Ana María Ordoñez Puentes

Director, Colombia’s National Agency for Legal Defence of the State

Yadira Castillo Meneses is an external adviser at Colombia’s National Agency for Legal Defence of the State. She holds a PhD in law from Los Andes University in Colombia, with an emphasis on international public law, and an LLM in administrative law from the Externado University of Colombia. She teaches domestic and international investment arbitration at Santo Tomas University in specialisation programmes and at Los Andes University in an LLM programme. Yadira publishes essays on international investment arbitration and edits online content on domestic and international commercial arbitration and international investment arbitration. Prior to joining the legal team at Colombia’s National Agency for Legal Defence of the State, Yadira served as a human rights prosecutor, acted in advisory roles to various public entities and was involved in litigation proceedings on public issues within domestic courts. In addition to Spanish, she speaks fluent English.