Luis is an associate based in the Madrid office. He has experience in a variety of international commercial arbitrations under several institutional rules in industries including construction, energy, pharmaceutical and banking. He also has experience advising private parties on matters of public international law.
Luis is an associate based in the Madrid office. He has extensive experience in international arbitrations under various institutional rules, across industries such as energy and natural resources, construction, corporate, banking and financial disputes. Luis has also advised companies on managing their relationships with financial institutions, contractors and public entities during the financing and execution of construction projects.
Luis holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where he graduated as a James Kent Scholar, awarded in recognition of outstanding academic achievement. He also holds a J.D. equivalent from the University of Buenos Aires School of Law, where he was awarded a distinction as an outstanding student for his performance in international moot court competitions.
Luis speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese, and is admitted to practice in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in the State of New York.
Bar and court admissions
Languages
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Representing the Republic of Chile in an ICSID arbitration with a Colombian construction and energy distribution company under the Chile-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Representing Sacyr in its UNCITRAL investment arbitration against the Republic of Panama arising from the Expansion of the Panama Canal
Representing a consortium of oil majors in a multibillion-dollar dispute with a Central Asian State over a complex formula for the sharing of petroleum under a production sharing contract
Representing a company in the paper industry in a dispute against a Latin American State over contractual breaches under industrial promotion regimes, in an arbitration under ICC rules
Representing an Asian company in the renewable energy industry in disputes related to EPC contracts for the construction of five wind farms in a Latin American country
Representing a company in the oil and gas industry in a dispute with a gas licensee in Latin America concerning gas processing, in an arbitration under ICC rules
- J.D., University of Buenos Aires
- LL.M., Columbia Law School