Santiago Cruz

Partner at PPU expert in Dispute Resolution. His professional practice focuses on international and domestic arbitration, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. Santiago has a high specialization in constitutional actions and has experience in sectors such as engineering and construction, oil and gas, mining, sales and distribution of goods, technology, and social networks, among others. Additionally, he is a professor of international arbitration at Universidad Javeriana. He has participated in commercial arbitrations as counsel, arbitrator, and secretary, under the rules of various arbitration institutions, including the ICC and the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce.

He is an arbitrator for the Arbitration Centers of the Superintendency of Companies and the Chambers of Commerce of Cali and Bucaramanga, as well as the secretary of the Arbitration Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce. Santiago has been recognized by Chambers & Partners as an “Associate to Watch” continuously since 2022. In 2024, he was awarded the “Rising Star of the Year – Dispute Resolution Litigation” by Legal 500 and is again nominated for the “Leading Associate of the Year 2025” category by the same publication. He has also been recognized by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA) as an “Approved Litigation Private Practitioner.”