I assist clients in protecting their global interests in high-stakes international disputes.
Gisela Paris is a partner in Foley Hoag’s International Arbitration and Litigation Practice. An Argentine lawyer, she earned her law degree from the University of Buenos Aires and holds an LL.M. from New York University School of Law. With nearly two decades of experience in the United States, her practice focuses on representing sovereign states in foreign investment disputes, as well as state entities and private companies in commercial arbitration.
She has represented clients in proceedings before the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), in cases initiated under Bilateral Investment Treaties and the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Her experience spans industries such as hydrocarbons, mining, telecommunications, food, road infrastructure, and sugar production. She has represented countries including Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador.
Prior to joining Foley Hoag, Gisela worked at leading law firms in Buenos Aires and New York, and served as legal advisor at the Secretariat of Industry within Argentina’s Ministry of Economy.
Her professional excellence has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a “Future Leader,” by Latinvex as one of the “Top 25 Rising Legal Stars,” and by Legal 500 – Latin America, which in its 2021 edition highlighted her key role in expanding the practice’s Latin American footprint.
