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Provided by Catalina Echeverri Gallego
Catalina Echeverri Gallego has nearly a decade of experience in international arbitration, and currently focuses her practice on acting as counsel in international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration concerning a wide range of industries, including energy, infrastructure and telecommunications.
She has successfully advised clients in high-profile cases during negotiations, arbitration, and post-arbitration proceedings. Her practice has been mainly focused on Latin America, representing clients in complex disputes involving multiple jurisdictions, and the application of public and private international law, domestic laws and regulations, and various procedural rules. Ms. Echeverri Gallego has also acted as sole arbitrator.
Prior to joining Dechert's Paris office, Ms. Echeverri Gallego worked in the firm’s Washington D.C office and was an associate in the dispute resolution and investment protection team at a top-tier law firm in Colombia. Ms. Echeverri Gallego’s experience also includes working in London at a social purpose company dedicated to applying behavioral science to policymaking, and in Barcelona for an American company that operates an online marketplace for lodging.
Ms. Echeverri Gallego is a native Spanish speaker, who is fluent in English and has conversational knowledge of French. She has studied and/or worked in France, England, the United States, Spain, Germany, and Colombia.
Asociación Latinomericana de Arbitraje (ALARB)
Club Español del Arbitraje (CEA)
Comité Colombiano de Arbitraje
Commission ICC Colombia
Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR)
Recent publications:
Latin American Panorama, in Journal of International Arbitration / Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage (2024)
Relationship between domestic and international law, in Handbook of International Law (Universidad de los Andes de Colombia) (2023)
Telecoms Arbitration in Latin America, in Global Arbitration Review Guide to Telecoms Arbitration (Global Arbitration Review) (2022)
International Investment Arbitration in the Latin-American Electricity Sector, in Latin America: Energy & Natural Resources Disputes (Kluwer) (2021)
Group Arbitration in International E-Commerce Contracts, in 40 Under 40 in International Arbitration (Dykinson) (2021)
Recent experience:
Representing a South American State in an UNCITRAL investment arbitration commenced by a British company, concerning the exploitation of a silver mine that interfered with the rights of indigenous communities living in the project area.
Representing a South American State-owned enterprise in an ICSID arbitration against a South American State concerning the construction of a power transmission line.
Representing a Central American State in an ICSID arbitration commence by a Colombian company concerning the construction of a power transmission line.
Representing South American State in ICSID annulment proceedings concerning an award that solved a dispute regarding a participation contract for the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Amazon region.
Representing Caribbean State in an ICC commercial arbitration commenced by a Spanish company, concerning a concession contract for the construction and operation of a wind farm, as well as the negotiation of a power purchase agreement with a state-owned entity.
Representing a Caribbean state entity in an UNCITRAL commercial arbitration commenced by a Spanish company concerning the rehabilitation of the country’s electricity transmission networks and force majeure allegations in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Representing a Central American State in an UNCITRAL investment arbitration commenced by an Israeli company operating in the electricity distribution sector concerning criminal tax fraud claims brought by the country’s tax administration.
Representing a South American State in an ICSID arbitration commenced by a Swiss company concerning a concession for the operation of a maritime port and the application of the country’s antitrust regulations.
Representing a South American State in two ICSID arbitrations commenced by a Mexican and a Spanish Company, concerning a concession contract in the telecommunications industry, a decision of the Constitutional Court of the State and a decision of a domestic arbitral tribunal.
Representing the port authority of a South American State in a commercial arbitration against a Chinese company in a dispute related to a concession contract for the renovation and operation of a maritime port.
Representing a South American State in an UNCITRAL investment arbitration commenced by a Spanish company, concerning the concession for the operation of the country’s three international airports.
Representing a South American State in ICSID annulment proceedings concerning an award that solved a dispute regarding 11 mining concessions.
Energy, oil and gas, mining, construction, engineering, real state, financial services, transport, pharmaceutical/life sciences and telecommunications.
Spanish, English and French
Provided by Chambers
Up-and-coming partner Catalina Echeverri Gallego benefits from her experience in handling investor-state arbitration cases involving Colombia and the Dominican Republic.
Provided by Chambers
Catalina Echeverri Gallego is a great professional to work with. The way that she tackles an issue is great and she has extensive knowledge of the law.
Catalina Echeverri Gallego is a great professional to work with. The way that she tackles an issue is great and she has extensive knowledge of the law.
