Claudia Benavides Galvis
Partner, Baker McKenzie
[email protected]Claudia is the global chair of Baker McKenzie’s dispute resolution practice group. She is a highly regarded expert in international arbitration, domestic arbitration and transnational litigation. She has over 25 years of extensive experience handling complex litigations and arbitrations related to construction and infrastructure projects in various sectors (many of them related to the energy sector), post-acquisition disputes related to a variety of industries, controversies related to distribution and supply agreements and general breach of contract.
Claudia has been consistently ranked by Chambers & Partners (Band 1) and Legal 500 (Leading Lawyer) as a leading expert in dispute resolution. The prestigious publication Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration recognises Claudia as a world thought leader in the field, Benchmark Litigation featured her in the ‘Top 25 Latam Women in Litigation’ listing, Woman in Business Law Awards Americas recognised her as ‘Litigator of the Year’, and recently Forbes recognised Claudia as one of the 100 more powerful women in Colombia. She regularly speaks in important national and international conferences and she is the author of several articles related to her practice.