Juan Fernando Gaviria is a partner in Prieto & Carrizosa. He has advised lenders and borrowers, including the Colombian government and state-owned companies, in the areas of corporate finance, asset finance, and project finance deals, among others. He has participated in the financing and restructuring of several power generation and cogeneration projects connected to these transactions. Mr. Gaviria has also participated in various infrastructure projects and local and international mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition of local companies through worldwide acquisitions, and has advised both creditors and debtors in several bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings.
Mr. Gaviria has been a professor of law (contracts and corporations) (1999-2003) and an assistant professor of law (contracts and negotiable instruments) (1995-1997) at the Universidad de los Andes School of Law where he was chosen one of the school's top five professors in 2002. Before joining the Firm, he was in-house counsel to several Colombian financial institutions including Banco Andino (1997), Fiduciaria Davivienda (1995), Leasing Colmena (1994), and the Colombian Leasing Companies Federation.