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The Lawyers of Zuber & Taillieu LLP

Daniel Rodríguez-Bravo

Foreign Legal Specialist

Daniel Rodríguez-Bravo’s practice focuses on corporate, finance and mergers & acquisitions matters, frequently with a cross-border dimension. Mr. Rodríguez-Bravo is experienced in representation of privately-held and publicly-traded businesses and governmental entities. He has worked extensively in Latin America, representing project developers, financial institutions, and investors.

Prior to joining Zuber & Taillieu LLP, Mr. Rodríguez-Bravo practiced law at Rodriguez-Azuero Abogados, a Bogotá-based law firm well-known in Latin America for its work in corporate, finance, mergers & acquisitions, and litigation matters.  Prior to that he served as In-House Counsel at Banco de Bogotá, Colombia’s second largest financial institution. Mr. Rodríguez-Bravo has taught the law of Negotiable Instruments as a visiting adjunct professor at the Universidad de los Andes Law School in Bogotá, and courses on Guarantees, Corporations and Negotiable Instruments as part of the Banco de Bogotá’s internal Banking Management Graduate Degree program.

Notable Representations:

  • Representation of a European bank in the due diligence and planning of a $450 million transaction with a Colombian government-owned bank;
  • Agreements for syndicated loans;
  • Inter-creditor agreements among financial institutions;
  • Commercial trust agreements;
  • Agreements for transnational sales of goods;
  • Agreements for oil exploration and production;
  • Representation of the Colombian government in drafting a petroleum investment agreement; and
  • Representation of clients before courts and governmental agencies on banking-related matters in various Latin American jurisdictions.

Representative Interviews

  • Colombia has a solid legislation regarding aquisitions”, In Professional Practice Section, Ámbito Jurídico. Legis. Year XII, Number.280. Colombia. (August 24 through September 6, 2009).

Representative Publications:

  • “The new ‘commercial invoice’: a detrimental legal reform for negotiable instruments regime”, Ámbito Jurídico. Legis. Year XI, Number. 248. Colombia. (May 5 through 18, 2008).
  • “Low amount saving accounts, a new opportunity for ‘bancarización’ (broadening access to banks)”, Ámbito Jurídico. Legis. Year XI, Number. 256. Colombia. August 25 through September 7, 2008.
  • with Wendy Heimann-Nunes and Patrick Del Duca, Criminal Exposure for Civil Wrongs in Foreign Countries, IN-PARK MAGAZINE (June/July 2009).
  • New and Emerging Framework to Access Personal Data,” Newsletter Legal Developments In Latin America, ABA Section of International Law (April/May, 2009).
  • “Colombia’s new competition law”. Newsletter Legal Developments In Latin America, ABA Section of International Law (__________/_________, 2009).

Education:

UCLA School of Law
LL.M., 2007
Honors: Dean’s Merit Grant

Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia)
Specialization in Commercial Law, 2003

Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia)
Abogado, 2001

Bar Admissions:

California
New York
Colombia

Languages:

English, Spanish, French