Carolina Soto Hernández
Squire Patton Boggs
Squire Patton Boggs
Client SatisfactionSquire Patton Boggs is highly proficient in handling cross-border disputes, thanks to its ability to collaborate with colleagues in the firm’s many international offices, and the team is lauded by clients for its ‘experience in the field of commercial and investment arbitration and trials in foreign jurisdictions’. Carolina Soto Hernández and Pedro O Gamundi lead the practice; the former has extensive experience in civil and commercial litigation, including cases before the Supreme Court of Justice of the Dominican Republic, and the latter’s areas of expertise include civil aviation cases. Senior associate Francisco Batlle is a key name for international arbitration.
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- 'The partners define the strategies of the cases, supervise the work of the associate lawyers, and also directly execute daily tasks, which allows them to immerse themselves in all the cases in their charge.'
- 'The partners are excellent professionals with a lot of experience in the field of commercial and investment arbitration and trials in foreign jurisdictions.'
Key clients
- Owens-Illinois and subsidiaries OI Puerto Rico STS and Owens-Brockway Glass Container
- Republic of Ecuador
- Earthbound Holdings I
- Diageo Dominicana
- Caterpillar Crédito
- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
- Republic Bank (Trinidad & Tobago), Republic (DR)
- Trojan Battery Company
- Toronto Blue Jays
- Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club
- Frontier Airlines
- Arajet
- Grupo Viamar
- Magna Motors
- Laboratorio Aldo Unión
Work highlights
- Represented Owens-Illinois in complex and protracted litigation over joint venture, share purchase and technical assistance agreements related to glass manufacturing, and the enforcement of a $90m insurance policy claim.
- Representing the Republic of Ecuador an UNCITRAL investment arbitration brought by WorleyParsons International, a US entity, the project manager of two multibillion-dollar projects to upgrade and construct crude oil facilities in Ecuador.
- Defending Republic Bank against two garnishment and collection claims for a total of $63m brought by companies linked to a former director of a predecessor bank.
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Carolina Soto Hernández, Pedro O. Gamundi