Carlos Alberto Arrue Montenegro, Ph.D.

Associate - Paris

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Dr. Carlos Arrue Montenegro, an associate, focuses on international litigation, especially on dispute settlement agreements (arbitration and choice of court agreements), State contracts, expropriations and conflicts of laws. He has represented and advised Panamanian institutions such as the Panama Canal Authority and the Ministry of Public Works in State proceedings and international arbitration, and has assisted with all aspects of investment arbitration cases before the ICSID and the ICC.

Education:

  • Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Ph.D. International Litigation and Arbitration, summa cum laude, 2010
  • Institut de droit comparé de Paris, Diploma of Comparative Law, 2007
  • Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Master in Private International Law and International Trade Law, 2006
  • Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Superior Degree in Private International Law, 2005
  • Universidad de Panamá, Bachelor in Law and Political Sciences, 2001

Languages:

French, English, Spanish, Portuguese

Representative Experience

Investment Arbitration

  • Represented Ecuador and PetroEcuador in an ICSID arbitration regarding an alleged expropriation of a petroleum multinational consortium due to tax modifications. Repsol YPF Ecuador, S.A. et al v. The Republic of Ecuador and PetroEcuador.
  • Represents Venezuela in an ICSID arbitration regarding the alleged expropriation of gold and diamond mining concessions in Venezuela. Highbury International AVV and Ramstein Trading Inc. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
  • Represents Ecuador in an UNCITRAL arbitration regarding an alleged denial of justice case concerning proceedings before the Ecuadorian Courts in a case between farmaceutical companies.

International Commercial Arbitrations

  • Represents two Tunisian companies in an ICC arbitration in London concerning the distribution in Tunisia of materials used for the exploitation of oil.
  • Represented an important French electricity company against an Italian company in an ICC arbitration in Switzerland.
  • Representing a France-domiciled recycling company set up by several leading producers of electrical and electronic equipment in an ICC arbitration against a French international logistics service provider.
  • Intervened as a consultant in favor of a Panamanian public law entity, in an international arbitration concerning the breach of contractual obligations by a broker based in England.

Professional Experience

  • Professor of Droit du Commerce International, Université Paris XIII, Paris, 2012-2013.
  • Previously was an Assistant Professor and Researcher in Private International Law and in International Trade Law at the Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), and a Professor of International Litigation and Comparative Law at the Universidad Latina de Panama.
  • Served as a legal advisor and attorney for Panamanian institutions such as the Minister of Public Works (State expropriation matters, contract claims against other State institutions) and the Ministry for the Ministry of Youth, Women, Childhood and Family.
  • “El arbitraje Internacional de Inversiones un Peligro para Panamá?,” Revista Ley & Comercio, n° 3, noviembre-diciembre, 2012
  • L’autonomie de la volonté dans le conflit de juridictions, Collection des thèses de droit privé, LGDJ, Paris, 2011, préface Bertrand Ancel 
  • Derecho procesal internacional, Universal Books, Panama, 2008
  • “Setting Aside Investment Arbitration Awards: Regards on Parienti’s Case,” (currently being prepared with M. Montiel)
  • “Les orientations économiques du droit maritime International du Panama en matière d’accords de juridiction. À propos de la loi n° 12 du 23 janvier 2009 modifiant la loi panaméenne de procédure maritime,” Rev. crit. DIP 2009, p. 275-293
  • “Admisibilidad de la adopción internacional,” Revista Lex del Colegio nacional de abogados, 2001, Editorial Mizrachi & Pujol, p. 173-205
  • “La adopción individual por persona casada,” Semanario jurídico-empresarial # 38, Sistemas Jurídicos, S.A., Panama, 2003, p. 5-9

Honors

  • Prix Berthold Goldman for a dissertation on international litigation, Paris, 2011
  • Prix du conseil scientifique de l’Université Panthéon Assas, 2011
  • Diploma of the Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, 2007
  • Lecturer on “International Arbitration in Practice,” Rotterdam Erasmus University, 2012
  • Speaker on “Les conventions de juridictions à l’épreuve de la reconnaissance des décisions, ” Centre de recherches de droit international, 2011
  • Speaker on “La situation de la common law (anglaise) du XXIème siècle face à la mondialisation du Droit,” Université Panthéon-Assas, 2008
  • Speaker on “La regla procesal favor minoris en el derecho internacional privado panameño,” Universidad de Panama, 2007
  • Speaker on “Nuevas tendencias del derecho internacional privado,” Universidad de Panamá, 2007
  • Speaker on “Adopción nacional e internacional,” Colegio Nacional de Abogados, 2004
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