Cristina Mejia

Cristina has broad experience in domestic and international arbitration and in commercial, civil and administrative litigation before Colombian courts. Her practice focuses on disputes arising from infrastructure projects, shareholders agreements, disputes arising after or during a merger or acquisition, and in contractual liability disputes in distribution contracts, agency and representation agreements, construction contracts, trusts and contracts for the purchase of oil assets.

Cristina also has experience in representing clients before disputes boards and in the negotiation of settlement agreements before or during the court procedures and in the assessment of risks in current or potential litigation matters.

• Successfully defended the client against a claim that it broadcast a false story that disparaged the plaintiff.

• Represented the client in an international arbitration (and related proceedings) against a state-owned energy company, regarding the breach of an EPC power plant construction contract. The favorable arbitral award survived a denial of fundamental rights action (tutela) lodged with the Constitutional Court but was annulled by the Council of State. We advised the client on its appeal of that annulment on due process grounds, among others.

• Successfully defended this Group Carso company against a breach of contract claim.

• Represented a foreign company in an arbitration related to a service contract.

• Represented an Italian consortium in a lawsuit brought by a Colombian state entity related to the design and construction of thirteen bridges in Colombia.

• Represented the client in litigation brought by a state-owned entity, alleging that the client supplied defective pumps for an oil and gas project. The case presents complex jurisdictional issues.