GBS Disputes

Arbitration proceedings

• The Republic of Colombia, Respondent in an ICSID arbitration brought by Angel Samuel Seda and others (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/6). The dispute arises from a real estate project and the claims are brought under the 2012 Colombia-U.S. free trade agreement.
• A leading Central American energy generator company in an ICDR arbitration against another Central American company, regarding contractual breaches under a PPA and allegations of Force Majeure, Impossibility and Frustration of Purpose. New York law applies.
• A Latin American aviation consultancy firm, Claimant in two ICC arbitrations initiated against European aircraft manufacturers. The disputes relate to unpaid invoices and the damages arising from the termination of agency contracts.
• A leading European energy group in a UNCITRAL arbitration against the Kingdom of Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty. The dispute relates to measures taken by Spain in the renewable energy sector. A leading Latin American company in the transportation sector in a dispute under a bilateral investment treaty against an Iberian State.
• The Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Respondent in an ICSID arbitration brought by Latin American Regional Aviation Holding S. de R.L. (ICISD Case No. ARB/19/16). The dispute arises from the Claimant’s indirect stake in the Uruguayan national airline Pluna Líneas Aéreas and the claims are brought under the 1998 Panama-Uruguay bilateral investment treaty.

Education

• Universidad de Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay, Law degree (cum laude)

Admissions & Courts

• Uruguay

Languages

• Spanish
• English

Nationality

• Uruguayan

• List of Arbitrators, Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration of the Uruguayan Chamber of Commerce and Services
• Visiting lecturer (Introduction to Investment Arbitration), Universidad de Montevideo, Diploma in Arbitration
• Visiting lecturer (Introduction to Investment Arbitration), Universidad de Montevideo, Master’s Degree in Procedural Law

• “La relevancia de la sede arbitral en el arbitraje de inversión” (co-author), Estudios sobre la sede y el ordenamiento aplicable al fondo del litigio en el arbitraje internacional (2021), pp. 73-116
• “Arbitration 2021: Year in Review. Latin American perspective” (co-author), Jus Mundi (2021), pp. 22-28

• “The evolution of ICSID: Regulatory aspects and problems in light of practice”, Online conference in celebration of the first 100 volumes of the Biblioteca de Arbitraje del Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre (May, 2022)
• “International Arbitration in Latin America: The State of Play”, Webinar hosted by the Arbitration Center of the CAM-CCBC in partnership with the Columbia International Arbitration Association (March, 2022)