Juan Camilo Jiménez-Valencia

Counsel - Admitted in Colombia and registered in Brussels

juan.jimenez@hvdb.com T: +32 (0)2 290 39 00 F: +32 (0)2 290 39 39

Juan Camilo Jiménez-Valencia joined the firm in 2018. He sits as an International Arbitrator in commercial disputes and acts as Tribunal Secretary / Assistant to the Tribunal in international commercial and investment arbitrations. His experience includes high-value and complex cases under a variety of arbitration rules (ICC / SIAC / ICSID / UNCITRAL / LCIA / DIFC-LCIA / CEPANI), spanning various industry sectors including Oil & Gas, Mining, Nuclear Energy, Construction, M&A, Banking, Real Estate, Hospitality, Consumer Appliances, and Aviation. Furthermore, he repeatedly acts as a panellist in in-person and virtual speaking engagements regarding hot topics in international commercial and investment arbitration.

Mr. Jiménez-Valencia holds a law degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá (ranked top 5 of his class) and obtained his LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the University of Geneva in 2018, where he was awarded a full merit-based scholarship.

Prior to joining HVDB, Mr. Jiménez-Valencia was an associate in an international law firm in Bogotá for over 3 years. He represented clients in civil, administrative, and unfair trade litigation before local courts, and domestic and international arbitration tribunals. Mr. Jiménez-Valencia was a Professor of Roman Law at his former law school in Bogotá for 2 years. Furthermore, he co-founded Colombian Very Young Arbitration Practitioners in 2015 and Latin American Arbitration Practitioners EU in 2019.

Mr. Jiménez-Valencia is admitted to practice in Colombia since 2013 and is currently registered with the Brussels Bar. He is native speaker of Spanish, fluent in English, and has a good knowledge of Portuguese (B2) and French (B2).