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ANA ISABEL CANO
E-mail: acano@rinconcastro.com
Ana Isabel has over 5 years of experience in national disputes involving State entities in the infrastructure industry, private and public procurement procedures, infrastructure projects, Insurance Companies in the insurance and reinsurance industry and national an international dispute resolution, both in arbitration and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
Mrs. Cano specializes in administrative law, transnational disputes, insurance law and infrastructure projects.
Currently, she specializes in national and international arbitration related to Public-Private Partnership (PPP), projects and energy, as well as conflict resolution before domestic courts in public law matters associated to the same industries.
Before joining Rincón Castro Abogados, Ana Isabel worked in a major Colombian firm that is specialized in insurance law and the defense of Colombian insurance companies before domestic courts in public law matter associated to the same industry.
PRACTICE AREAS
International and Domestic Arbitration; Litigation; Construction Law; Public Law.
EDUCATION
- Certification at American Univesity Washington College of Law in: (i) Damages and Compensation in International Commercial and Investment Arbitration; (ii) Construction Arbitration in the United States and in Comparative Perspective; (iii) Evidence in International Arbitration; and (iv) Arbitraje Inversionista – Estado, 2024.
- Specialization in Insurance Law, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá, 2021.
- Lawyer, Universidad Externado de Colombia, 2020.
ADMISSIONS
Admitted to practice law in Colombia, 2020.
LANGUAGES
· Spanish
· English
. French
PUBLICATIONS
· “La acción civil dentro de los procesos de responsabilidad fiscal”. Legal Industry Reviews, no. 10 (2022), https://www.flipsnack.com/cejchile/legal-industry-colombia-vol-10-junio-2022/full-view.html
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Represents a concessionaire of a 4G highway public-private partnership concession contract in an international arbitration under the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) rules against the National Infrastructure Agency.
- Represents an autonomous patrimony attached to a public entity in Colombia against a foreign constructor in international arbitration under the rules of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce for the resolution of disputes arising out of the execution of contracts for the construction of educational institutions in Colombia.
- Represents Perimetral Oriental de Bogotá S.A.S., concessionaire of a 4G public-private partnership concession contract for the design, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, operation, and maintenance of the Perimetral corridor in the department of Cundinamarca, in a sanctioning procedure initiated by the National Infrastructure Agency.
- Represents the company Transversal del Sisga S.A.S, a concessionaire of a 4G public-private partnership concession contract for the design, construction, rehabilitation, improvement, operation, and maintenance of the Transversal del Sisga corridor, which crosses the departments of Cundinamarca, Boyacá, and Casanare, in a sanctioning proceeding initiated by the National Infrastructure Agency.
- Represents a company in the energy sector in a simple nullity action and an action for annulment and reestablishment of rights before the ordinary jurisdiction, against the main state entities that regulate Colombia’s mining and energy sector.
- Represents the company Perimetral Oriental de Bogotá S.A.S. in a class action.
- Advises Consorcio Vial de Soacha in the execution of the contract for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the extension of one of the trunk lines of the Transmilenio public transportation system in the municipality of Soacha, Cundinamarca.
- Advises foreign investors on initiating an Investment Arbitration under the Spain-Colombia Bilateral Investment Treaty of 2005.
- Advises a company in the healthcare sector on filing various public actions as part of a strategic litigation to mitigate the impacts of an administrative intervention.
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