Trinidad Cruz is a Chilean-qualified lawyer with extensive experience in international dispute resolution. She holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School (2024), where she served as a Research Assistant to Professors Sarah Cleveland, George Bermann, and Kabir Duggal. She previously earned her law degree magna cum laude from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Trinidad has represented the Republic of Chile in high-stakes public international law cases, including the Dispute over the Status and Use of the Waters of the Silala (Chile v. Bolivia) before the International Court of Justice and in two investor-state arbitrations under investment treaties. She also has significant private-sector experience, having worked on domestic arbitrations and transactional matters in the infrastructure and real estate sectors.