María Paula Jijón is Legal Counsel of the Madrid International Arbitration Center - Ibero-American Arbitration Center (CIAM-CIAR) and the Court of Arbitration of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce. Previously, she was an associate in a firm dedicated exclusively to international arbitration. María Paula holds a double degree in Law and International Relations, a master’s in law and is barred to practice law in Spain. In addition, she is an adjunct professor at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE).