Legal System:
Civil Law, International Law
Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Commercial Law, Competition, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Finance - Banking, Infrastructure, Insolvency, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, Public international Law, Real Estate, Sales - Purchases, Trade - Industry
Jurisdiction:
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, United States
Publications
- Wealth Preservation The Testament (Preserve su patrimonio - El Testamento). Plenitud Magazine. Also in http://www.youblisher.com. Number XIII. 2012.
- The Price of Gender Bias and the benefit of support (El Precio del Prejuicio y el Beneficio del Apoyo). Dos Magazine, Volume 2, Edition 6, No. 12, June 2014. Available on LinkedIn.
- Analysis of the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration. Written for the Spanish Club of Arbitration / CEA. 2014. Available on LinkedIn.
- The Creation of the Iberoamerican Arbitration Center (CIAR) and Costa Rica as the Presidential Headquarters (La creación del Centro Iberoamericano de Arbitraje (CIAR) y Costa Rica como su Sede Presidencial). International Law Magazine El Foro. Costa Rican Bar Association (2015). Available on LinkedIn.
- The Testaments in Costa Rica (2015). Available on LinkedIn. Bilateral Investment Treaties in Costa Rica (2016). Available on LinkedIn.
- International Encyclopedia of Agency and Distribution Agreements. Wolters Kluwer International. Suppl. 34, Costa Rica. 2017.
- Judiciary control of arbitral awards in other countries. A brushstroke on the CAC Congress in Bogota (2017). Available on LinkedIn.
- What is the Probate Jurisdiction if the Decent had a connection with Costa Rica. 2017. Available on LinkedIn.
- Repercussions of the Law on Tax on Legal Entities, Law No. 9428, Debt solidarity of legal representatives and partners (2018). Available on LinkedIn.
- Agency and Distribution Agreements in Costa Rica (2018). Available on LinkedIn.
- Award Annulment on International Arbitration (La nulidad del laudo en el arbitraje internacional) (2018). Available on LinkedIn.
- LATINLAWYER. Reference Arbitration 2018 and 2019. Costa Rica.
- linkedin.com/in/andrea-hulbert-mciarb-8b6923a
Teaching
International Arbitration at Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala
Education
University of Costa Rica, University Castilla La Mancha -Spain, Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional
Other Information
Andrea is the founding partner of Hulbert Volio Abogados in Costa Rica, a boutique law firm specializing in conflict resolution of complex national and international cases. With over 30 years of practice, she mainly works as an international arbitrator. She has vast experience in commercial contracts, PPPs, construction, energy, TMT, M&A, foreign investment, and others, mainly in Latin America and the United States. She also has relevant practice in international mediation, adjudication (dispute boards), and international judicial cooperation.
She is a suitable professional for Tribunals Chair (the presiding arbitrator) in cases under trade agreements when the EU is a party (European Commission); a Councillor of the LCIA Latin American and Caribbean Users' Council; a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London); a Council member of the Institute of World Business Law (ICC Institute); former President of the Commission on Arbitration and ADR of the ICC Costa Rica; a member of the Global Commission on Arbitration and ADR of ICC; and Professor international arbitration in The University Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala.
Andrea's professional standing is underscored by her recognition as a Global Leader in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. This acknowledgment comes from esteemed international organizations such as Chambers & Partners Dispute Resolution, WWL Thought Leader, WWL Arbitration Global, and WWL Central America.
International Arbitrator, Mediator & Adjudicator / Expert in ADR / Founding Partner Hulbert Volio Abogados
