C. Ignacio Suarez Anzorena

Partner

Practice Description

Representative Matters

• Acting in dispute concerning the acquisition of a Spanish company before an LCIA arbitral tribunal. 
• Acting for a British investor in an investment treaty dispute with a Central Asian State before an UNCITRAL tribunal. 
• Acting for an Eastern European State in an investment treaty dispute before an ICSID arbitral tribunal. 
• Advising a European energy company in a case under the Energy Charter Treaty before an ICSID arbitral tribunal. 
• Acting for a sovereign government from South America in relation to two disputes concerning an international contract before an ICSID tribunal. 
• Advising a sovereign government of Central America in dispute related to an infrastructure contract before an ICSID tribunal. 
• Advising an oil company in two different investment treaty disputes with two Latin American countries. 
• Acting for a Dutch oil company in a case under the Energy Charter Treaty against Kazakhstan before an ICSID tribunal. 
• Advising an oil company in relation to an investment treaty dispute with an African country before an ICSID tribunal. 
• Advising an oil/gas company in relation to a contractual dispute related to a Joint Operating Agreement in a Latin American country (LCIA rules). 
• Representing a major European utility company in an ICC case against a state owned company from a Central American country. 
• Advising a German company and a Peruvian company with regard to a potential investment treaty case against a South American government arising from a nationalization process.
• Advising a US utility company with regard to potential ICSID arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty against an Asian country. 
• Advising an Eastern European government in a case under the Energy Charter Treaty pursuant to the rules of the Stockholm Arbitration Institute. 
• Advising in a dispute among shareholders of a holding company before an ICC arbitral tribunal and coordinating related litigation strategy in a Central American country. 
• Advising clients on issues of corporate planning for purposes of benefiting from bilateral investment treaties with regard to projects in China, Botswana, Guatemala, Peru and Ecuador.
• Acting for the Argentine Republic in more than 10 investment treaty disputes before ICSID arbitral tribunals. 
• Successfully representing a state company in $150 million dispute concerning the construction of an atomic plant before an ICC arbitral tribunal. 

Honors

Activities and Affiliations

• Member of Editorial Board of Transnational Dispute Management and of Revista de Arbitragem e Mediacao (leading Brazilian publication). 
• Venezuelan Arbitration Committee (member of the International Scientific Committee). 
• Member of the ICC Latin American Seminar. 
• Appointed to the roster of Arbitrators of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce. 
• Appointed to the roster of Arbitrators of the Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce 
• Appointed by the government of Nicaragua to the roster of arbitrators of the Central American Inter-State Dispute Resolution System.

Publications

Speeches and Events