatory matters.
Studies:
- 2019 Master of Law – The University of Hong Kong;
- 2017 Post-Graduate, Civil Liability and Tort Law – Universidad Externado de Colombia;
- 2015 Degree in Law – Universidad Externado de Colombia.
He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, with an intermediate level of French.
Experience
He has provided advice during all stages of different kinds of investment projects to the key financial institutions and sponsors of public-service-related infrastructures in Iberia, Latin America, and Africa, mainly in the financial services, renewable energy, water supply, waste treatment, healthcare, motorways, railways, ports, mining, real estate, and construction industries, having undertaken active participation on the assessment of risks, structuring and execution of such projects.
He has advised on the structuring and negotiation of over 100 infrastructure-related and financing agreements, including concession agreements, purchase agreements, facilities & security agreements, subscription agreements, EPC agreements, O&M agreements, and PPA Agreements. He has significant experience in restructuring financing schemes to optimise the economic performance of different kinds of business groups operating in several jurisdictions and has further assisted several sponsors on the preparation of binding offers for the acquisition/development of infrastructures in public and private tenders in Portugal, Greece, the Netherlands, Colombia, Angola, and Mozambique.
Academic and Publishing Collaborations
- Lobo Pinzón, N. (2023, January). Smart Contracts: A Critical Tool for Democratisation of Sustainable Infrastructures. WhatNext.Law.
- Cassiano Santos, P., Correia Moreira, T., Seabra Moura, R., Lobo Pinzón, N. (2020, May). Debt Capital Markets Portugal. Lexology.
Professional Organisations
- Registered as a lawyer (advogado) before the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados Portugueses);
- Registered as a lawyer (abogado) before the Colombian Supreme Judicial Council (Consejo Superior de la Judicatura).
