Maria A. Arboleda

Maria Arboleda advices clients in many industries, including agriculture, steel, energy, and consumer products sectors. She represents clients before international arbitration tribunals under various rules and institutions, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the Bogota Chamber of Commerce Arbitration and Conciliation Centre.

Maria regularly represents companies and governments in international trade litigation before the U.S. Court of International Trade, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the U.S. Department of Commerce, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, and the Peruvian National Institute for the Defence of Free Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property in a wide range of industries, including aircraft, steel, agriculture, forestry, and mining.

Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Maria was an associate at a leading dispute resolution team in a Colombian law firm and a member of a leading international arbitration team at a law firm in Paris.

Maria served as the Director for the Young Forum of the Colombian Arbitration Committee and as a member of the board of the Young Arbitrators' Network of the Arbitration and Conciliation Centre of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce.

Maria received an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where she was a recipient of the Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law. She co-chaired the Columbia Arbitration Day 2014-15 and was a member of the Columbia International Arbitration Academy Board. While in law school, Maria was a member of the Universidad del Rosario's III International Competition of International Commercial Arbitration moot court team, winning best speaker.