Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP is a leader in representing sovereigns in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations, including states and state-owned enterprises. Clients include Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, Venezuela and Ecuador, and it added further sovereign clients in 2023. The firm is known for its long-term experience in representing sovereigns, handling a significant proportion of the largest cases before ICSID, and it is widely recognised for its experience and expertise in the oil-and-gas, infrastructure and construction sectors. The firm’s commitment to the Latin America region extends to having senior practitioners based at offices in Mexico City, Bogota and Buenos Aires. New York’s George Kahale is chairman of the firm and head of the international arbitration team, having represented Latin American states and other sovereign entities in some of the largest ever ICSID cases, including the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and PDVSA. Claudia Frutos-Peterson is managing partner of the Washington DC office and is a pivotal figure for Latin America cases, leading many of the team’s key disputes involving the region. Fernando Tupa splits his time between New York and Buenos Aires, while Elisa Botero works from both the Bogota and New York offices. The firm has several other partners that are either full-time or partially based in Mexico City.