Arrieta, Mantilla & Asociados (AMYA) is a boutique law firm with a top-tier global reputation and outstanding experience in litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution.

The firm has maintained a steady record of achievements handling complex disputes in jurisdictional and arbitral proceedings both in private and public law during the past years.

As a leading boutique firm in Colombia’s dispute resolution scene, AMYA focuses on providing comprehensive legal assistance personally with a strategic perspective to protect the clients’ interests. For this purpose, we are keen to emphasize personalized service to every client to serve his best interest all the time timely.

AMYA’s team has in-depth knowledge of toll road concessions, ports, mass transport systems, infrastructure, oil and gas, and energy industries. Its practice is also remarkable when dealing with litigation and mediation on commercial and public law matters.

AMYA’s goal is to assess our clients’ risks and deliver the best legal service available in the Colombian market. By these means, we provide each client with earnest guidance and advice, designing tailor-made solutions for each of them. By giving comprehensive legal counseling, we intend to enable clients to make informed decisions on whether to engage in negotiation or mediation, or, rather, go through litigation, or arbitration, ensuring in every case the necessary effectiveness to assure his business success.

 Clients

• Transportation, Infrastructure, and Roads: The Firm represents toll roads’ concessionaires in contracts’ implementation disputes. The Firm client’s portfolio also includes airport concessionaires and public transportation government contractors in their contracts with the national Government and several municipalities around the country.

Key Clients are: (i) Sociedad Operadora de Aeropuertos de Centro y Norte S.A. Airplan S.A. (which operates six national airports including the second most important international airport of Colombia), (ii) Corficolombiana (which includes Concesiones CCFC S.A., Concesionaria Vial de Los Andes S.A.S., Episol S.A.S., Concesionaria Vial del Pacífico S.A.S., Concesionaria Nueva Vía al Mar S.A.S., Concesionaria Vial Andina S.A.S., Concesionaria Panamericana S.A.S., Coninvial S.A.S., Proyectos de Infraestructura S.A., Concesionaria, Desarrollo Vía Al Mar S.A.S.; (iii) Consorcio Vía al Mar; among others, (iv) Grupo Aeroportuario del Caribe S.A.S., (v) Concesionaria Ruta Del Cacao S.A.S., and (vi) Odinsa.

• Energy, Oil and Gas, and Mining: For many years, the firm has successfully represented and still represents in some major arbitral and fiscal proceedings, amongst other corporations, Drummond Ltd. (the second biggest mining corporation in the country), South 32 (Cerromatoso S.A. Subsidiary) – the second largest producer of ferronickel and the fifth largest of nickel in the world. In addition, currently, the firm represents in several disputes and transactions, among others, ConocoPhillips Colombia, Occidental Colombia L.L.C. (OXY), V.P. Ingenergía S.A. E.S.P. and GASNOVA (Asociación Colombiana del G.L.P.) -oil and gas-; Cerrejón Zona Norte S.A. (B.H.P., Anglo American & Glencore),  Carbones San Fernando S.A.S. -mining-; Vatia S.A. E.S.P. -energy-; Deltec S.A. – GESINSO S.A. -energy- and Orica Colombia S.A.S., and Orica Norway AS, in several disputes and transactions related to both energy, mining and oil, and gas law.

• Others: In fields different than Infrastructure and Oil & Gas, the firm represents relevant clients in the Information and Telecommunications technology field such as Claro-Comcel S.A.(leading provider of integrated telecommunications services in Latin America); trust institutions such Fiducolombia S.A., Fiduprevisora S.A., Fidudavivienda S.A., Fiduoccidente S.A., Fiduagraria S.A., Fidubogotá S.A., Fiducoldex S.A, and Fidufosyga; Concretos Argos S.A. in the Cement and Construction sector; Orica in Defense Industry sector, and Grupo AVAL, Colombia’s major financial holding.