Haynes and Boone Advises Affiliate of Ecopetrol Group in Sale of Ethanol Plant and in Settling U.S. Lawsuit and Obtaining Consent Judgment
August, 2020 - Dallas, Texas
Haynes and Boone, LLP recently advised an Ecopetrol Group affiliate in the sale and disposition of an ethanol fuel plant located in the U.S. The sale was conducted in the form of a competitive bid process during the COVID -19 pandemic and multiple offers were considered.
In a separate matter, Haynes and Boone recently advised the Ecopetrol affiliate in obtaining a consent judgment in a U.S. state court against a borrower in connection with an earlier seller financed transaction. The settlement agreement will allow the parties to restructure certain payments obligations owed to the Ecopetrol affiliate, permit the borrower to sell off certain real estate owned by the borrower in an orderly process and in a reasonable period, and allow the borrower to fulfill its obligations to the Ecopetrol affiliate.
Haynes and Boone lawyers advising the Ecopetrol affiliate on the two matters were Partner Larry Pascal, chair of the firm’s Americas Practice Group, Senior Counsel Hunt Buckley and Michael Hood, Associate Colin Cox, and Foreign Counsel Cesar Ramirez.
Andres Ramon Rodríguez-Gómez (Bogota) served as in-house counsel and advised the Ecopetrol Group on the two matters, as well.
Ecopetrol, SA acts as the national oil company for Colombia and has shares listed on the Bogota Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange. The Colombian State holds a controlling interest in Ecopetrol, SA.
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