As Arbitrator:

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration between two Angolan companies in a dispute arising out of a contract for the design, construction and assembling of highway signalisation (Luanda seat, Angolan law, Portuguese language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration between two Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of an association contract (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration between two Brazilian companies against two Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of an investment agreement (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration between a state-owned Brazilian company against two Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of a share purchase agreement (Rio de Janeiro seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration between a Brazilian company on one side and three Brazilian companies on the other side in a dispute arising out of an EPC agreement for the construction of an airport (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration between two Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of a codeshare agreement (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration between a Peruvian company and a Latin American state entity in a dispute arising from a contract for the management of a project for the expansion of an airport (Lima seat, Peruvian law, Spanish language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in a Centre for Arbitration and Mediation of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (“CAM-CCBC”) arbitration between two Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of a steam supply contract (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in a CAM-CCBC arbitration between two Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of a contract for the lease, operation and maintenance of power generation equipment (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in a CAM-CCBC arbitration between a Chinese company and a Hong Kong company against three Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of a contract for the supply of photovoltaic modules (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in a CAM-CCBC arbitration between a Brazilian company against ten Brazilian companies in a dispute arising from a turbine supply agreement (São Paulo seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in a Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá arbitration between a Colombian company against a Portuguese and a Peruvian company in a dispute arising out of a construction contract (Bogotá seat, Colombian law, Spanish language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in a Madrid International Arbitration Centre arbitration between an Italian company against a Spanish company in a dispute arising out of an investment and shareholders agreement (Madrid seat, Spanish law, English language)

  • President of the Arbitral Tribunal in an ad-hoc arbitration between a French company and a Mozambican state entity in a dispute arising out of a construction contract (Lisbon seat, Mozambican law, English language)

  • Sole Arbitrator in a Madrid Court of Arbitration proceeding between a Spanish company and a Qatari company in a dispute arising out of a consulting agreement (Madrid seat, Spanish law, English language)

  • Sole Arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Portuguese company and a Mozambican state entity in a dispute arising from a construction contract (Paris seat, Mozambican law, English language)

  • Sole Arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Spanish company and a Mexican civil association in a dispute arising from a partnership agreement (Santiago seat, Mexican law, Spanish language)

  • Sole Arbitrator in a Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá arbitration between a Seychelles company against two Colombian individuals in a dispute arising out of the by-laws of a company (Bogotá seat, Colombian law, Spanish language)

  • Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a German company and a Brazilian company in a dispute arising out of a sales contract (Geneva seat, Swiss law, English language)

  • Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Swiss company and a Brazilian company in a dispute arising out of a contract for the supply of plant machinery, and mechanical and electrical equipment (Madrid seat, Swiss law, English language)

  • Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Brazilian company, against a Brazilian mixed capital company, against four state-owned Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of a construction contract (Rio de Janeiro seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Brazilian company, against a Brazilian company, against a Malaysian company in a dispute arising out of an EPC contract (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between twelve Brazilian companies against a Brazilian company and a North American company in a dispute arising out of twelve contracts for the sale of power generation equipment and related services (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Thai company against a Venezuelan state entity in a dispute arising out of a contract for the sale of crude oil (Paris seat, Venezuelan law, English language)

  • Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Brazilian company against two Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of a construction contract (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Mexican company against two Mexican companies in a dispute arising from an EPC contract (Mexico City seat, Mexican law, Spanish language)

  • Co-arbitrator in a CAM-CCBC arbitration between a Brazilian company and two Brazilian individuals against two Brazilian individuals and the estate of a deceased Brazilian individual in a dispute arising out of a shareholders’ agreement (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • Co-arbitrator in a CAM-CCBC arbitration between two Brazilian companies on one side and five Brazilian companies on the other side in a dispute arising out of several engineering and construction contracts (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • Co-arbitrator in a CAM-CCBC arbitration between two Brazilian companies on one side and four Brazilian companies on the other side in a dispute arising out of several engineering and construction contracts (Sao Paulo seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • Co-arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration between a Brazilian company on one side and two Brazilian companies on the other in a dispute arising out of four joint operating agreements for the exploration, appraisal, development and production of oil and gas (Rio de Janeiro seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • Emergency Arbitrator in an ICC emergency arbitrator proceeding between two Portuguese companies against four Portuguese companies in a dispute arising out of a shareholders agreement (Paris seat, Portuguese law, Portuguese language)

  • Emergency Arbitrator in an ICC emergency arbitrator proceeding between an Argentine company and a Latin American state in a dispute related to a concession agreement (Buenos Aires seat, Argentine law, Spanish language)

  • Emergency Arbitrator in an ICC emergency arbitrator proceeding between three Spanish companies and a Chilean company against a Chilean company in a dispute relating to a construction contract (Paris seat, Chilean law, Spanish language)

As Secretary to Arbitral Tribunals:

  • ICC arbitration between an English company and a Spanish company in a dispute arising out of a contract for the distribution of seeds (Paris seat, Spanish law, Spanish language)

