NICOLÁS HERNÁNDEZ
Associate
Practice areas
- Litigation
- Arbitration
Education
- Lawyer by Universidad Nacional de Colombia (2018).
- Online Certificate Program in International Investment Arbitration by American University Washington College of Law (2021)
- International Business and Arbitration Course by Universidad de Mendoza, Argentina (2022)
Experience
- Representation of a Colombian timber company in a corporate arbitration for breach and challenge of corporate bylaws.
- Representation of an American company in an international arbitration against the Colombian government for breach and termination of a construction contract.
- Representation of a Brazilian company in an international arbitration for the construction of a hydroelectric power plant and the termination of its power supply and transmission line contracts.
- Representation of a Chinese company in a national arbitration in the environmental remediation of an oil Block.
- Representation of a Peruvian company in a national arbitration challenging the auction and awarding of a lot, as well as the breaches of a trust agreement.
- Representation of a Spanish company in an arbitration against the Peruvian government for the termination and breach of contract in the construction of a highway.
- Representation of a Spanish company in an arbitration against the Peruvian government for the termination and breach of contract in the construction of a pluvial drainage system.
- Representation of a Chinese company in several national arbitrations against the Peruvian State for breach of contracts for the construction of highways.
- Representation of consortia in national arbitration proceedings against the Peruvian government for breach of contracts for the construction of highways.
- Representation of a Spanish company in a national arbitration for hidden defects in the construction of a highway.
- Representation of a consortium of Chinese capital in an international arbitration for the liquidation of a highway construction contract.
Other relevant cases
- Representation of national and international companies in proceedings for annulment of arbitration awards in construction and infrastructure projects.
- Advising a Colombian company in the negotiation with the Peruvian government of electricity transmission contracts.
- Representing an Italian company in the negotiation of contracts with the Peruvian government for the construction of prisons.
- Advising a consortium in the construction of a complex of buildings and special areas in the expansion of a National University.
Nicolás Hernández is a member of the firm´s Litigation and Arbitration practice.
His experience includes disputes arising from the construction of infrastructure, commercial and corporate agreements, and energy projects like mining facilities, oil refineries, hydroelectric power plants, and buildings. He has experience in legal advice on construction and infrastructure projects, as well as in the design of strategies and commercial negotiations.
Nicolás has studies in International Investment Arbitration by American University Washington College of Law, USA (2021) and International Business and Arbitration by Universidad de Mendoza, Argentina (2022).
His experience includes teaching skills as Adjunct Professor in the course “Seminar on Oral Litigation and Procedural Strategy” at the Faculty of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP).
Before his incorporation, he was part of Arbitration and Litigation Law Firm Boutiques Bullard Falla Ezcurra + (BFE) and Campos Arbitraje e Infraestructura (CAI).