Three Crowns continues to be listed as a tier one firm for International Arbitration in The Legal 500 Latin America 2025 rankings. Gaëtan Verhoosel KC and Carmen Martinez Lopez maintain their rankings as “Leading Partners”. Agustin G. Sanz is recognised as a “Next Generation Partner”. Luke Sobota and Laura França Pereira continue to be recognised in the guide as recommended lawyers.
“PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES”
A recent highlight includes the representation of the Republic of Chile in a $200 million+ ICSID claim under the Chile-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, involving the country’s largest-ever electricity transmission project. The guide notes the team is “actively engaged in a wide spectrum of commercial arbitration cases across the region”.
GAËTAN VERHOOSEL KC
Gaëtan continues to be listed in The Legal 500 Latin America 2025 and is ranked as a“Leading Partner”. Gaëtan has served as advocate and as arbitrator in numerous commercial and investment treaty arbitrations where significant financial recoveries were at stake or novel legal issues were raised. He is a member of the SIAC Court of Arbitration and was appointed to the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by the Kingdom of Belgium.
CARMEN MARTINEZ LOPEZ
Carmen continues to be listed in The Legal 500 Latin America 2025 and is ranked as a “Leading Partner”. Carmen has appeared as advocate in numerous investment treaty and commercial arbitrations, both under the rules of the major arbitral institutions and ad hoc, across a variety of jurisdictions.
AGUSTIN G. SANZ
Agustin is recognised in The Legal 500 Latin America 2025 as a “Next Generation Partner”. Agustin has extensive experience of both international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations involving disputes in a broad range of sectors. He also advises sovereigns and international organisations in matters of public international law.
LUKE SOBOTA
Luke continues to be recognised as a recommended lawyer in Latin America, and the guide notes that he is a “key team member on a number of headline Latin America cases”. Luke represents private and sovereign clients in some of their most significant commercial, investor-State, and inter-State arbitrations. His practice spans the technology, energy, and financial sectors and includes successfully prosecuting one of the largest ICC cases in history.
LAURA FRANÇA PEREIRA
Laura continues to be recognised as a recommended lawyer in this edition of the guide. Laura specialises in international commercial and investor-State arbitration, and she has experience acting in complex and high-value disputes across a range of sectors, including banking and finance, energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, and retail.