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Ximena Herrera-Bernal

Ximena Herrera-Bernal

Position

Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

Career

Founding Partner, Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes (Feb 2021–Present)

Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP (Jan 2019–Feb 2021)

Counsel, Shearman & Sterling LLP (Jan 2016–Dec 2018)

Associate, Shearman & Sterling LLP (Sep 2004–Dec 2015)

Languages

Spanish, English, French, Italian

Memberships

Member, Colombian Ministry of Justice’s Expert Commission for the Reform of the Colombian Arbitration Law Member, Commission for the Revision of the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence Member (Colombia), ICC Commission on Arbitration Member, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL) Member, International Arbitration Institute (IAI) Member, American Society of International Law (ASIL) Mentor, Conecta 3.0 Programme, COLVYAP

Education

University of Oxford, Academic Visitor, Public International Law and Law of the Sea Harvard University Law School, LL.M. (Harvard FES Scholar) Universidad de Los Andes Law School, Bogotá, LL.B. (hons)