Adell & Merizalde

Representing a mix of Latin American businesses, multinationals, sovereign states and state-owned companies, de-centralised arbitration boutique Adell & Merizalde handles a range of international commercial and investment arbitration. The seven-strong group has extensive experience in investment treaty disputes and public international law, particularly disputes relating to engineering and construction, energy, mining and natural resources, and oil and gas. Based in Santo Domingo, Stephan Adell is a dual Bolivian/French national with extensive arbitration experience, as is fellow name partner Juan Felipe Merizalde in Bogota; the firm also has representation in Panama City, where practice director Andrea Santacoloma is located.