Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas’ arbitration practice benefits from the Bogotá-based team’s ability to draw on its formidable global platform to resource international cases. However, the group is also routinely engaged on domestic proceedings. In an example of its work in the latter sphere, department co-head Andrés Fernández de Soto acted for Integral in a domestic arbitration related to the execution of a share purchase agreement. Fellow co-head Paula Vejarano was promoted from senior associate to litigation and arbitration director in August 2022 and brings to bear significant first-chair experience in both international and domestic arbitration cases.
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Key clients
- Collins Aerospace
- FAM
- Autopistas de Urabá
- Bunker Holding Group
- Integral Gestión Ambiental
- FCC Construcción
- Cerro Prieto Colombia
- Minera El Roble
- ONGC
- Hella Automotive
- Rappi
- Thyssenkrupp
- Parmalat (Lactalis)
- Aecom Technical Services
- Azteca Comunicaciones (TV Azteca)
- Ford Motor Company
- Grupo Peñaflor
- Consorcio Aguas de Aburrá HHA (Acciona Agua / Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co / Hyundai Engineering Co)
- Consorcio MASA – Acciona (Mantenimiento y Montajes Industriales / Acciona Infraestructura)
- Morgan Stanley & Co
- Aqualia
Work highlights
- Represented GCM Mining in an investment arbitration against the Republic of Colombia before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, in a $360m case concerning non-compliance with the Canada-Colombia FTA.
- Represented an international engineering consortium in an ICC arbitration against a public entity in connection with a contract for constructing a waste management plant.
- Represented Integral in a domestic arbitration related to the execution of a share purchase agreement.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Andres Fernandez de Soto, Paula Vejarano