Mr Christian Diaz-Ordonez

Education

• PhD in Law — University of Cambridge (Fitzwilliam College) (2025–present)
  • Supervisor: Professor Eilís Ferran
  • Doctoral research: Internalising Sustainability Externalities under Institutional Constraint: Corporate Law and Finance in Colombia and Mexico.
• Postgraduate Diploma in Organisational Leadership — University of Oxford, Saïd Business School (Dean’s Scholar 2025)
• LL.M. in Corporations — New York University School of Law (Colfuturo Scholar, 2015)
• Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law — Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (2014)
• Graduate Diploma in Financial Regulation — Universidad de los Andes (2013)
• LL.B. — Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Ranked first, Honours, 2011)

Academic Appointments, Teaching and Affiliations

• Senior Fellow and Academic Coordinator — Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance
• Adjunct Lecturer — Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and Universidad de los Andes (Corporate Law and Corporate Transactions)
• Editor — Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance Blog
• Member — Corporate Law and Corporate Transactions Research Group, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
• Conference organiser and moderator at NYU Grunin Center.

Professional Qualifications

• Attorney-at-Law, State of New York (2015)
• Attorney-at-Law, Colombia (2011)

Relevant Professional Experience

• Legal Officer — Impact Investing and Blended Finance. Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB Lab / IDB Invest). Advised on venture capital and blended-finance transactions across Latin America, including outcomes-based financing structures, focusing on capital structuring, governance rights, risk allocation, and private-capital mobilisation in sustainable-infrastructure and climate-transition projects.
• Associate / International Clerk. White & Case LLP
• Associate. Brigard & Urrutia Abogados S.A.S.
• Associate. Posse Herrera Ruiz S.A.
• In-House Counsel. GeoPark Colombia S.A.S.

Languages

Spanish (native); English (fluent); French (basic)