Juan Felipe Merizalde’s practice focuses on international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration, particularly disputes involving Latin American parties.  He has considerable experience as counsel and arbitrator in over 60 cases before the most renowned institutions, including the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague. Juan Felipe’s investment-treaty experience includes two recent successive victories in 2020 for a Central American State, as well as advising investors in ICSID cases and potential investment arbitrations. In January 2021, Juan Felipe launched his own practice in Bogota, Colombia, acting as counsel and arbitrator in commercial and investment cases.  He is currently acting as lead counsel in two ICC cases in the energy sector as well as a potential investment arbitration against a Latin American country. Prior to starting his own firm, Juan Felipe worked for 12 years at Dechert LLP in its Paris and Washington D.C. offices. At Dechert, he gained vast experience with one of the most renowned Latin American practices in the world. Juan Felipe is admitted to practice in New York, the District of Columbia (Special Legal Consultant) and Colombia. Juan Felipe also passed the Paris Bar Exam (art. 100).   Education ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy for Latin America, 2018New York University, LL.M., International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration, 2011Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, Master 2, Private Law, 2008Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, Master 1, International Law, 2006Universidad del Rosario, Law Degree, 2007 Admissions Admitted to Practice in Colombia and New York. District of Columbia (Special Legal Consultant). Sat for and approved the Paris Bar Exam (art. 100). Languages SpanishEnglishFrenchPortuguese (basic) Memberships Co-Chair of the International Bar Association's under-40 Arbitration Subcommittee (IBA Arb 40)ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR (Task Forces on “Accuracy of Fact Witness Memory in International Arbitration” and "Addressing Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration”)ICC Colombia Commission on Arbitration & ADRICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF)ICDR Young & InternationalInstitute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) Advisory BoardLatin American Arbitration Association (ALArb)Member of the list of Arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA)