Seminar of Commercial and Investment Arbitration

Last Friday, August 28th, took place the Seminar of Commercial and Investment Arbitration, which gathered 8 representatives of the Latin American Arbitration Institute; international panelists of Venezuela, Bolivia, México, Argentina, Panamá and Costa Rica, who have also served as state lawyers or investors in investment arbitration and with great experience as advisors of sovereign states:

• MSc. Christian Díaz Barcia – Partner LLM Abogados

• Dr. René Irra de la Cruz – Partner Irra Ibarra  

• MSc. Claudia Benavides Galvis – Partner Baker & Mckenzie 

• Dr. Diego Brian Gosis – Of Counsel Gomm & Smith y Special Advisor Guglielmino & Asociados

• Dr. Francisco González de Cossío – Arbitrator. Partner González de Cossío Abogados  

• Dr. Bernardo Wayar Ocampo – International Associate Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

• Dr. Roberto Aguirre Luzi- Partner King & Spalding

• Lic. Eric Alexander Britton – Partner Britton & Iglesias  

This Seminar was possible thanks to the initiative of Garcia & Bodan along with the Latin American Arbitration Institute, and with the support of Universidad Centroamericana and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua; where the experts in commercial and investment arbitration shared with everyone their criteria based on the practice of how the performance of commercial arbitration and investment can be improved, so you can fulfill the expectations of the parties that agreed these mechanisms that are later invoked to solve the disputes that don’t find their best possible solution within the framework of the common judicial jurisdiction.

According to Carlos Téllez, Managing Partner of Garcia & Bodan, this seminar comes to promote the practice of arbitration in the country as a method for the disputes resolution that are generated in the framework of the trade relations between businessmen or between investors and states. An effective means of solving differences which are posed in trade relations certainly strengthens the economy. The panelists have extensive experience in the field, who shared in pro of the arbitration operators, lawyers, arbitrators, among others; so they can develop techniques that allow more effectiveness in the process at the moment that the dispute arises.