Maria Querol

Maria Querol

/Lawyer

Colombia

 

Member of the Dispute Resolution team. Her professional practice focuses on advising Spanish and international clients on matters before the Spanish ordinary courts and before both domestic and international arbitration tribunals. She has experience in international commercial arbitrations subject to the rules of various institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Finland Arbitration Institute (FAI), and the Barcelona Arbitration Court (TAB), as well as in investment arbitrations subject to the rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

María is a Spanish-qualified attorney from the Barcelona office of Uría Menéndez, currently undertaking a secondment at the Bogotá office of PPU.

 

Legal Advisory

Education

Master of Law (LL.M) in Public International Law (Cum Laude)

Leiden University, Netherlands

2021

Postgraduate Degree in Access to the Legal Profession

Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

2021

Law and Business Administration and Management - ESADE

Universidad Ramón Llull

2020

Exchange

Cornell Law School

2019

Course on Strategy and International Business

Georgetown

2019

Course on Public International Law

CTLS

2017

Course on European Union Law

King's College London

2017

Languages

Spanish / English / French / Catalan

Work Experience

Foreign Consultant

Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

2026 - Currently

Associate

Uría Menéndez

2021 - Currently

Researcher on the “IHL in Action” project

Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum de Derecho Internacional Humanitario

2020 - 2021

Intern

Cuatrecasas

2020

Intern

Uría Menéndez

2018 - 2019

Mediator at the Huehuetenango Mediation Center

Guatemala's Judicial Branch

2018

Memberships

Barcelona Bar Association (Member number 46.746)

Club Español e Iberoamericano de Arbitraje (CEIA)

Young ITA

Academic and Teaching Activities

Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition

Coach of the Autonomous University of Barcelona team

2026

Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona

Associate Professor in the Department of Public International Law at the Autonomous

2024 - A la fecha

Universidad Pompeu Fabra

Lecturer in Introduction to Common Law

2023 - 2025