DISPUTE RESOLUTION BOUTIQUE

Ana Maria RUIZ RIVADENEIRA

Associate

Admitted to the Paris and the Bogota Bar, Ana Maria practices in international arbitration as well as in international litigation before the French courts.

Ana Maria has experience across several sectors, including construction, energy, and telecommunications. She acts as counsel in arbitral proceedings and appears before the French courts in enforcement proceedings of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. 

Before joining Teynier Pic, Ana Maria worked within an international organization as an expert in infrastructure, concessions, and public-private partnerships. She also practiced for four years in Colombia at a law firm specializing in advisory and litigation in the fields of infrastructure and public service delivery.

  • Bogota – 2010
  • Paris – 2025
  • Counsel for a French subcontractor in an international arbitration against a French contractor in a nuclear-sector dispute governed by French law.
  • Counsel for a European company in a dispute before the Commercial Court of Paris against a French bank regarding the blocking of first demand bonds issued for a major construction project in the Middle East.
  • Counsel for Nicaraguan nationals in a dispute before the Paris Court of Appeal for the exequatur of Nicaraguan judgments.
  • Counsel for a Latin American country in the negotiation of a concession for the dredging and maintenance of a navigable waterway in the region.
  • Counsel for a Colombian public company in a dispute against a private operator regarding the termination of a contract related to the management and rehabilitation of infrastructure for the distribution and commercialization of electricity.
  • Counsel for a Colombian entity in a dispute against a private operator concerning a concession contract for gas distribution and assisting with a request for annulment before the Colombian courts.
  • French
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.),
    International construction contracts
    Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II) – 2024 – Class valedictorian
  • Master in Public Affairs SciencesPo Paris, France – 2015 – Deans list
  • Master in Public Administration London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) London, United kingdom – 2015 – With Merits 
  • Bachelor of Law Los Andes University Bogota, Colombia – 2010 – Cum Laude
  • Perdomo, C. Ruiz Rivadeneira, A. (forthcoming): The False constitutional limit on arbitration in public contracts: the need for a Public Debate in Colombia, Los Andes University.
  • Percoco, M., Ruiz Rivadeneira, A. et al (2023): Integrating climate change in infrastructure project appraisal: A proposed methodology for Ireland, OECD Working Papers on Public Governance, No. 61, OECD Publishing.
  • Ruiz Rivadeneira, A. and P. Mcmaster (2023): Mapping institutional arrangements for infrastructure governance in OECD countries, OECD Working Papers on Public Governance, No. 62, OECD Publishing.
  • Ruiz Rivadeneira, A. et Schuknecht, L. (2019): Ensuring effective governance of Public-Private Partnerships Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development, [S.l.], p. 177-195, dec. 2019. ISSN 2572-7931.
  • 2020 – 2021– Lecturer Master in Public Law, Los Andes University
  • 2018-2020 – Lecturer Master in Public Administration, Dubai school of Government
  • 2016 -2017 – Lecturer Master in Public Affaires, SciencesPo Paris
  • Member of the Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB) 
  • Member of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club (CEIA)
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