Mariana Romero Castellanos

Mariana has significant experience in M&A and corporate law, advising both international and domestic clients across a wide range of industries. Her practice focuses on domestic and cross-border transactions, including the drafting of transactional documents. She has led and coordinated complex due diligence processes and supported all phases of M&A deals. Mariana has advised private companies, multinational groups, and private equity funds in strategic transactions involving sectors such as technology, healthcare, infrastructure, and telecommunications.

• Advised the Colombian Subsidiaries of Groupe Socotec, a French multinational specialized in risk management and performance improvement consultancy in the Colombian matters related to its acquisition of BAC Engineering Consultancy Group, S.L.
• Advised Krealo, the corporate venture capital arm of Credicorp Capital, in its majority investment in the Colombian insurtech company Monokera.
• Advised Grupo Exito in the joint venture with Redeban S.A. for the creation of a non-regulated payments company (sociedad adquirente no vigilada) in Colombia.
• Advised Better Collective A/S, a Danish based leading digital sports media group, in the Latin American matters related to the acquisition of Playmaker Capital Inc., a leading digital media group operating sports media brands across the Americas.
• Advised Positivo Tecnologia, a Brazilian tech company, in the Colombian matters related to the acquisition of Algar Tecnologia, a multinational specialized in the provision of telemarketing services, with operations in Brazil, Colombia Mexico and Argentina.