Dr Ernesto Féliz De Jesús > Baker Botts (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Dr Ernesto Féliz De Jesús
Work Department
Litigation / International Disputes
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Ernesto is an experienced practitioner in public international law, in commercial arbitration and in construction arbitration, with a focus on Latin American disputes. He is Civil-Law trained, with a doctorate in public international law from the University of Oxford.
Our clients consider Ernesto “a great lawyer” (Legal 500 UK 2022). He has acted as counsel for private sector clients, for State-owned companies and for sovereign States in institutional and in ad hoc arbitrations (ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC and CAM Santiago). He has also provided advice to our clients on the international and domestic legal protections available for transnational investments, on construction law and on numerous areas of public international law, such as maritime delimitation issues, the law of the sea, the law of state responsibility, the law of treaties and international humanitarian law.
Prior to joining Baker Botts in 2014, Ernesto was an associate at an international law and international arbitration boutique law firm in London. He was also a Judicial Fellow/University Trainee (2010-2011) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, where he clerked for Judges Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf and Sir Christopher Greenwood.
Languages
Ernesto practices fully bilingually in Spanish and in English and is fluent in French.
Memberships
Qualified Solicitor, England & Wales, 2023
Qualified Legal Practitioner, Dominican Republic, 2011
Bar Association of the Dominican Republic
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, International Law, Oxford University 2012
Oxford University Fellow/University Trainee
International Court of Justice, 2010-2012
Henrietta Jex-Blake Studentship, Lady Margaret Hall, 2008-2009
Master of Philosophy, International Law, Oxford University 2008
Supervising Editor, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal
Treasurer, Oxford Pro Bono Publico
Magister Juris, Oxford University 2006
Licenciatura en Derecho, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra 2005 magna cum laude
Lawyer Rankings
Latin America: International firms > International arbitration
(Leading associates)Baker Botts L.L.P. cemented its position in the international arbitration field by hiring Jennifer Haworth McCandless and special counsel María Carolina Durán, ‘two of the best lawyers in the field‘, along with a broader Washington DC-based team from Sidley Austin LLP in 2023. Featuring a number of native and fluent Spanish speakers, the new group brings further credibility – particularly as regards investor-state arbitration; current mandates include the ongoing representation of the Republic of Peru in a series of ICSID and other arbitrations; the team has also acted for a number of other Latin American states. Beyond sovereign governments, the firm represents a range of investors and Latin American corporates. The practice continues to be recognised for energy and infrastructure disputes, with further growth in technology, mining, ESG and energy transition cases. The wider Latin America-focused department is largely spread across the firm’s Washington DC, New York and London offices, the latter housing key partner Alejandro Escobar
(‘an outstanding lawyer who works to the highest standards‘) is located. London senior associate Ernesto Féliz De Jesús (‘critical thinking and assertiveness in understanding aspects of technical complexity‘) specialises in Latin America cases, including public international law matters, and commercial and construction arbitration.
London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
(Leading associates)Baker Botts (UK) LLP‘s ‘strong and well-integrated’ London team regularly acts in high-stakes investor-state disputes involving the telecoms, energy, mining and construction sectors; and it is particularly active in relation to the Middle East and Latin America. Johannes Koepp specialises in commercial and investor-state arbitrations; Alejandro Escobar represents governments, businesses and public entities in disputes over projects, concessions, investment contracts and investment protection treaties; and Dorine Farah is ‘a superb advocate’. The practice further comprises recently-promoted international disputes expert David Turner; and Latin American disputes practitioner Ernesto Féliz De Jesús, who ‘has extensive knowledge of international law’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading associates London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Public international law London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Real estate > Construction: contentious