Daniel Currea

Prior to joining Chaffetz Lindsey, Daniel worked at a boutique firm in Bogotá specializing in complex litigation and arbitration within the Dispute Resolution and Public Projects practice groups. He also gained experience at a leading international law firm in Bogotá in the Natural Resources and Disputes practice group. Additionally, Daniel served as a law clerk to the Honorable Alejandro Linares, former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Colombia.

Daniel is passionate about legal academia, having been an adjunct professor of Constitutional Law at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá and authoring various publications in the field.

• Represented a Latin American consortium in an ICC arbitration against a state entity arising from a construction contract for a public infrastructure project in Latin America.*
• Represented an international contractor in an ICC arbitration against a European multinational construction company regarding a major infrastructure contract in Latin America.*
• Represented an international contractor in an ICC arbitration against a state entity concerning an EPC contract for a mega infrastructure project in Latin America.*
• Represented a Canadian mining company in an ICSID investment arbitration against a Latin American sovereign.*
• Member of the team that represented a U.S. mining company in a multiparty ICC arbitration over a breach of contract claim related to the construction of a major infrastructure and transportation project.*
• Advised a Latin American company in an ongoing telecommunications investment dispute against a Latin American sovereign.*
• Provided strategic advice to oil & gas and mining companies on the viability of initiating investment disputes against a Latin American sovereign.*
• Advised a European infrastructure company during the execution of a public infrastructure contract concerning potential international commercial and investment disputes against a state entity in Latin America.*
• Assisted oil & gas companies in negotiating international arbitration agreements with state-contracting entities in Latin America.*

*Experience prior to joining Chaffetz Lindsey LLP

• Ex Officio Evidence production in Colombia and its tension with due process, Os caminhos e descaminhos do devido processo legal: na visão da doutrina estrangeira e Brasileira, (coauthor) Daniel Currea and Santiago Garcia (2022).
• El Razonamiento Legal Fundado en Principios—Haciendo fácil lo difícil [Principle-based legal reasoning in private law. Making Easy Things Difficult] (2021).
• The Colombian Tale of Two Legal Revolutions, 53 Cornell International Law Journal, (coauthor) Daniel Currea and Santiago Garcia (2020).