Paula Vejarano > Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas > Bogota, Colombia > Lawyer Profile
Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas Offices
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Paula Vejarano
Work Department
Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Arbitration
Position
Director
Career
Paula Vejarano is the Litigation and Arbitration Director. She has broad professional experience advising different clients in dispute resolution, corporate law, commercial contracts and, in general, legal advice related to the business practice at national and international level.
Paula’s experience focuses on the representation of national and international companies in different sectors such as infrastructure, automotive, pharmaceutical, aeronautics, hydrocarbons, mining, health, technology, telecommunications, real estate, agriculture, electric energy, public services, and commercial distribution of goods and services before civil and administrative courts, as well as in national and international arbitration. Her practice covers civil and commercial law, public law, contractual liability and damages, class actions and restrictive practices of competition. She was also a university lecturer in Obligations, Assets, and Insurance Law.
She has a J.D. from Universidad Externado de Colombia, and a postgraduate degree in International Contracts from the same university. She is a registered arbitrator of the Center of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce in Cali and Medellin, founding member and director of the Civil Proceedings Chapter of Centro de Estudios en Derecho Procesal – CEDEP and founding member of Latin American International Arbitration – LIA.
Languages
english and spanish
Memberships
- Founding member and Director of the Civil Proceedings Chapter of Centro de Estudios en Derecho Procesal – CEDEP.
- Founding member of Latin American International Arbitration – LIA.
- Member of Red de Arbitraje Juvenil de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá.
- Member of Colombian Very Young Arbitration Practicioners (COLVYAP).
- Member of Colegio de Abogados Comercialistas.
Education
Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2016, postgraduate studies in International Contracts
Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, 2010, Training Course for Arbitration Court Secretaries
Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, 2009, Diploma in National and International Arbitration
Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2005, JD
Lawyer Rankings
Colombia > Dispute resolution > Arbitration
(Rising stars)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.
Colombia > Dispute resolution > Litigation
(Next Generation Partners)Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas’ dispute resolution practice stands out for its ability to plug into the wider firm’s global network, which ensures it is routinely selected to represent multinational clients in domestic and cross-border disputes. Combining skill sets in commercial and administrative litigation, the team handles contentious matters involving many of Colombia’s key economic sectors, including recent activity in the energy, infrastructure, agroindustry, telecoms, technology, and food and drink spheres. Group co-head Andrés Fernández de Soto is an experienced litigator with a focus on commercial and public law disputes; he is representing the Colombian branch of FCC Construcción in administrative proceedings for patrimonial reparation initiated by Colombia’s Comptroller General. The team also includes: Ximena Zuleta, whose practice spans public law, competition, and dispute resolution; department co-head Paula Vejarano, who was promoted to director in July 2022; and senior associate Carlos Miranda, who advises on dispute resolution, and restructuring and insolvency. In January 2023, associate Daniel Jimenez Pastor left for beverage company, Postobón. Since publication, Vejarano has been raised to the partnership – effective as of April 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Colombia > Dispute resolution > Litigation
- Rising stars Colombia > Dispute resolution > Arbitration
- Litigation Colombia > Dispute resolution
- Arbitration Colombia > Dispute resolution