Dispute Resolution: Civil & Commercial Litigation
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Arrubla Devis
Latin America 2027
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Top figures
24
Lawyers
7
Partners
1988
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Overview
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Arrubla Devis is a Colombian law firm founded in 1988, with offices in Medellín and Bogotá, specialising in dispute resolution: arbitration, commercial litigation and cassation. Dispute resolution at Arrubla Devis is led by Jaime Arrubla, former Chief Justice of the Colombian Supreme Court and an arbitrator for over 30 years; public law by Camilo Gómez, former Superintendent of Companies and director of the National Agency for the Legal Defence of the State.
Industry sectors (12)
- Energy and power generation
- Infrastructure and transport
- Public sector and government
- Real estate and urban development
- Ports and logistics
- Telecommunications
- Technology and software
- Engineering and construction
- Utilities — water and waste
- Financial services
- Healthcare
- Consumer goods and retail
Capabilities (15)
- Arbitration: domestic and international
- Civil and commercial litigation
- Cassation and extraordinary appeals
- Expert opinions on Colombian law
- Contract structuring and commercial contracts
- Corporate/M&A
- Corporate and shareholder disputes
- Public law
- Government procurement
- Administrative litigation
- Labour, employment and immigration
- Intellectual property, technology and data protection
- Venture capital
- Real estate
- Fiscal and disciplinary liability defence
Clients (15)
- Fabrica de Especias y Productos El Rey
- Avianca
- Isagen
- Drummond
- Odinsa
- Gran Tierra Energy
- Grupo Bolívar
- Seguros Generales Suramericana
- Acron
- Korn Group
- Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado
- Devimar
- EPSA
- Acción Fiduciaria
- Boston Medical Group
Key people
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Jaime Alberto Arrubla Paucar
Founding Partner
Camilo Gómez Alzate
Senior Partner
Jaime Esteban Arrubla Devis
Managing Partner
Rafael McCausland Echeverry
Partner
Elizabeth Jiménez Villegas
Partner
Cristina Arrubla Devis
Partner
Juan Guillermo Usme Fernández
Partner
Work & experience
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Every matter is led directly by at least one partner: Arrubla Devis chose to stay the right size to keep one integrated team. Recent dispute resolution work spans energy and infrastructure arbitrations and disputes over share purchase agreements, distribution contracts and public procurement, for multinationals, financial institutions and public entities. Companies and other law firms retain Jaime Arrubla for expert opinions on Colombian law abroad, and bring cassation appeals to Arrubla Devis.
Notable work
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Cassation before the Supreme Court on contractual validity and good faith
2025Ongoing $300.0M Bogotá
Acting for a Panamanian holding company in a cassation that departed from settled Supreme Court precedent.
Arbitration brought by the District of Bogotá dismissed in full
2024Completed $25.0M Bogotá
Defended a logistics and transport company; the December 2024 award rejected every claim against it.
Rebuilt the contracting system of a seven-plant hydroelectric group
2026CompletedMedellín
Procurement policy, EPC, construction and supply templates, risk allocation and dispute-resolution clauses.
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Colombia
Jaime Alberto Arrubla
Dispute Resolution: Civil & Commercial Litigation
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Top figures
24
Lawyers
7
Partners
1988
Established Year
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