Roldán Uribe & Álvarez Abogados

Dispute Resolution - Arbitration

Juan Miguel Álvarez is a founding partner of Roldán Uribe & Álvarez Abogados. He has over 10 years of professional experience in dispute resolution before national and international arbitration tribunals, as well as before administrative, civil, and constitutional courts.

Throughout his professional career, he has participated in numerous litigations and arbitrations in the area of state and private contracting, related to disputes across various sectors of the economy.

He is a lawyer from Universidad Externado de Colombia and currently serves as a professor of International Economic Law, International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, and International Contracting at the same university.

He holds an LL.M. in International Economic Law, Business, and Policy from Stanford University, California, and an LL.M. in European and International Business from the University of Vienna, Austria.

Additionally, he is a member of the Secretary List of the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.

He is the author of numerous books and publications on national, international, and investment arbitration, and is also an active speaker on various topics related to these fields. Some of his most notable publications include:

- Article: “The ‘no greater rights’ principle: heading to a new Calvo Clause?”, Journal of International Dispute Settlement*, Oxford University Press, 2024, https://academic.oup.com/jids/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jnlids/idae012/7645427?redirectedFrom=fulltext

- Article: “El incumplimiento como causal de ruptura del equilibrio económico del contrato”, Revista de Derecho Económico, Universidad Externado de Colombia, No. 47 (2017), https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/contexto/article/view/5247

- Book Chapter: “The United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) A New Chapter in the Discussion About ISDS Between Developed Countries”, Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2019, Oxford University Press (2021), https://oxia.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law-iic/9780192896988-203.016.0022/law-iic-9780192896988-yiilp203-document-22?prd=IC

- Article: “La revisión constitucional de los acuerdos internacionales de inversión y la protección del derecho a la igualdad de los inversionistas locales”, Revista Derecho del Estado, No. 52 (2022) https://revistas.uexternado.edu.co/index.php/derest/article/view/7807

- Book Chapter: “El cambio climático y los Acuerdos Internacionales de Inversión de Colombia”, El Desarrollo Sostenible en Colombia, Universidad Externado, 2023 https://bdigital.uexternado.edu.co/entities/publication/d0f5c096-6d4d-4f6e-862a-7ce38cc28ab1

- Book: Remedios por Incumplimiento en la Contratación Internacional, Bogotá: Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2016, https://publicaciones.uexternado.edu.co/los-remedios-por-incumplimiento-en-la-contratacion-internacional-derecho-comercial.html

Before founding Roldán Uribe & Álvarez Abogados, he was an Associate at Chemás Roldán & Asociados.

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