María Angélica Burgos

Colombia

Burgos Dispute Resolution
Carrera 5 #78 -27
Bogotá
Colombia

Tel: +57 315 8948035

Email: maria.angelica@burgosdelaossa.com
Web: www.burgosdelaossa.com

Professional Biography

María Angélica Burgos is a well regarding and in-demand Arbitrator in Bogotá, Colombia. She focuses her practice of more than 15 years in international and domestic arbitration and international investment law.

Prior to founding Burgos Dispute Resolution, María Angélica was as a Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie’s Bogotá office, a Partner at Zuleta Abogados Asociados and Senior Associate with Gómez-Pinzón Zuleta Abogados.

Before private practice, she was an advisor to the government of Colombia, and as such, she participated in the negotiation of International Investment Agreements on behalf of Colombia and advised on investment dispute prevention and management. María Angélica was also a University Trainee at the International Court of Justice.

María Angélica has been recognized by Who’ Who Legal as a Future Leader in Arbitration (2019-2024), a Global Elite Thought Leader-Under 45 (2023, 2024) and by Best Lawyers in the field of Arbitration (2020-2023).

REPRESENTATIVE LEGAL EXPERIENCE
  • Sole Arbitrator in a commercial arbitration regarding a supply contract under the rules of the Centro Conciliación, Arbitraje y Amigable Composición of the Medellín Chamber of Commerce.
  • Sole Arbitrator in an expedited ICC arbitration related to a sales contract, seated in São Paulo- SP, Brazil.

As Counsel

  • Represented a Colombian company in an ICC arbitration related to the construction of an underground infrastructure, seated in Medellin, Colombia.
  • Represented a Colombian company in an ICC arbitration related to the construction of certain infrastructure to be used in public utilities, seated in New York City, USA.
  • Represented a Spanish company in an ICC arbitration, seated in Bogota, Colombia, related to the exercise of certain post-closing rights in a joint-venture agreement.
  • Represented a Colombian company in an ICC arbitration, seated in Bogota, Colombia, related to the exercise of rights in a share purchase agreement.
  • Represented a group of companies affiliated to a multinational corporation, in an ICC arbitration, seated in Bogota, arising out of a dispute concerning the termination of a commercial relationship.
  • Represented a Spanish multinational and a Colombian company, as members of a joint venture, in an ICC arbitration seated in Bogota, Colombia related to a dispute on the construction of a port in Latin America.
  • Represented a Latin-American financial group in an ICC arbitration seated in Bogota, Colombia, in a dispute concerning the exercise of post-closing rights contained in a share purchase agreement.
  • Represented a group of companies in the agricultural sector in a domestic arbitration concerning shareholder disputes. The arbitration was seated in Bogota, Colombia and conducted under the rules of the Center of Arbitration and Conciliation of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota.
  • Represented the members of an international consortium in annulment proceedings of an international award before the Supreme Court of Justice of Colombia.
  • Advised an American company in recognition and enforcement proceedings of a foreign award before the Colombian Supreme Court of Justice.

As Tribunal Secretary

  • Administrative Secretary to an ad hoc international investment tribunal, under UNCITRAL Rules, in a dispute involving European companies and a foreign State.
  • Administrative Secretary in an arbitration under the rules of the Court of Arbitration of Madrid, seated in Madrid, Spain, related to a construction project.
  • Administrative Secretary in an arbitration under the rules of the AmCham Peru International Arbitration Center, seated in Lima, Peru.
  • Administrative Secretary in an ICC arbitration seated in Mexico City in relation to a telecommunications project.
  • Administrative Secretary in an ICC arbitration, seated in Madrid, Spain, in relation to disputes concerning a joint venture for the construction of infrastructure.
  • Administrative Secretary in an ICC arbitration, seated in Mexico City, in relation to disputes among shareholders.

Education and Professional Affiliations

Education:

  • New York University School of Law (New York City, USA) LL.M in International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration, May 2011.
  • Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia), Lawyer, June 2008.
  • University of Notre Dame Du Lac & The Phoenix Institute (South Bend, IN, USA), Specialization in Advanced Studies in Political, Economical and Social Sciences, July 2006. Magna Cum Laude.
  • ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy for Latin America. Participant, August 2016- June 2018

Professional Affiliations

  • Member of the Colombian Academy of International Law (ACCOLDI).
  • International Bar Association – Membership Officer to the Business and Human Rights Committee and Former Member of the Steering Committee of the Arb40 Subcommittee- Arbitration Committee (2018-2022.
  • Co-Chair of the Young Women’s Way in Arbitration Latin America Group.
  • Member of the Latin American Association of Arbitration -ALARB.
  • Member of Arbitral Women.
  • Member of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative.

