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Javier Tamayo Jaramillo

Founding Partner · Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados

ColombiaLitigation, ArbitrationSpanish, French

About

Founding Partner of Tamayo Jaramillo & Asociados and firm consultant across practice areas, with extensive experience in dispute resolution before ordinary and administrative courts and in arbitration (including annulment appeals). Former Magistrate of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, long‑time law professor and author of numerous works on civil and insurance law.

Practice areas

LitigationArbitrationInsuranceCivil LiabilityTransportationClass ActionsMedical Liability

Office

Expertise

InsuranceAir & Maritime TransportClass ActionsMedical LiabilityCivil LiabilityArbitrationAdministrative Litigation

Education

  • Lawyer, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Colombia)
  • Specialist in Economics and Insurance Law, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium)

Admissions

  • Former Magistrate, Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (1994–1996)
  • Arbitrator, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre
  • Arbitrator, Medellín Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Centre
  • Member, Commission for revision of the Colombian Commercial Code (air and maritime transport)
  • Member, Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA) — Colombian chapter

Languages

SpanishFrench