Work Area: Arbitration

Several partners have parted ways with Brazilian firms Muriel Medici Franco Advogados and Santos Neto Advogados, branching off to form separate ventures.

28 July 2021

Colombian Latin Lawyer 250 firm CMS Rodríguez-Azuero has incorporated its second local firm in less than a month, strengthening its dispute resolution and intellectual property offerings with two new partners.

27 July 2021

Ecuador has ratified the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Convention, sealing the state’s return to the treaty that it denounced over a decade ago.

23 July 2021

A former Demarest Advogados lawyer has joined Brazilian law firm Botelho Advogados as partner, strengthening its disputes, data protection and IP practice areas.

23 July 2021

US law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has strengthened its disputes offering in Latin America by hiring an arbitration partner from Baker McKenzie LLP.

21 July 2021

The Dutch Supreme Court has reinstated an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) award against a subsidiary of Venezuela’s national oil and gas company PDVSA that was set aside two years ago on grounds of corruption.

21 July 2021

As a Brazilian court lifts a stay on an award in a multibillion-dollar M&A dispute, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court of Arbitration has rejected a bid to disqualify the entire tribunal based on an alleged cyber-attack.

20 July 2021

Baker McKenzie (Argentina) has added firepower to its dispute resolution practice by promoting one lawyer to partner.

19 July 2021

An International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal has held Peru liable in a contractual claim over a project to build Lima’s second metro line, ruling that the state was responsible for delays in the works and must pay damages – also dismissing a US$700 million counterclaim.

12 July 2021

A Dutch court has upheld a US pharmaceuticals company’s US$53 million investment treaty award against Ecuador, dismissing arguments that the arbitrators took on the role of a final appeal court when they held the state liable for a denial of justice.

28 June 2021