Publications & Authorships

  • María Angélica Burgos, “Organizaciones Internacionales y Otros Sujetos de Derecho Internacional” in “Derecho Internacional, conceptos, doctrinas y debates”, Ediciones Uniandes, june 2023 (ed. Natalia López, Laura Galindo, René Urueña)
  • María Angélica Burgos & Claudia Benavides Galvis, Annulment of Investment Arbitration Awards, in “The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review”, Seventh Edition, 2022 (ed. Barton Legum)
  • María Angélica Burgos, “How to Make a Significant Impact with a Career in Dispute Resolution”, in “Surviving in the Field of International Arbitration: War Stories and Lessons Learned. Sobreviviendo en el Arbitraje Internacional: Historias de Guerra y Lecciones Aprendidas”, Wolters Kluwer, 2020 (eds: José María De la Jara, Álvaro Awad, Carolina Arroyo)
  • María Angélica Burgos, “International Investment Arbitration and Human Rights”, in “Tratados Internacionales y el Arbitraje de Inversión: Experiencias de Colombia y el Derecho Comparado” Arbitraje 360, Tomo IV, 2019 (ed: Alfredo Fuentes, Fabricio Mantilla, et al). (Originally written in Spanish)
  • María Angélica Burgos, “Double-Hatting in International Commercial Arbitration?”, in “40 under 40 International Arbitration”, 2018 (ed: Carlos González-Bueno).
  • María Angélica Burgos-De la Ossa & Nicolás Lozada-Pimiento, “Diplomatic Protection in the Context of International Investment Disputes”, 15 International Law Journal, Revista Colombiana de Derecho Internacional, 243-278, 2009. (Originally written in Spanish)

Conferences & Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker at “Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje en Materia de Construcción: Prevención de Riesgos, y Resolución de Conflictos en Proyectos de Infraestructura” and at the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum: “El Nuevo Reglamento de Dispute Boards de la ICC del 2015”, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, January 2016.
  • Speaker at “VII Congreso de Arbitraje Internacional- Costa Rica 2016: Nuevas prácticas arbitrales, nuevos actores, nuevas tendencias”- Arbitral Women, San José, Costa Rica, February 2016.
  • Speaker at the International Law Weekend 2016 “International Law 5.0”, New York City. Panel on “International Arbitration in Latin America: Are We Innovating or Catching Up?”. New York, NY October 2016.
  • Speaker at the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum, “The contractual phase: debates around the arbitration clause” in the VIII International Arbitration Congress: Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, February 2017.
  • Speaker at the XIV International Arbitration Conference Rio de Janeiro. Panel: “Constitution of the Arbitral Tribunal and attitudes of the Arbitrators”, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2018.
  • Panelist at the session “Business lawyers: from obstacle to enabler of human rights due diligence” at the United Nations Business and Human Rights Forum, Geneva, November 2018
  • Speaker at the X International Arbitration Congress: Costa Rica, “Technology in Arbitration: An option or a demand?” San José, Costa Rica, February 2019.
  • Speaker at the conference “Primera Conferencia Latinoamericana sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos”, Bogotá, May 2019
  • Speaker, “Contratos de Energía y Arbitraje”, VIII Congreso de Arbitraje Nacional e Internacional, Comité Colombiano de Arbitraje, August 2020
  • Speaker, Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional de las Inversiones, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú, September, 2020.
  • Speaker, ILA (American) Branch Investment Arbitration Workshop: The Latest Challenges in Latin America, April 2021
  • Speaker, Congreso de Arbitraje Nacional e Internacional, Comité Colombiano de Arbitraje, August, 2022.
  • Speaker, Congreso de Arbitraje Nacional e Internacional del Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliación de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, October 2022
  • Speaker, Congreso de Arbitraje Internacional de Costa Rica, Panel sobre “Pros y Contras del Arbitraje Abreviado”, San José, Costa Rica, February 2023.
  • Speaker, IBA ARB 40 Symposium, Panel “When investment and commercial arbitration collide”, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2023
  • Speaker, Colombia Arbitration Day, Panel “Un arbitraje eficiente en tiempo y costos”, Bogota, Colombia, September 2023