Felipe Cuberos

Practice Areas

Corporate/M&A, Insolvency and Restructuring

Career

Partner at PPU, expert in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial proceedings (arbitration and insolvency). He has advised local and international clients structuring and implementing new businesses, joint ventures, corporate matters, commercial contracts, corporate reorganizations and foreign investments, and has successfully represented debtors and creditors in the solution of corporate crises in both formal insolvency proceedings and out-of-court reorganizations. He has broad experience in dispute resolution related to construction contracts and public services, complex distribution transactions and corporate matters, and he is an arbitrator before the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota, Chamber of Commerce of Medellín, Superintendence of Companies and the arbitration court of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in Paris.

Felipe has been teacher of Contracts and Corporate Law. He is the former Director of the Commercial Law Specialization program at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and is currently one of the designated teachers of the Trade Contract courses for undergraduate students at the same institution. He is a professor in contract law at the Universidad Javeriana, and a frequent lecturer in his areas of expertise in different forums. Former director of commercial law studies at the Universidad Javeriana, and ex-president of the Legal Services Chamber at the Colombian Association of Entrepreneurs (ANDI).

Professional Memberships

Member of the list of arbitrators of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, Colombia.

Consultant to the International Trade Center (UNCTAD/WTO).

Only Colombian member of the pro-bono committee for Joint Ventures model contracts, of the International Trade Center in Geneva, Switzerland (2003 - 2004).

President of the Chamber of Legal Services of ANDI (2022).

Principal member of the first row of the Board of Directors of Scptiabank Colpatria (2023).

Publications

"Commercial Agency: Between Comparative Analysis and Exegesis", Revista de Derecho Privado (2005).

"Concept and Nationality of the Arbitral Award", Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje (2009)

"Simplified Stock Corporation (SAS): Innovations, Successes and Shortcomings", Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2012).

"Actions prior to a formal proceeding" Restructuring, Latin Lawyer (2017).

Restructuring Chapter, Latin Lawyer (2019)

"Arbitration and Insolvency: Friends or Foes?", Revista Actualidad Concursal (2019).

"Arbitration and Insolvency: A Family Reunion in Times of Crisis", Revista Arbitrio (2021).

"Disputes in Mergers and Acquisitions", Superintendencia de Sociedades (2021).

"Commentary on the National and International Arbitration Statute: Law 1563 of 2012", Editorial Tirant lo Blanch (2023)

"Corporate Insolvency: Emerging Legal Mechanisms for Crisis Management", Editorial Tirant lo Blanch (2023)

"Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions: An Ibero-American Perspective", Editorial Tirant lo Blanch (2024)

Personal

He has a Law Degree from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (1992). He has a Postgraduate Degree in Commercial Law from Universidad de Los Andes (1994), was the winner of a JICA fellowship for Private Sector Middle Management for the Pacific Cooperation, Tokyo, Japan (1994). He has an LL.M. on International Business Law, graduated with merit from Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, United Kingdom (1998). 

Work Highlights

Counsel to Fresenius Medical Care Colombia S.A. in the sale of their shares to kidney care group DaVita.

Counsel to Liberty Mutual Insurancein the acquisition of JMalucelli Travelers Seguros S.A. a colombian insurance company.

Counsel to CIVC Partners in its global acquisition of Datavail Corp., a prominent provider of managed data services encompassing database management, data analytics, and application implementation, development, and support services. Datavail’s operations comprised Canada, Colombia, India, and the United States.

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English