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Montserrat Manzano

Montserrat Manzano

Work Department

Von Wobeser y Sierra

Position

Montserrat is Partner of the Arbitration Practice of Von Wobeser y Sierra. She has approximately, 17 years of experience and has participated in more than 50 arbitrations as party attorney, secretary and/or arbitral tribunal assistant, in arbitrations conducted under the rules of the ICC, AAA, UNCITRAL, PCA, ICSID, complementary mechanism of ICSID and CAM. She has solid experience in dispute resolution related to administrative law and government contracting. Furthermore, she has participated in both commercial and investment arbitrations, in various sectors, including the following: Energy, Construction, Port, Shipping, Chemical involving both Mexican and foreign law.

Career

Foreign attorney, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris. Secretary, Committee of Relations with other international organizations (International Bar Association, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, International Council for Commercial Arbitration). Chair, Young Arbitratior´s Initiative of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (2015-2017). 

Languages

Spanish and English.

Memberships

Young International Arbitration Group of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).Young Arbitrators Forum, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).Arbitral Women.International Bar Association (IBA). International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA).Latin American Arbitrators Association (ALARB).International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA).Abogadas en Arbitraje (Mexico).AbogadasMx (Mexico City).

Education

Law Degree (J.D. equivalent), Universidad Iberoamericana, México City.Diploma in International Arbitration (first in Class), Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City.Master of Laws Degree (LL.M.) in International Commercial Law, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge.Diploma, "Investment Arbitration in Latin America", International Chamber of Commerce/International Bar Association Seminar, Mexico City.Diploma, "Take the witness cross-examination in International Arbitration", Vienna.Diploma, "Dispute Solutions in the International Energy Sector", International Chamber of Commerce, Mexico City.Advanced Arbitration Academy for Latin America, International Chamber of Commerce, México City.

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