Biography
Eduardo Zuleta has been chair, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator and counsel in international commercial arbitrations under ICC, UNCITRAL and ICDR Rules in matters involving private and State parties and related to construction, oil & gas, infrastructure, utilities, distribution, contracts for decontamination, commercial contracts in general and project finance.
Mr. Zuleta has in several investment arbitrations under ICSID – including arbitrations and annulment committees- and under UNCITRAL and ICC Rules involving States and investors from the Americas, Europe and Asia, including, inter alia, cases under the Energy Charter Treaty.
Mr. Zuleta presently serves as Vice President of the ICC Court of Arbitration, was appointed in 2011 to the ICSID panel of arbitrators by the Chairman of the ICSID Administrative Council and was subsequently appointed as member of the ICSID panel of arbitrators in 2018 by the Republic of Colombia. Mr. Zuleta is past co-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the IBA where he co-led the discussion and drafting of the IBA Guidelines on Conflict of Interest and the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration. He is the President of the Latin American Arbitration Association and of the Governing Board of ICCA, and was a member of the court of arbitration of the LCIA.
Mr. Zuleta is Adjunt Professor at Georgetown Law School where he teaches International Arbitration in Latin America and has been invited to speak at several law schools and institutions worldwide. He has written extensively on investment and commercial arbitration, including a book co-edited with Prof. Guido Tawil on the New York Convention on occasion of its 50th anniversary.