Daniela Páez Cala

Daniela Páez Cala is a Colombian and New York-qualified attorney with over 16 years of experience in international arbitration, complex commercial litigation, and strategic dispute resolution. She has represented domestic and international clients in high-stakes disputes involving Latin American jurisdictions, with particular experience in cross-border commercial matters and disputes arising from major infrastructure and construction projects.

Before joining the team, Daniela practiced at leading international and Colombian law firms, including Baker McKenzie, Arnold & Porter and Zuleta Abogados. Her experience spans international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, as well as complex civil and commercial litigation, across the infrastructure, construction, energy, mining, ports, public utilities and financial services sectors. She has been involved in ICC arbitrations concerning major infrastructure projects and complex international contractual relationships.

In addition to her work as counsel, Daniela serves as an arbitrator and administrative secretary to arbitral tribunals, including in international ICC proceedings. This experience provides her with a distinctive perspective on arbitral procedure, evidentiary strategy and tribunal decision-making.

Daniela is recognised by Chambers and Partners as Up and Coming in Dispute Resolution in Colombia. She serves as an ICC Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (YAAF) Regional Representative for Latin America for the 2026–2028 term and is a member of the ICC Colombia Commission on Arbitration and ADR. She also teaches at Universidad de los Andes and regularly participates in international arbitration conferences and professional forums.

Admitted to practise law in Colombia and New York, Daniela holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and a law degree from Universidad de los Andes, where she graduated summa cum laude. She works in Spanish and English and also speaks French and Portuguese.