Professor, Arbitrator, Mediator

Washington College of Law - Washington D.C.

otero@american.edu - www.linkedin.com/in/hernandootero

HERNANDO OTERO
OVERVIEW

International arbitration professor, arbitrator and practitioner. Professor of

arbitration and mediation with a focus on developing student practical skills.
Experience as counsel of record in ICSID Convention, ICSID Additional
Facility and UNCITRAL proceedings. Arbitrator in ICSID, ICC, CCB and FINRA
proceedings. Mediator of the District of Columbias Superior Court.

RECENT
INTERNATIONAL
ARBITRATOR
EXPERIENCE

Appointed international arbitrator before the World Banks International

Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for an international
dispute between a party from the Peoples Republic of China and a Latin
American sovereign (Tza Yap Shum v. Republic of Peru, 2007-2011).
Appointed international arbitrator by the Court of Arbitration of the
International Chamber of Commerce for a USD 5+ million international
dispute between a party from a common law country and a party from a civil
law country (2013-2014).
Appointed arbitrator in two high amount national arbitral proceedings by
the Bogota Chamber of Commerce Center for Arbitration and Conciliation
(2014-to date).

COUNSEL OF
RECORD
EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

M.C.I Power, L.C. et. al. v. Republic of Ecuador (ICSID)

Continental Casualty Company v. Argentine Republic (ICSID)

UPS v. Government of Canada (UNCITRAL - ICSID Administered)

Noble Ventures Inc. v. Romania (ICSID)

EDF (Services) v. Romania (ICSID)

Merrill & Ring v. Government of Canada (UNCITRAL-ICSID Administered)

New York University School of Law, New York-USA, LL.M. in International

Law (2011).
Universidad de los Andes, Bogota-Colombia, J.D. (1998).

LICENSES TO
PRACTICE LAW

Licensed to practice in common law jurisdictions (New York State, District

of Columbia) and in a civil law jurisdiction (Colombia).

MEMBER

Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC,) Panel of Arbitrators

(2014).
London Court of International Arbitration Database of Arbitrators (2013).

Bogota Chamber of Commerce Center for Arbitration and Conciliation (CCB)

closed lists of arbitrators for international proceedings (2014) and highvalue disputes (Lista A - 2012).

BOOKS

Recognition and Enforcement of International Commercial Arbitral Awards

in Latin America: Law, Practice and Leading Cases, Martinus Nijhoff
Publishers (October 2014). See www.brill.com/products/referencework/recognition-and-enforcement-international-commercial-arbitralawards-latin-america
Investment Disputes in the Americas: Comparative Perspectives on Laws,
Treaties, and Disputes for Investors, States and Counsel, Martinus Nijhoff
Publishers, (May 2012). See http://www.brill.com/latin-americaninvestment-protections

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