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Claus Von Wobeser

Claus Von Wobeser

Work Department

Von Wobeser and Sierra

Position

Founding Claus von Wobeser is engaged in the following practice areas: Civil & Commercial Litigation, Commercial Arbitration, Commercial Contracts, Corporate, Corporate Governance, Energy & Natural Resources, Foreign Investment, Investor-State Arbitration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Oil & Gas, Public-Works Arbitration.

Career

Vice President of the International Court of Arbitration (2006 - present). Co-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) (2005 - 2006). In September 2011, the President of the World Bank and Chairman of ICSID´s Administrative Counsel appointed Claus von Wobeser to ICSID´s Panel of Arbitrators. President of Board of Directors at Grupo Modelo SAB de CV. Chairman of the Mexican Bar Association (BMA) (2001 - 2002). Arbitration Court of the ICC (ICC) (1982-1988). President of the Arbitration Commission, Mexican Chapter ICC (1987 - present). Board of Directors AAA (2003 - present). Mexican Mediation Institute (IMM) (2000 - present). LCIA the Latin American Council (LCIA) (1998 - present). Chair of the Mediation Sub Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) (2003 - 2004). Arbitration Diplomat professor at the Escuela Libre de Derecho (ELD).

Languages

Spanish, English, German and French

Memberships

International Court of Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).SICANA, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).Mexican Mediation Institute (IMM).Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).International Bar Association (IBA).Mexican Bar Association (BMA).Instituto Mexicano de Arbitraje (IMA).American Arbitration Association (AAA).

Education

He obtained his Law Degree (J.D. equivalent), Escuela Libre de Derecho (ELD), Mexico City, 1979. He obtained his Doctorate of Law in Commercial & European Law Studies, Université de Droit, d'Economie et de Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1983.

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