Maria Juliana Saa
Partner

Overview
Maria Juliana Saa Hoyos is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Bogotá office. Ms. Saa Hoyos focuses her practice on the areas of corporate services, financial law, capital markets and commercial law.
Ms. Saa Hoyos advises banks, development finance organizations and non-traditional lenders. She has experience working on credit facilities for multiple clients – including Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional S.A. (FDN), Bancolombia S.A., IDB Invest, CIFI Latam S.A., Newfoundland Capital Management, Partners for Growth, UPI Union para la Infraestructura, Banco Davivienda S.A., Banco de Bogotá S.A., Banco de Occidente S.A., Banco Santander S.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), among others – in Latin American cross-border financings. Ms. Saa Hoyos is also involved in important financial transactions in Colombia, including project finance, the design and structuring of new financial products and standard market products such as mutual funds and private funds. She has extensive experience in drafting, negotiating and reviewing contracts, including credit agreements, share purchase agreements and other corporate documents.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Saa Hoyos practiced as an associate in a law firm in Colombia and as a legal director for a brokerage firm.
Representative Experience
Credentials
- Universidad de los Andes, Specialization, Financial Legislation
- Universidad de los Andes, Specialization, International Business Law
- Universidad de los Andes, J.D.
- Colombia
- The Legal 500 Latin America, Next Generation Partner, Banking and Finance, 2023-2025
- Chambers Latin America – Latin America's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Colombia: Banking & Finance, 2023, 2025
- Road Financing of the Year, Local Currency Financing of the Year, Latin Finance Project & Infrastructure Financing of the Year Awards, 2024
- Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business guide, Colombia: Banking & Finance (Up & Coming), 2023-2025
- The Best Lawyers in Colombia, Banking and Finance Law, 2024
- IFLR1000, The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms, Rising Star Partner, Banking and Finance, 2023, 2024
- The Legal 500 Latin America, Rising Star, Banking and Finance, 2021, 2022
- The Legal 500 Latin America, Banking and Finance, 2019
- Best Road Financing, Project & Infrastructure Awards, LatinFinance, 2016, 2017
- Best Local Currency Finance, Project & Infrastructure Awards, LatinFinance, 2017
- Best Infrastructure Financing for the Andes Region, Project & Infrastructure Awards LatinFinance, 2016
- Deal of the Year, Project Finance, Latin Lawyer, 2016
- English
- Spanish