Juliana de Ureña

Nationality(ies): Colombian, Spanish

Practice Areas

  • Agency - Distribution - Franchising
  • Arbitration
  • Commercial Law
  • Construction - Engineering
  • Corporate Law
  • Energy - Natural Resources
  • Hotel - Leisure management
  • Infrastructure
  • Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation

Bar Admission

COUNTRYSTATE / REGION
Bar Admission - Country and State:
Country: Spain
State: Madrid

Experience with other jurisdictions

Colombia, Spain

Experience with arbitral institutions

  • Corte de Arbitraje de la Cámara Oficial de Comercio e Industria de Madrid
  • International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  • Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)

Education

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Graduate in Law and Political Science - September 2003 – June 2009, Madrid, Spain                                                                                                           

University of Cambridge, Law Faculty, Erasmus Programme, September 2005 – June 2006, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Universidad de los Andes, Law Faculty, January 2003 – June 2003, Bogotá Colombia

                                                                               

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor at IE University, Madrid, Spain

Guest Professor at Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain

Other Information

Juliana has over fourteen years of experience in international arbitration.

She has acted as expert observer before the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), for Working Groups II and III, devoted to mediation and international arbitration.

During her time at Uría Menéndez, she acted as counsel in domestic and international arbitrations. She has ample experience as counsel in complex disputes involving construction and engineering (applying FIDIC Rules), energy and technology. As counsel, she took part in arbitration proceedings involving multiple jurisdictions, applying the CISG, Namibian, Swiss, Argentinian, and Spanish law, conducted under the rules of some of the most prominent arbitration courts such as the ICC, the Madrid Court of Arbitration and the Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration.

After joining the Secretariat of the Madrid Court of Arbitration, she supervised over 200 proceedings and scrutinised over 180 awards involving disputes from a wide range of sectors (banking and finance, energy, construction, and engineering) and legal areas (M&A, corporate law, oil and gas, agency, distribution, and shipping).

Currently, Juliana combines teaching with her collaboration in complex cases acting as arbitrtaor or counsel.

Main Country of Residence

Spain

Firm Name

JDU Arbitration

Site

Address

Spain

Professional Phone

Mobile Phone

Firm Name
JDU Arbitration
External Profile
English
Native Fluency
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Spanish
Native Fluency
Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents