Representative Experience

• Crystallex International Corporation v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Representing the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in ICSID arbitral proceedings that arise from a mining contract and were brought by a Canadian company under the Canada-Venezuela bilateral investment treaty.
• Highbury International AVV and Ramstein Trading Inc. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Representing Venezuela in an ICSID arbitration regarding the alleged expropriation of gold and diamond mining concessions in Venezuela.
• FTR Holdings and Philip Morris Products, S.A., v. Uruguay.  Representing Uruguay in an ICSID case involving tobacco labeling standards.
• The SIMCO Consortium and Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Limited v. PDVSA Petróleos S.A.  Representing PDVSA Petróleos S.A. in ICC proceedings brought by a consortium in connection with a breach of contract claim relating to enhanced oil recovery techniques.
• Raytheon Anschutz GmbH v. DIANCA.  Representing DIANCA, a Venezuelan State-owned entity in an ICC arbitration brought by a German company, related to a maintenance and repair of Venezuelan submarines.
• Gold Reserve v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.  Representing Venezuela in an ICSID (Additional Facility) arbitration brought by a Canadian gold mining company over Venezuela's denial and cancellation of gold concessions and the revocation of related environmental permits.
• Vannessa Ventures Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.  Representing Venezuela in an ICSID (Additional Facility) arbitration based on a claim of more thatn US$1 billion brought by a Canadian mining company under the bilateral investment treaty between Canada and Venezuela.
• Ecuador v. Colombia (Case Concerning Aerial Spraying on the Border).   Representing Ecuador in case concerning Colombia's aerial spraying of toxic herbicides in close proximity to the Ecuadorian border, causing serious harm to human health, livestock, crops and the environment in Ecuador.
• Argentina v. Uruguay (Case Concerning Pulp Mills on the Uruguay River).  Represented Uruguay in this proceeding before the ICJ, defending Uruguay's right to sustainable development through the construction of a pulp plant that satisfies the highest environmental standards.
• Caromin v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.  Represented Venezuela in a lawsuit brought before US Courts over alleged expropriation of mining concessions in Venezuela, and appeal of judgment in favor of Venezuela on grounds of sovereign immunity.
• Nova Scotia Power Inc. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.  Represented Venezuela in an arbitral proceeding under the UNCITRAL Rules, arising from a coal supply contract, brought by a Canadian company under the Canada-Venezuela bilateral investment treaty.