Andrea is the founding partner of Hulbert Volio Abogados in Costa Rica, a boutique law firm specializing in conflict resolution of complex national and international cases.
With over 30 years of practice, she mainly works as an international arbitrator, mediator, and dispute board member. She has extensive experience in commercial contracts, PPPs, construction, energy, TMT, M&A, foreign investment, and related areas, mainly in Latin America and the United States. She also has relevant practice in Estates and Probates (national and international) as well as in international judicial cooperation and the execution and annulment of arbitral awards.
She is well suited to serve as Tribunal Chair (presiding arbitrator) in trade agreement cases involving the EU (European Commission), and she is on the panel of arbitrators and conciliators of ICSID. In addition, Andrea is a Councillor of the LCIA Latin American and Caribbean Users’ Council; a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London); a Council member of the Institute of World Business Law (ICC Institute); former President of the Commission on Arbitration and ADR of the ICC Costa Rica; a member of the Global Commission on Arbitration and ADR of ICC; and Professor of international arbitration at the University Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala.
Andrea’s professional standing is underscored by her recognition as a Global Leader in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution. This acknowledgment comes from esteemed international organizations such as Chambers & Partners Dispute Resolution, GAR, Lexology, WWL Thought Leader, WWL Arbitration Global, and WWL Central America.
