Latin America - Mexico

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle S.C.

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The ‘truly international’ arbitration practice at Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle S.C. has established a strong niche in acting for states in investor-state proceedings. Built upon its global platform, the Mexico office plays a role in multi-jurisdictional teams (generally led from New York or Washington DC), and acting both in cases requiring Mexican law expertise and international cases. The firm is also growing its commercial arbitration offering in terms of variety of cases handled, the team being familiar with proceedings before the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (IACAC), the LCIA and the Centro de Arbitraje de México, UNCITRAL, ICC and the AAA. Eloy Barbará de Parres is a well-known counsel to states and state-owned entities, particularly in the energy and oil and gas sectors. He leads the department, while Antonio Prida is the main contact for mediations. ’Extremely talented lawyer’ Ricardo Mier y Teran is active in international arbitrations in the energy, construction, and banking industries; and Javier Jiménez Guttiérez’s diverse sector coverage has included renewables, packaging manufacture and data. Counsel Irene Cuéllar Araiza is also a key practice figure.

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  • ‘Excellent communication with everyone and very well coordinated. We carried out a remote mediation process and everything worked excellent.’

  • ‘Dealing with Antonio Prida was always excellent: a lot of warmth, ethics and experience at the table. In his capacity as a mediator, he always behaved in the way we expect and was a key player in the favorable resolution of the matter.’

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Key clients

  • Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
  • Republic of Panama

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Work highlights

  • Acting for the Boliarian Republic of Venezuela in an ICSID arbitration aginst the ConocoPhillips companies’ demand for damages of $30bn.
  • Represented the Republic of Panama in an ICSID arbitration commenced by two US companies under the US-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement in connection with the construction of a women’s rehabilitation centre.

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