Posse Herrera Ruiz steers the entrance of MPT and Steward into Colombia
Posse Herrera Ruiz has counselled Medical Properties Trust and Steward Health Care on the acquisition of three clinics
Posse Herrera Ruiz advised the American REIT, Medical Properties Trust, Inc., in a joint acquisition with Steward Health Care, of the three outpatient clinics operated by National Clinics Colombia in the cities of Bogotá D.C. and Pereira.
The acquisition will be made through MPT and Steward’s joint venture and will be financed entirely by Medical Properties Trust. The deal included the purchase of the real estate used in the clinics, including the real estate property of GSRVC Holdings.
Posse Herrera Ruiz represented MPT and GSRVC in this transaction with the ethical requirements relating to conflicts of interest and common representation of multiple clients.Posse Herrera Ruiz exercised independent professional judgment on behalf of each client, who has expressly approved this situation.
Posse Herrera Ruiz acted as counsel to Medical Properties Trust with a team led by Banking partner Jaime Herrera (pìctured left), Tax partner Juan Guillermo Ruiz (pictured centre) and Real Estate partner Alejandro Turbay (pictured left), and involved lawyers Jaime Enrique Gómez, Christian Diaz, Daniel Delgado, Paula Miranda, Alejandra Aguirre, Alejandro Gonzalez, and David Celis.
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC acted as international counsel to MPT with a team formed by Jonathan Geisen, Thomas J. Mahoney Jr., Luther P. Crull, and Allen Blow.
Steward Health Services were assisted by McDermott Will & Emery LLP with a team formed by Ankur Gupta, Samuel W. Wales, and Steven Hadjilogiou. Colombia counsel to Steward was DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán with a team formed by partners Felipe Quintero, Juan Manuel de la Rosa, Andrés González and Sebastian Lora, and lawyers Felipe Aristizabal and Carlos Guzman.
Brigard Urrutia acted as counsel to National Clinics Colombia with team led by partners Darío Laguado and Andrés Hernández, and involved lawyers Daniel Moncaleano and María Marquez.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP assisted GSRVC Holdings with leading partner Matthew A. Kidd and lawyer Robert Banerjea.
Local counsel to GSRVC was Posse Herrera Ruiz with a team led by partners José Alejandro Torres and Juan David Velasco, and involved lawyers Camilo Lovera and Carlos García.
