Juan Sebastián Arias

_

Colombia

Dispute Resolution

Personal contact

Partner of the Dispute Resolution team.

Partner at PPU, expert in Dispute Resolution, international arbitration, national arbitration, and litigation before national courts. Admitted to practice in Colombia and the State of New York. Juan Sebastián is an arbitrator at the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce (“CCB”). His professional practice focuses on representing clients in national arbitration, international arbitration, and litigation before national courts. He has participated in international commercial arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), the CCB, the Madrid Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”), and in investment arbitrations under the ICSID and UNCITRAL rules. He has extensive experience in national arbitrations administered under the CCB rules. He is recognized by Who’s Who Legal and Global Arbitration Review as a Future Leader in Arbitration in Colombia and by Legal 500 as a Rising Star in Litigation and Arbitration. In 2024, he was chosen as Rising Star of the Year in Arbitration.

Education

2016
LL.M.
Honores: Harlan Fiske Stone Schola
Columbia University
2010
MASTER
Arbitration and International Trade
Université de Versailles Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines
2007
LAWYER
Law
Universidad del Rosario
2006
MASTER
Private international right
Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Work experience

2024 - TO PRESENT
PARTNER
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
2018 - 2024
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría
2016 - 2018
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE, GLOBAL DISPUTES
Jones Day, Miami, Estados Unidos
2015
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Brigard & Urrutia
2010 - 2014
INTERMEDIATE ASSOCIATE
Brigard & Urrutia
2010
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATE
Uría Menéndez
2009
INTERN
Orrick Rambaud Martel, París, Francia
2007 - 2008
JUNIOR ASSOCIATE
Brigard & Urrutia

Academic and Teaching Activities

2011 y 2018
Team participating in the International Arbitration Competition organized by the Universidad del Rosario and the University of Buenos Aires, Bogotá, Colombia.
DIRECTOR
2012
Team participating in the Moot Madrid – International Arbitration, Bogotá, Colombia
DIRECTOR - Universidad de los Andes