Academic Position : Professor of Law (International Law) - University of Rosario, Bogotá; Professor of Law (Arbitration) - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX); Lecturer (International Contracts, Investment Arbitration, and International Arbitration) - Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS)

Education : Université Paris II- Panthéon-Assas (Doctorat en droit - 2000; DEA philosophie du droit - 1996; DSU droit international privé - 1995); University of Rosario, Bogotá (Law Degree - 1994)

Experience as counsel:

International arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of the ICC, ICSID, AAA and SCC (construction, oil & gas, electricity, mining, telecommunications, joint venture, and international sales and distribution contracts)

Experience as arbitrator:

Chair, sole arbitrator or member of the tribunal in international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of the ICC, ICSID and LCIA.

Awards rendered:

• ICSID Case No. ARB/12/4, Supervision y Control S.A. v. Republic of Costa Rica, Award, 18 Jan. 2017 (full text ITA )

• ICSID Case No. ARB (AF)/10/1, David Minnotte & Robert Lewis v. Republic of Poland, Award, 16 May 2014 (full text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/08/18, Malicorp Limited v. The Arab Republic of Egypt, Decision on the Application for Annulment of Malicorp Limited, 3 July 2013 (full English text ITA) (full French text ITA)

• ICSID Case No. ARB/04/7 (Annulment), Sociedad Anónima Eduardo Vieira v. Chile, Decision on Annulment, 10 Dec 2010 (full text (Spanish) ITA)

Publications:

• Editor, El contrato de arbitraje (2005)

• "Are States Liable for the Conduct of their Instrumentalities? - ICC Case Law," in State Entities in International Arbitration, IAI Series on International Arbitration No. 4, at 31 (E. Gaillard and J. Younan eds., Juris Publishing, 2008)

• "Panorama de jurisprudence latino-américaine," Cahiers de l'arbitrage, Gaz. Pal., Mar. 28-29, 2008 (with F. Mantilla-Serrano)

• "Las tensiones del arbitraje internacional," in Arbitraje Internacional - Tensiones Actuales xii (F. Mantilla-Serrano ed., Legis, 2007)

• Crónica de jurisprudencia arbitral de la CCI, Revista de Derecho Internacional y del Mercosur (since 2002)

• "Las tensiones del arbitraje internacional," in Arbitraje Internacional - Tensiones Actuales xii (F. Mantilla-Serrano ed., Legis, 2007)

• "Requiem for the Rules of Article 177(2) of the Swiss Private International Law Act," in Global Reflections on International Law, Commerce and Dispute Resolution - Liber Amicorum in honour of Robert Briner 825 (ICC Pub. No. 693, 2005)

• "International arbitration involving state parties. Observations on the applicable law in state contract arbitrations," 2(6) Rev. Arb. Med. 176 (2005)

• "The Dialectic of International Arbitration Involving State Parties: Observations on the Applicable Law in State Contract Arbitration," 15(2) ICC Bull. 79 (2004)

• "América Latina como sede de arbitrajes comerciales internacionales. La experiencia de la Corte Internacional de Arbitraje de la CCI," Revista DeCITA 217 (Feb. 2004)

• "Breves observaciones sobre la ‘modernidad’ del arbitraje internacional. A propósito de la Nueva Ley Española de Arbitraje," Actualidad Jurídica (Uría & Menéndez), N° 9, at 11 (2004)

• "La Distinción entre 'Estado' y 'Administración' y el Arbitraje Resultante de 'Contratos de Estado'," 2004(1) Rev. Bras. Arb. 73

• "América Latina como sede de arbitrajes comerciales internacionales," 1(1) Rev. Arb. Med. 88 (2004)

• "Multiparty and Multicontract Arbitration: Recent ICC Experience," in Complex Arbitrations 7 (ICC Pub. No. 688E, 2003)(with A.M. Whitesell)

• "Reflexiones sobre el contrato de arbitraje - Algunas confusiones conceptuales en derecho colombiano," in Estudios de Derecho Civil – Obligaciones y Contratos – Libro Homenaje a Fernando Hinestrosa 289 (2003)

• "La sede del arbitraje comercial internacional: la perspectiva de la Corte Internacional de Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional," II(4) Revista de Derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Montevideo 93 (2003)

