Andrés Crump
Biography
Andres Crump joined Baker McKenzie in 2018 as a partner for the M&A and private equity practices. Previously, he had served as a Senior Vice President at the prestigious Brookfield Asset Management, where he was responsible for the transaction execution and M&A activities in various businesses in the infrastructure and energy sectors in Latin America.
Andres worked for more than 10 years at Brookfield, two of which he spent in Sao Paulo, overseeing the development of various initiatives related to capital deployment and asset management activities.
In addition, he has participated as a member of the Board of Directors of Sociedad Concesionaria Vespucio Norte, Isagen S.A., Grupo Carvajal S.A. and Empresa de Energía de Boyacá S.A.
Andres holds an LLM from Columbia University (New York) and a Master's degree in Finance and a Bachelor's degree in Law from Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá).
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised Ecopetrol (The most important oil Company in Colombia) in the purchase of 569´472,561 shares (51.4%) of Interconexión Eléctrica ISA (The largest power transmission supplier in Colombia) (both Ecopetrol and ISA being publicly listed companies) through the signing of an inter-administrative share purchase agreement with the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit in Colombia. Deal value approx USD 3.6 billion.
- Advised EPM (state-owned power distribution company which supplies around 30% of the Colombian energy demand) in the acquisition of CaribeMar/Electricaribe (one of the largest power commercialization and distribution company in Colombia).
- Advised Akzo Nobel in the acquisition of 100% of Grupo Orbis S.A., a publicly listed company in the Colombian Stock Exchange, mainly dedicated to the chemicals industry (paintings & coatings and complementary chemical businesses).
- Advised Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (one of the world's largest insurance companies) and its Colombian subsidiary Liberty Seguros S.A. in the sale of the shares of Liberty Seguros de Vida S.A., including two of its business lines in Colombia (professional/labor risk insurance (ARL) and individual life insurance) in a competitive process.
- Advised Brookfield Colombia Infrastructure Fund and BCIF Holdings Colombia II S.A.S. in the transaction with Northland Power Inc., whereby Northland agreed to purchase 99.2% Empresa de Energía de Boyacá S.A E.S.P.
- Advised Grupo Romero in the acquisition of a minority stake in Oleoducto Central S.A. - Ocensa (which is the main Colombian pipeline operator).
- Advised Brookfield in the acquisition of Gas Natural S.A. E.S.P., which is the gas distribution Company serving Bogotá. This transaction was completed through several highly complex open market transactions in the Colombian Stock Exchange.
- Acquisition in a privatization auction conducted by Colombia's Ministry of Finance and in follow-on tender offers of an aggregate ownership of 99.7% in Isagen. Isagen is a portfolio of hydroelectric and thermal generation plants with +3GW of installed capacity and which accounts for approximately 20% of Colombia's overall power generation.
Professional Honors
- Leading Individual, Corporate / M&A, Legal 500, 2024
- Band 3, Corporate / M&A, Chambers Latin America, 2024
- Excellent, M&A, Leaders League, 2024
Admissions
- Colombia (2004)
Education
- Columbia University School of Law (LLM) (2007)
- Universidad de los Andes (Masters in Finance) (2004)
- Universidad de los Andes (JD) (2003)
Languages
- English
- Portuguese
- Spanish