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DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán
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BOGOTA
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Work Department

Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations

Position

Ricardo is an Associate Director in the International Arbitration practice area.

Career

He is a member of DLA Piper’s global international arbitration group and has a long track record in international arbitration and public international law, having worked in the private sector, the Colombian government, and international organizations.

He has extensive experience representing States and multinational corporations in international commercial and investor-State arbitrations under a variety of rules, including those of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). He has been involved in disputes relating to a broad range of industries, including construction, infrastructure, and energy and natural resources.

Before joining DLA Piper Martínez Beltrán, Ricardo was a member of the international arbitration group of a renowned American law firm, where he worked for over seven years in the firm’s Paris office. Previously, he was a legal advisor at the Human Rights and IHL Division of the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, research assistant to a special rapporteur of the United Nations International Law Commission in Geneva, and an intern at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in The Hague.

Languages

Spanish; English; French

Education

Master’s Degree in International Legal Studies (LL.M.), New York University (United States)
Lawyer, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) – Cum Laude

Lawyer Rankings

Colombia > Dispute resolution > Arbitration

(Rising stars)

Ricardo Alarcón – DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán

DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán ’s Colombian arbitration offering forms a part of the international firm’s comprehensive global practice. Although primarily engaged on domestic cases, the team is distinguished by its ability to draw on arbitration specialists in many of the world’s leading arbitration centres, including New York, Paris and London. Insurance specialist Sergio Rojas has significant experience in arbitral proceedings, including recent cases involving the insurance and infrastructure spheres. Rojas co-heads the department alongside corporate and finance partner Camilo Martínez and Julian Solorza, whose practice has an emphasis on domestic arbitration. Associate director of the international arbitration practice Ricardo Alarcón is also recommended.

Colombia > Dispute resolution > Litigation

DLA Piper Martinez Beltrán ’s dispute resolution group strikes the right note with sources for its ‘strong focus on service’. The multidisciplinary practice handles a broad range of contentious matters, with notable activity in civil and commercial litigation, administrative proceedings and constitutional actions, among others. Key contacts include managing partner Camilo Martínez, whose litigation expertise is supplemented by his complementary strength in corporate and finance transactions. Martínez recently paired up with Julian Solorza, who advises on all aspects of dispute resolution, to represent Club El Nogal in an action brought by a former club member, who was banned from the club for five years by its board of directors. Martínez and Solorza co-head the department together with insurance and reinsurance specialist Sergio Rojas and José Miguel Mendoza, who specialises in corporate conflicts, and energy and natural resources. Other senior names include Nicolás Polanía, who advises on arbitration, litigation and corporate law matters; and Ricardo Alarcón, who is the associate director of the arbitration team. At associate level, seniors Sergio Londoño and Juan Pablo Amaya are both noted for their emphasis on corporate litigation. Intermediate associate María José Figueroa left in July 2022 to study abroad. Since publication, both Londoño and Amaya have been raised to the partnership – effective as of February 2024.

Latin America: International firms > International arbitration

DLA Piper LLP (US) has rapidly expanded its Latin America-facing international arbitration practice in recent years; co-global chairs Michael Ostrove and Kate Brown de Vejar sit in Paris and in Mexico City, respectively – with the latter particularly known for her work in the energy and infrastructure sectors. The firm has achieved ever greater prominence in the Mexico market, particularly in the energy sector (notably power and renewables). It has also seen further growth in tech, life sciences and pharmaceutical disputes. The team has a strong mix of investment and commercial arbitration engagements, and represents a number of big-name multinationals. Mexico City co-practice head Gabriela Álvarez Ávila , whose past experience incudes seven years as senior counsel at ICSID, is another key practitioner. Bogota’s director of international arbitration, Ricardo Alarcón, is also noted. Former Mexico-office senior partner Gerardo Lozano Alarcón left the firm in November 2022 to become a sole arbitrator and counsel; former Buenos Aires-based senior associate Sabrina Ramos also departed – in her case to undertake an LLM in Stanford.

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