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Santiago Cruz

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Associate

Career

Principal Associate of the Dispute Resolution team. His practice focuses on international and domestic arbitration, litigation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. He has experience in matters related to engineering and construction, oil and gas, mining, sale and distribution of goods, technology and social media, among others. He has participated in commercial arbitration proceedings as counsel, arbitrator and as administrative secretary under the rules of different arbitral institutions, including ICC and the Arbitration Centre of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota. He is an arbitrator of the Arbitration Centers of the Colombian Superintendence of Companies, and the Cali and Bucaramanga Chambers of Commerce. Also, he is a secretary of the Arbitration Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce. He is an official translator and interpreter English-Spanish certified by the Colombian Government. Distinguished by Chambers & Partners as “Associate to Watch” 2023, by The Legal 500 as “Rising Star” 2022 and by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) as “Approved Litigation Private Practitioner” for 4 consecutive years since 2019.

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

• Red de Arbitraje Juvenil del Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliación de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá

Education

Santiago has a Law Degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2009). He has a Postgraduate Degree in Constitutional Law from Universidad del Rosario (2012) and an LL.M. (with honors) from Queen Mary University of London (2015). He also has a Diploma Specialized in Training for Administrative Secretaries of Arbitral Tribunals from the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota (2020).