Opes

What Opes does

Opes is a boutique investment bank founded in 2012 and headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, that focuses on companies in crisis, illiquidity, or insolvency. The firm operates through three integrated divisions: Opes Transformación (turnaround consulting), Opes Legal (insolvency-law services), and Opes Equity (capital raising and distressed investment). Its target client base is distressed or underperforming companies in Colombia and other Latin American markets, often stakeholders who need an advisor-and-investor combination in special situations.

The firm's product set combines advisory mandates (transformation processes, financial restructuring, legal insolvency proceedings under Colombian Law 1116/2006) with principal investing — purchasing distressed claims, non-performing loan portfolios from banks, and illiquid or insolvent company portfolios. Cumulative disclosed activity includes USD 14M+ of debt restructured for clients, USD 4M+ of assets under administration, 12 transformation processes executed, and 60+ companies analyzed. A 2018 transaction included a USD 2.5M distressed-debt acquisition in energy infrastructure.

The business model is a hybrid of professional-services fees (advisory and legal) and investment returns from acquired distressed positions. Go-to-market is partner-led and largely referral-driven within the Colombian distressed-business community, supplemented by a content-marketing blog and a free self-serve diagnostic tool (Diagnóstico Opes) used as a lead-generation funnel. The team is small (8 employees) and led by four partners — Juan Camilo Gómez, Ana María López, Diana Espinosa, and Maria Fernanda Copete.

Name

Opes

Legal name

Opes Group

Website

https://opes.com.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Opes is a Bogotá-based boutique investment bank founded in 2012 that serves distressed, illiquid, and insolvent companies in Latin America through turnaround advisory, insolvency law, and distressed-debt investing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restructuring and Turnaround Advisory

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Distressed M&A & Special Situations Advisory (BPAHADAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Insolvency & Turnaround Advisory (SME/Mid-Market Debtor-Side) (FSAEAFAK), Distressed M&A & Special Situations Advisory (BPAHAOAH)

Keywords

• Turnaround consulting services
• Financial restructuring advisory
• Insolvency legal services
• Distressed asset investment
• Crisis management advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Advisory Services — Transformation: Opes Transformación delivers an integrated transformation office with a dedicated team, providing operational, administrative, financial, and corporate governance consulting with 60-, 120-, and 180-day impact plans. Revenue is generated through consulting engagements with companies undergoing structural change.
2. Legal Advisory — Insolvency & Restructuring: Opes Legal provides legal counsel covering contractual law, litigation, corporate law, and specialized insolvency and bankruptcy consultancy. The firm also explores potential investment opportunities for clients, combining legal and financial advisory under a single engagement.
3. Distressed Equity & Capital Raising: Opes Equity raises capital for companies in states of illiquidity or insolvency, performs financial modeling and company valuations, conducts portfolio analysis, and identifies investment targets for the distress debt investor network. Revenue is generated through advisory fees, success fees on capital raised, and investment returns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Opes Group is a boutique investment bank for companies in crisis and distress, operating through three integrated divisions: Opes Transformación delivers business transformation consulting with a dedicated transformation office and 60/120/180-day impact plans; Opes Legal provides insolvency, bankruptcy, contractual, and corporate law services; and Opes Equity raises capital, performs financial modeling and company valuations, and connects distressed companies to a network of distress investors. The firm also offers a complimentary online enterprise diagnostic tool (Diagnóstico Opes) that maps a company's primary problem axis to qualify leads.

Product overview

Opes Group is an investment bank for companies in crisis, offering a multi-service platform with three core divisions: Opes Transformación (business transformation consulting), Opes Legal (insolvency and legal services), and Opes Equity (distressed asset investment and capital raising). The company also provides a diagnostic tool (Diagnóstico Opes) that analyzes companies across External, Internal, and Strategic axes to identify primary problem areas. All services are designed to help distressed companies recover, restructure, and return to viability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Opes Transformación: Business transformation and turnaround consulting services for companies in crisis, offering integral transformation office services and operational, administrative, financial, and corporate governance consultancy.
• Opes Legal
• Opes Equity

Products and services

• Opes Transformación Business transformation and turnaround consulting for companies in crisis, providing an integral transformation office with a dedicated team, operational, administrative, financial, and corporate governance consulting, and 60-, 120-, and 180-day impact plans.
• Opes Legal Legal services division offering corporate insolvency and bankruptcy consulting, contractual law, litigation, and corporate law for companies in distress, including support under Colombia's Law 1116 of 2006 reorganization framework and identification of potential investment options.
• Opes Equity

Quantifiable outcome

• USD 14 million+ in debt restructured for clients
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FTI Consulting: Global consulting firm with a dedicated Corporate Finance & Restructuring segment covering turnaround, insolvency, creditor advisory, and distressed M&A. Overlaps directly with Opes' distressed advisory and capital-raising work.
• Teneo: Global advisory firm providing restructuring, strategic communications, and management consulting to companies in distress. Comparable integrated offering to Opes, particularly in cross-border restructuring situations.
• Houlihan Lokey: Independent investment bank with a major Restructuring Advisory practice serving distressed companies, creditors, and sponsors. Comparable to Opes' advisory + capital-raising model but with global reach and full service offering.
• AlixPartners: Global restructuring and turnaround advisory firm specializing in distressed and underperforming companies. Directly comparable to Opes' transformation, restructuring, and insolvency advisory practice, but at materially larger scale and geographic reach.
• Alvarez & Marsal: Global professional services firm with a leading restructuring and turnaround practice serving distressed companies, lenders, and insolvency practitioners. Comparable to Opes' integrated Transformation + Legal + Equity offering, though operating at much larger scale.

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company (Transformation practice): Global consultancy with turnaround, transformation, and performance improvement practices serving companies in distress. Overlaps with Opes Transformación's operating-model and turnaround work.
• KPMG (Deal Advisory / Restructuring): Big-4 advisory practice with turnaround, restructuring, and insolvency services. Comparable transformation/legal/finance capability to Opes, but delivered as part of a global multi-disciplinary firm.
• McKinsey & Company (Recovery & Transformation Services): Global management consultancy with a turnaround and transformation practice serving distressed corporates. Comparable strategic transformation work to Opes Transformación, but at vastly different scale and price point.
• Deloitte (Restructuring practice): Big-4 firm with a global Restructuring & Turnaround practice offering insolvency advisory, transformation consulting, and corporate finance. Overlaps with all three Opes divisions but as part of a much broader portfolio.

Emerging players

• CFI (Corporate Finance International) partner firms: Global network of mid-market corporate finance advisory firms offering M&A, restructuring, and debt advisory. Several LatAm member firms are closer comparables to Opes in scale and geography than the global bulge-bracket firms.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/opescapital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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