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Pérez-Llorca Colombia asesora a los accionistas de Avista Colombia en la venta del cien por ciento de sus acciones a Grupo Cibest

Press release

Pérez-Llorca Colombia advises Avista Colombia’s shareholders on the sale of 100% of their shares to Grupo Cibest

13/08/2026

Pérez-Llorca advised the shareholders, individuals and entities, of Avista Colombia S.A.S. BIC on the sale of one hundred percent (100%) of their shares to Estrategias Cibest S.A.S. (“Grupo Cibest”), the holding company of the Bancolombia Group and its financial and non-financial businesses. Avista Colombia is a Colombian fintech specializing in payroll-deduction (libranza) loans, consumer lending and loan refinancing, supported by streamlined digital origination and disbursement processes.

Comprehensive legal advice to the selling shareholders in the sale of 100% of the shares Avista Colombia S.A.S. BIC to Estrategias Cibest S.A.S., a company within Grupo Cibest, the holding company of the Bancolombia Group. The mandate covered the full transaction lifecycle, including assisting the selling shareholders throughout the buyer’s legal due diligence process and advising on the structuring, negotiation, signing of the transactions documents and closing of the transaction. The deal also involved the satisfaction of several conditions precedent, including the filing of the simplified merger control notice with the Colombian Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC), as well as the coordination of multiple corporate and contractual workstreams.

Team:

Lina Uribe – Partner

Andrea Stephanou Cruz – Senior Associate

Daniela Huerta – Senior Associate

Andres Pulido Matallana – Associate

Mariana Hincapié – Associate