Andrés Fernández de Soto

Practice Areas

Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Public Law

Career

Andrés has worked as a lawyer for more than thirty years advising domestic and foreign clients on matters of private and public law. He focuses on Administrative Law, Public Procurement and Commercial Law. He has litigated at all levels of the administration of justice and is responsible for litigation and arbitration of great national and international significance. He is an arbitrator of the lists of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá and Medellín and in that capacity he has participated in a significant number of arbitration panels.

As a lawyer representing a party, he has participated in more than thirty local and foreign arbitrations. As a university professor for over 20 years, he has held the Chair of Commercial and Financial Contracts, Administrative Law, and Corporate Law.

Work Highlights

Participation as arbitrators

• Accesory Trading de Colombia S.A. against Procenter S.A., Communications Center Project El Salitre S.A. and Santander Investment Trust Colombia S.A.

• Itochu Corporation y Colombiatel S.A. against the Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones - TELECOM.

• Corporación de Abastos de Bogotá S.A. – CORABASTOS against Asesorías y Representaciones Pradilla Ltda. and Schmedling Asociados y Compañía Limitada.

National arbitration tribunals

• Integral-Planes Consortium against the C.V.C. (Cali, Colombia).

• Armando Lloreda et al. against Ulpiano Lloreda et al. (Cali, Colombia).

• Alcanos del Huila against Gases de Occidente. (Cali, Colombia).

International Arbitration

• Consortium CCI against P.A. FFIE (Ministerio de Educacion).

• IFALIK against Cementos Andino S.A. (ICC).

• Consorcio Hispano-Aleman against Empresa de Transporte Masivo del Valle de Aburra – ETMVA (UNCITRAL).

Civil and commercial courts

• Distribuidora Mayorista de Automóviles - Madiautos against Ford Motor de Venezuela S.A. (Commercial agency).

• General Médica de Colombia –GEMEDCO against TERUMO (Commercial agency).

• Kaptan Metal against Seracer.

Free Competition

• Nullity and reinstatement of the right of Productos Familia against the Superintendence of Industry and Trade.

• Nullity and reinstatement of the right of Ingenio Providencia against the Superintendence of Industry and Trade.

• Nullity and reinstatement of the right of Ingenio San Carlos against the Superintendence of Industry and Trade.

Administrative litigation

• Contractual dispute of Accion Infraestructuras against Ecopetrol and CENIT.

• Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogotá against Aceco TI.

• Contractual dispute of Fondo de Adaptación against AECOM.

Languages Spoken

English; Spanish

Education

Awards