• "La 'jurisprudencia' arbitral de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional en materia de derecho aplicable a los contratos internacionales de distribución. Breve contribución al derecho internacional privado colombiano," in Derecho Internacional de los Negocios – Alcances 313 (A. Zapata de Arbeláez ed., 2003)

• "ICC Arbitration and State Contracts," 13(1) ICC Bull. 34 (2002)

• "Las normas jurídicas aplicables en el arbitraje comercial internacional – Breve contribución al derecho internacional privado colombiano," 28 Rev. Der. priv. 3 (2002)

• "El sistema de arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional y la situación del arbitraje institucional en Colombia," 23 Foro del Jurista – Métodos alternativos de solución de conflictos 171 (Revista de la Cámara de Comercio de Medellín para Antioquia, 2002)

• "La filosofía del sistema de arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional," 2002 Impulso 18• "The Application of Philosophy of Law’s Method in International Commercial Arbitration," 5(1) Vindobona J. 87 (2001)

• Editor, "El contrato de arbitraje" (Legis, 2005) (with F.M. Espinosa) §§Several articles and notes on international arbitration, including:

• "Commisa c. Pemex : Exécution d'une sentence arbitrale aux Etats-Unis nonobstant son annulation dans l'Etat du siège de l'arbitrage," 2016(4) Cahiers de l'arbitrage / Paris J. Int'l Arb. 969

• "The Extension of the Arbitral Agreement to Non-Signatories in Europe: a Uniform Approach?" in the American University Business Law Review, Vol.5(1) 2016 (with L.M.V. Saffer)

• "Chronique des sentences arbitrales de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale – commentaire sous la sentence finale n° 13997" 2016(2) JDI 618

• "Aux origines de l'arbitrage commercial contemporain : l'émergence de l'arbitrage CCI (1920-1958)," 2016(2) Rev. arb. 403 (with F. Grisel and E. Jolivet)

• "Some Remarks on the Contribution of ICC Arbitrators to the Development of International Commercial Arbitration Involving States and State Entities" in International Arbitration Under Review, ICC Publication, 2015

• "Consolidation and Parallel Proceedings," in Building International Investment Law – The First 50 Years of ICSID 601 (M. Kinnear et al. eds., Kluwer, 2015)

• "Actualité des Clauses de Stabilisation," in Le contentieux extractif, (ICC Publications, 2015) (With A.Caminades)

• "Dogmatisme et pragmatism dans l'arbitrage international," in Mélanges en l’honneur du Professeur Pierre Mayer 833 (LGDJ, 2015)

• "Continent latino-américain," in 2014(3) Cahiers de l'arbitrage / Paris J. Int'l Arb. 631 (With F. Mantilla Serrano)

• "De la confidencialidad del arbitaje internacional y materias aledañas," in Cuestiones claves del arbitraje internacional 165 (E. Gaillard & D. Fernández Arroyo eds., CEDEP/UR 2013)

• "Introduction note to the Declaration of the 1st Ministerial Meeting of the Latin American States Affected by the Transnational Interests," in International Legal Materials, 2013(6) Vol.52

• "Immunity and Liability of Arbitrators: what is the Proper Balance ?" in Players’ Interaction in International Arbitration, (B. Hanotiau and A. Mourre eds., Dossiers ICC Institute of World Business Law, 2012)

• "Le nouveau règlement d’arbitrage de la chambre de commerce internationale (la "CCI")" in 2011(4) Rev. arb. 897 (With P. Mayer)

• "La nouvelle loi costaricienne sur l'arbitrage commercial international du 25 mai 2011," 2011(3) Rev. arb. 843

• "Quel arbitrage d’investissement (institutionnel ou ad hoc) ?" in Le droit européen et l’arbitrage d’investissement, (C. Kessedjian ed., Panthéon Assas, 2011) (with A. Caminades)

• "Observations sur la notion d’investissement après la sentence Phoenix," 2010(4) Cahiers de l'arbitrage / Paris J. Int'l Arb. 987

• "Por un regreso al sentido ordinario de la palabra ‘inversión’," Rev. Ecuatoriana Arb. No. 1 (2009)

• "El mito del carácter ilimitado del derecho a la propiedad de los inversionistas," in El arbitraje internacional: cuestiones de actualidad 241 (2009)

• "Are States Liable for the Conduct of their Instrumentalities? - ICC Case Law," in State Entities in International Arbitration, IAI Series on International Arbitration No. 4, at 31 (E. Gaillard and J. Younan eds., Juris Publishing, 2008)

