Overview

 

• Columbus was founded at the end of 2004 as a Merchant Banking firm by former senior officers responsible for Citigroup’s Investment Banking business in Argentina and Uruguay. This team has structured sophisticated financial products and deals focusing in Emerging Markets
• Columbus has offices in Buenos Aires and Montevideo and employs eleven professionals (seven ex-citibankers)
• Extensive international “on-the-field” work experience (USA, Europe and Mercosur) in the Investment Banking Industry: over 350 deals for over US$ 40 billion
• Columbus members have been “Capital Market Makers” in their region and have worked together for more than 12 years and have developed a strong "deal-making" track record in local and cross border M&A, Equity (Public & Private), Fixed Income, Syndicated Debt, Restructurings, Project Finance and Privatizations
• Columbus Team has successfully undergone all macro environments and capitalized from all these experiences
• More than 40 Investment Banking deals generated in three years since inception with clients such as Village Cinemas, Procter & Gamble, Noble Grain, IVAX Pharmaceuticals, Macri Group, AES, ING, Dolphin, Iplan Telecomunicaciones and Grupo de Narvaez, among others
• In 2006 Columbus was recognized as a Lead Top Player in Argentina by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and was also ranked among the Top 5 Advisors in 2005 by Thomson Financial M&A league table. In 2007 Columbus occupied the second position in the Thomson Financial M&A league tables