The Republic of Colombia closed a €2 billion offering of global bonds, consisting of €500 million of its 4.5% Global Bonds due 2030, €700 million of its 5.75% Global Bonds due 2034 and €800 million of its 6.500% Global Bonds due 2038. Colombia also completed a concurrent tender offer on certain of its existing bonds.
S&C, which acts as regular underwriters’ counsel in offerings by Colombia, including this year’s €4.1 billion registered global bond offering and $3.8 billion global bond offering and last year’s $3.6 billion global bond offering, represented Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities and Santander U.S. Capital Markets.
The S&C team advising on the transaction consisted of Chris Mann, Alan Fishman and Andrea González Morales.