About me
Areas of expertise: international trade law, investor-State dispute resolution, public international law, international commercial arbitration.
Nationality: Colombian
Languages: Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Turkish and Dutch (varying levels of proficiency).
Professional experience
- Permanent Court of Arbitration | Assistant Legal Counsel | The Hague, The Netherlands | February 2026 – present.
- Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler | International Arbitration Trainee | Geneva, Switzerland | August 2025 – January 2026.
- Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism of the Republic of Colombia | International Legal Affairs Officer | Bogotá, Colombia | May 2021 – September 2024.
- Advisory Centre in WTO Law | Secondment Lawyer | Geneva, Switzerland | October 2022 – June 2023.
- Álvarez Zárate & Asociados | Investment Arbitration Attorney | Bogotá, Colombia | July 2019 – March 2021.
Education
- LL.B from the Universidad Externado de Colombia.
- Master 1 in International Law from the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas.
- Master 2 in Public International Law from the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas.Cum laude distinction. Thesis: “Les Nations Unies et la mise en oeuvre de la paix en Colombie” (supervised by prof. Carlo Santulli).
- LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the University of Geneva.Thesis: “Accounting for Asymmetry: The Relevance of the Respondent State’s Development Level in Investment Treaty Arbitration” (supervised by prof. Zachary Douglas).
Bar Admission: Bogotá, Colombia (2020)
