Phillipi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero y Uría

Santiago

Cruz

Lawyer

Dispute Resolution

Personal Contact

Santiago Cruz PPU legal

Associate-to-watch Santiago Cruz remains recognised for his involvement in Colombian dispute resolution. He is regularly sought out by clients from the energy, insurance and technology industries. “Santiago Cruz has shown magnificent client service, which he also complements with a high level of sophistication due to his constitutional knowledge”. Dispute Resolution, Chambers and Partners, Latin America.

Principal Associate of the Dispute Resolution team. His practice focuses on international and domestic arbitration, litigation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. He has experience in matters related to engineering and construction, oil and gas, mining, sale and distribution of goods, technology and social media, among others. He has participated in commercial arbitration proceedings as counsel, arbitrator and as administrative secretary under the rules of different arbitral institutions, including ICC and the Arbitration Centre of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota. He is an arbitrator of the Arbitration Centers of the Colombian Superintendence of Companies, and the Cali and Bucaramanga Chambers of Commerce. Also, he is a secretary of the Arbitration Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce. He is an official translator and interpreter English-Spanish certified by the Colombian Government. Distinguished by Chambers & Partners as “Associate to Watch” 2023, by The Legal 500 as “Rising Star” 2022 and by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) as “Approved Litigation Private Practitioner” for 4 consecutive years since 2019.

Education

2023
DIPLOMA
Chamber of Commerce of Bogota
2020
DIPLOMA
Chamber of Commerce of Bogota
2015
MASTER'S DEGREE
Queen Mary University of London - Centre for Commercial Law Studies
2012
POSTGRADUATE DEGREE
Universidad del Rosario
2009
LAWYER
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

Languages

English, Spanish

Work experience

2016 - CURRENTLY
PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
2015 - 2016
FOREIGN ASSOCIATE
Uría Menéndez Abogados, S.L.P.
2009 - 2014
ASSOCIATE
Prietocarrizosa

Memberships

  • Red de Arbitraje Juvenil del Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliación de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá