Andrés Fernández de Soto

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution, Litigation and Arbitration, 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.

Experience

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.

Arbitration tribunal of Llama Telecomunicaciones S.A. against Comcel S.A. (Claro S.A.).

Two arbitration tribunals of Delavaco Energy Colombia Inc. branch office against P1 Energy Alpha S.A.S and Petroleum Equipment International S.A.S.

Arbitration tribunal of a Bogota Mass Transit System Operator “Somos K”, against Transmilenio.

Arbitration tribunal of Helicol against Valorem.

Arbitration tribunal of Nelly Daza of Solarte against CSS Constructores y otros.

Arbitration tribunal of Constructora Ariguani against Conalvias.

Arbitration tribunal of Consorcio Conducción Llanos against Emgesa S.A. E.S.P.

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).

Germán González Consortium against Instituto de Valorización de Manizales – INVAMA. (Manizales, Colombia).

Osorio and Puccini against Bank of the Republic. (Barranquilla, Colombia).

ICA-CYMSA against Carbones de Ojinegro. (Barranquilla, Colombia).

Sedic against la Betania Hydroelectric Power Station. (Neiva, Colombia).

ICA against Empresa de Energía de Bogotá (Guavio 1) (Bogotá, Colombia).

ICA against Empresa de Energía de Bogotá (Guavio 2) (Bogotá, Colombia).

ICA against Empresa de Energía de Bogotá (Guavio 3) (Bogotá, Colombia).

ICA against Empresa de Acueducto de Bogotá – (Tanque El Silencio) (Bogotá, Colombia).

Quorum Ingeniería against Banco Ganadero. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Coldeaceites and affiliate factories against Agremiaciones de Algodoneros. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Geofundaciones against Impregilo. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Cementos Andino against Cementos Hércules y Cementos Boyacá. (Bogotá, Colombia).

ICA de México against IDU (No. 1) (Bogotá, Colombia).

ICA de México against IDU (No. 2) (Bogotá, Colombia).

Avalnet Comunicaciones LTDA. against AVANTEL S.A. (Bogotá, Colombia).

WESMAX E.U. against LUISA FARMS S.A. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Alejandro Bermúdez Tamayo against Siderurgica del Pacifico S.A. – SIDELPA (Bogotá, Colombia).

Agora Financial Corp. against Focus Corp. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Orlando González Domínguez et al. against Ingenio Providencia. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Intralot de Colombia vs ETESA En Liquidación. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Aladino Feged against Hoteles Charleston SAS (Bogotá, Colombia).

Vicon Ingeniería et al. against Acuavalle. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Transgas de Occidente against TGI. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Familia Lacouture against Best Coal. (Bogotá, Colombia).

Exxon Mobil against Chevron Corporation (Bogotá, Colombia).

Assignees of Navelena against Cormagdalena. (Bogotá, 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).

Duro Felguera against Consorcio Acciona Agua-Hyundai Construction (ICC).

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.

Simesa against Siderúrgico DIACO.

Morgan Stanley against Cablevisión .

Comercializadora Fleishpan against Fleischmann Foods (Commercial agency).

Ricardo Caicedo and Infrastructure Development Group against Acciona Infraestructuras. (Commercial agency).

Eduardoño S.A. against Iptor Supply Chain Systems AB.

Promix Colombia against Grupo Peñaflor (Commercial agency).

Avante Tecniko against Donaldson S.A. de C.V. (Commercial agency).

PMT Producciones against Ogilvy & Mather Colombia y WPP Holdings (Holland) B.V. (Unfair competition).

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.

Nullity and reinstatement of the right of the San Andrés and Providencia Airport Concessionaire 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.

Nullity and reinstatement of the right of Odebrecht S.A. against the Superintendence of Companies.

Direct reparation of CORPONOR against Ingenieros Civiles Asociados México S.A.S. “I.C.A.” de México S.A.S.- Termotécnica Coindustrial S.A.- ECOPETROL.

Direct reparation of Intralot of Colombia against the National Gaming and Gaming Council of Colombia. Contractual dispute of Intralot de Colombia against ETESA.

Property restitution of the District Institute for Recreation and Sport against Parking International.

Contractual dispute between CASYP vs ANI regarding the Concession contract for the SanAndres and Providence Airport.

Consorcio Vial de Uraba SAS vs China Harbour Engineering Co. Colombia Autopistas de Urabá SAS and ANI.

Existing Construction Arbitrations

International arbitration. Consortium HHA against Bello PTAR water treatment plant (CCIarbitration)

Consortium CEPS against Corporación AutónomaRegional de Cundinamarca (CAR). Bogota Watertreatment plant (ICRD arbitration)

National Arbitration. Equipos y Terratest S.A vs ArproAquitectos Ingenieros S.A.

Local counsel for ICC arbitration between Aecom vs Consortium FFDI formed by China Railway Fifth Survey and Design and Institute Group Co. LTD and CCECC Fuzhou Survey and Design Institute Co LTD.

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English

Education

Awards