• "Panorama de jurisprudence latino-américaine," Cahiers de l'arbitrage, Gaz. Pal., Mar. 28-29, 2008 (with F. Mantilla-Serrano)

• "El arbitraje institucional y sus contratos aledaños," in Los Contratos en el Derecho Privado (2007) (with F. Mantilla-Serrano)

• "Las tensiones del arbitraje internacional," in Arbitraje Internacional - Tensiones Actuales xii (F. Mantilla-Serrano ed., Legis, 2007)

• "Quelques brèves observations du point de vue de la Cour internationale d’arbitrage de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale," in Le contentieux arbitral transnational relatif à l’investissement (2006)

• "Chronique des sentences arbitrales de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale – commentaire sous la sentence intérimaire sur la responsabilité No. 10671, 2006(4) JDI 1417

• "Chronique des sentences arbitrales de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale – commentaire sous la sentence finale No. 11426," 2006(4) JDI 1443

• "Crónica sobre jurisprudencia en materia de arbitraje," Revista Internacional de Arbitraje, Boletín del Comité Colombiano de Arbitraje (CCA) (2005)

• "La circulation des conventions d’arbitrage dans les droits d’Amérique Latine," Médiation et arbitrage / Alternative dispute resolution (2005)

• "International arbitration involving state parties. Observations on the applicable law in state contract arbitrations," 2(6) Rev. Arb. Med., 176(2005)

• "Requiem for the Rules of Article 177(2) of the Swiss Private International Law Act," in Global Reflections on International Law, Commerce and Dispute Resolution - Liber Amicorum in honour of Robert Briner 825 (ICC Pub. No. 693, 2005)

• "The Dialectic of International Arbitration Involving State Parties: Observations on the Applicable Law in State Contract Arbitration," 15(2) ICC Bull. 79 (2004)

• "América Latina como sede de arbitrajes comerciales internacionales. La experiencia de la Corte Internacional de Arbitraje de la CCI," Revista DeCITA 217 (Feb. 2004)

• "Breves observaciones sobre la ‘modernidad’ del arbitraje internacional. A propósito de la Nueva Ley Española de Arbitraje," Actualidad Jurídica (Uría & Menéndez), N° 9, at 11 (2004)

• "La Distinción entre 'Estado' y 'Administración' y el Arbitraje Resultante de 'Contratos de Estado'," (1) Rev. Bras. Arb. 73 (2004)

• "América Latina como sede de arbitrajes comerciales internacionales," 1(1) Rev. Arb. Med., 88(2004)

• "Multiparty and Multicontract Arbitration: Recent ICC Experience," in Complex Arbitrations 7 (ICC Pub. No. 688E, 2003) (with A.M. Whitesell)

• "Reflexiones sobre el contrato de arbitraje - Algunas confusiones conceptuales en derecho colombiano," in Estudios de Derecho Civil – Obligaciones y Contratos – Libro Homenaje a Fernando Hinestrosa 289 (2003)

• "La sede del arbitraje comercial internacional: la perspectiva de la Corte Internacional de Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional," II(4) Revista de Derecho de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Montevideo 93 (2003)

• "La 'jurisprudencia' arbitral de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional en materia de derecho aplicable a los contratos internacionales de distribución. Breve contribución al derecho internacional privado colombiano," in Derecho Internacional de los Negocios – Alcances 313 (A. Zapata de Arbeláez ed., 2003)

• "ICC Arbitration and State Contracts," 13(1) ICC Bull. 34 (2002)

• "Las normas jurídicas aplicables en el arbitraje comercial internacional – Breve contribución al derecho internacional privado colombiano," 28 Rev. Der. Priv. 3 (2002)

• "El sistema de arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional y la situación del arbitraje institucional en Colombia," 23 Foro del Jurista – Métodos alternativos de solución de conflictos 171 (Revista de la Cámara de Comercio de Medellín para Antioquia, 2002)

• "La filosofía del sistema de arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional," 2002 Impulso 18

• "The Application of Philosophy of Law’s Method in International Commercial Arbitration," 5(1) Vindobona J. 87 (2001)

• Crónica de jurisprudencia arbitral de la CCI, Revista de Derecho Internacional y del Mercosur (since 2002)