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Jorge Perez-Vera

Address: 

31, rue de Sèvres
92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
France

Phone Number: 
+33 1 48 25 63 72, +33 1 41 35 23 14
Fax Number: 
+33 1 48 25 63 72, +33 1 41 35 86 20
Email: 
jorge.perez-vera@wanadoo.fr, jorge.perez-vera@total.com
Born: 
1960, Sogamoso
Languages: 
English French Spanish
Nationalities: 
Colombian
Education: 
Univ. Externado de Colombia, Bachelor of Laws, 1984; Univ. of Paris II, DEA in International Law, 1986; International Law Academy, The Hague, Certificate of International private law, 1989; Univ. of Paris II, Doctorat en droit, 1992
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Paris Bar 1992 (inactive), Admitted to Colombian Bar 1985
Present Position: 
Senior in-house counsel, Total (Downstream), Legal Division, New Business and Development, Paris
Professional Experience: 

Attorney (mining and administrative law), Bogotá, (1984-85); Training Legal adviser, U.N., Legal Affairs, New York (1990); Attorney, Gide Loyrette Nouel, (1991-92); In-house counsel, Renault, Paris (1993 - 98); In-house counsel, Elf Aquitaine, Paris (1998 -00); In-house counsel
and negotiator, Total (Marketing), Paris (2000 -04); Legal coordinator, Total (Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Paris (2004 -06); Senior in-house counsel, Total Refining and Marketing, Legal Division, New Business and Development, Paris (2007-)

Professional Associations: 

Associate, ABA (Dispute Resolution, International Law, Environment, Energy and Resources Law; member Association Française des Docteurs en Droit (AFDD); member, International Arbitration Institute (IAI); Corporate Counsel International arbitration Group (CCIAG)

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Member, official panel of arbitrators, Arbitration and Mediation Centre, Chamber of commerce (Bogotá)

Arbitration Experience: 

Supervision as in-house counsel of international arbitrations and claims proceedings. This includes ICC, NAI, SIAC, IACAC and UN Kuwait's war claims commission. Party-appointed arbitrator in arbitrations under the rules of the Arbitration and Mediation Centre, Chamber of commerce (Bogotá)

Areas of Specialization: 
International Contracts
Oil & Gas
Public International Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Les privatisations mexicaines, Cahiers Juridiques et Fiscaux de l’Exportation, N° 3, 1991, Paris, La pratique colombienne des contrats d’Etat, Cahiers Juridiques et Fiscaux de l’Exportation, N° 4, 1993, Paris, Synthèse de la réglementation environnementale des Etats Unis, Juridix, N° 7, París, 2000; La clausula y la doctrina Calvo en el derecho internacional, su evolución y su practica, Derecho Internacional de los Negocios. Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogotá, 2003; Commentaires à propos de l’arbitrage en Amérique Latine, en Juridix, N° 11, París, 2003; Les entreprises et le Soft-law, Juridix, N° 14, París, 2004: Les contrats non signés mais exécutés, Juridix, N° 17, París, 2005; Similitudes et différences des termes juridiques en espagnol, français et anglais, Juridix, N° 19, París, 2006; La política de los Estados sobre las fuentes del derecho internacional de las inversiones y el riesgo jurídico del Estado, Revista Internacional de Arbitraje, N° 7, Julio-Diciembre 2007.