Antonia Micaela Vaca Terán

Antonia Vaca is an associate at HVKND Disputes. Her practice focuses on international arbitration, public international law, and complex cross-border dispute resolution. She holds an LL.B. from Universidad de las Américas (Ecuador), where she graduated after serving in multiple academic and research roles, and undertook advanced legal studies at the Centre for Transnational Legal Studies – a global program led by King’s College London and Georgetown University.

Antonia has developed experience across public institutions, private practice, and academia. She previously held internships at the Secretariat of Human Rights in Ecuador and with policy advocacy organizations in Mexico, focusing on social rights and vulnerable populations.

Her professional background is complemented by strong academic engagement: she served as a research assistant in public international law, a departmental assistant in procedural law, and a teaching assistant in both procedural and corporate law.

In addition, Antonia was a founding member and Senior Editor of the UDLA Law Review and represented her university in national and international moot court competitions as part of the UDLA Arbitration Team. Her legal education has emphasized transnational legal theory, comparative legal systems, and oral advocacy.

She is fluent in Spanish, English, and German, and brings a multicultural and multilingual perspective to her work in international legal practice.