  • ICC arbitration between, on the one hand, two Brazilian companies, two Australian companies and a New Zealand company, and, on the other hand, several Brazilian individuals and a Brazilian company, in disputes arising out of a share purchase agreement (São Paulo seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • second ICC arbitration between, on the one hand, two Brazilian companies, two Australian companies and a New Zealand company, and, on the other hand, several Brazilian individuals and a Brazilian company, in disputes arising out of a share purchase agreement (São Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • ICC arbitration between a Mauritian company and a Dominican company in a dispute arising out of a distribution contract (Paris seat, Dominican law, Spanish language)

  • ICC arbitration between, on the one hand, a Spanish company and, on the other hand, two Spanish companies and one Belgian company relating to a real estate project (Madrid seat, Spanish law, English language)

  • ICC arbitration between, on the one hand, two Brazilian companies and, on the other hand, two Brazilian financial institutions arising out of a share purchase agreement (São Paulo seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • ICC arbitration between, on the one hand, two Portuguese companies and, on the other hand, one Portuguese company arising out of a construction agreement (Madrid seat, Portuguese law, Spanish language)

  • ICC arbitration between two Portuguese companies arising out of an engineering, procurement and construction agreement (Lisbon seat, Portuguese law, English language)

  • ICC arbitration between two Brazilian companies, and between them and a Spanish additional party, arising out of a contract for the supply of conveyor belts (London seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • LCIA arbitration between two Spanish companies in a dispute arising out of a gas supply contract (Madrid seat, Spanish law, English language)

  • arbitration under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules administered by the LCIA between a Brazilian company and a Chinese company in a dispute arising out of an engineering, procurement and construction agreement (London seat, Brazilian law, English language)

  • CAM-CCBC arbitration between two Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of a construction contract (Rio de Janeiro seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • CAM-CCBC arbitration between three Brazilian companies in a dispute arising out of a port services agreement (Rio de Janeiro seat, Brazilian law, Portuguese language)

  • ICSID Case No. ARB/19/34, Amec Foster Wheeler USA Corporation, Process Consultants, Inc., and Joint Venture Foster Wheeler USA Corporation and Process Consultants, Inc. v. Republic of Colombia, in relation to fiscal administrative proceedings commenced with respect to a contract for project management services for the refurbishment of an oil refinery (English and Spanish language)  

As Counsel:

  • represented the Republic of Ecuador in Perenco Ecuador Limited v. Republic of Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/6, arising from the termination of two participation contracts for the exploration and exploitation of petroleum fields (English and Spanish language)

  • represented the Republic of Ecuador in Burlington Resources, Inc. v. Republic of Ecuador, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/5, arising from the termination of two participation contracts for the exploration and exploitation of petroleum fields (English and Spanish language)

  • represented a leading European construction company in Autopista del Norte S.A.C. v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/18/17, arising from the breach of a concession contract for the construction of a highway (Spanish language)

  • represented the Plurinational State of Bolivia in the PCA-UNCITRAL investment arbitration case, Glencore Finance (Bermuda) Limited v. Plurinational State of Bolivia, arising from the nationalization of a mining concession (Paris seat, English and Spanish language)

  • represented the Republic of Ecuador in the PCA-UNCITRAL arbitration case EcuadorTLC S.A., Cayman International Exploration Company S.A. and Teikoku Oil Ecuador v. The Republic of Ecuador, arising from the termination of a transitory contract for the exploration and exploitation of a petroleum field (Santiago seat, Ecuadorian law, Spanish language)

  • represented the Republic of Ecuador in the PCA-UNCITRAL investment arbitration case Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company (TexPet) v. The Republic of Ecuador, arising from the claimants’ challenge of a US$18 billion Ecuadorian court judgment (The Hague seat, English language)

  • represented a Bolivian state entity against an Indian company in an ICC arbitration relating to a dispute arising from a contract for the joint exploitation of a mining concession (Santa Cruz de la Sierra seat, Bolivian law, Spanish language)

  • represented, as co-counsel, a Finnish company and an American company against a Japanese company and an American multinational electronics corporation in ICC arbitration relating to antitrust claims arising from a contract for the sale and purchase of batteries for mobile devices (London seat, English law, English language)

  • represented, as co-counsel, a Finnish company and an American company against a Japanese company and an American multinational electronics corporation in ICC arbitration relating to antitrust claims arising from a contract for the sale and purchase of batteries for mobile devices (Helsinki seat, German law, English language)

  • represented the Dominican Republic and one of its state-owned entities against a Cayman hedge fund in ICC arbitration relating to a corporate dispute arising from the by-laws of an electricity-generation company and criminal proceedings against the directors of the company (Santo Domingo seat, Dominican law, Spanish language)

  • represented a Dominican Republic state-owned entity against a Dominican private company in ICC arbitration relating to a corporate dispute arising from the by-laws of another electricity-generation company and criminal proceedings brought against the directors of the company (Santo Domingo seat, Dominican law, Spanish language)

  • advised two El Salvador clients against a company of that country in four ICC arbitrations related to a telecommunications agreement (Miami and San Salvador seats, Salvadoran law, English language)

  • advised a Japanese client in arbitration proceedings against a Chilean company under the Japanese Commercial Arbitration Association Rules, in dispute arising out of a sponsorship agreement (London seat, Japanese law, English language)