ITA Latin American Arbitration Forum (ITAFOR)

Foro de Arbitraje LatinoAmericano del ITA

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ITAFOR is a primarily Spanish-Portuguese language listserv designed to foster discussion on arbitration and ADR topics pertinent to Latin America.  As a listserv, it is an easy-to-use medium available to all who have email.  A subscriber simply sends an email to the listserv email address and the message is then automatically sent to all subscribers.  ITAFOR subscriptions are open to all.  To ensure quality, candid colloquy as well as respect for all, participants must adhere to published Guidelines (below).  Subscriptions are free for at least the first year.

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Orlando Cabrera
Hogan Lovells
Mexico City, Mexico

Having studied law in Canada, Mexico, and the United States of America, and fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French, Orlando counsels companies, governments, and corporate investors in international dispute resolution and investigations seamlessly across borders and languages. Read full bio.
María Inés Corrá
M. & M. Bomchil
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Partner and co-head of the International Arbitration, Public Law and Economic Regulation at Bomchil. Arbitrator. Professor of Arbitration and Mediation at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and of Administrative Law at Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Católica Argentina. Read full bio.
Giovanni Ettore Nanni
Nanni Advogados
São Paulo, Brazil

Professor of Civil Law at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Doctor (2003) and Master (1998) degrees from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Editor in chief of the Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação, published by Editora Revista dos Tribunais (Thomson Reuters). Read full bio.
Pablo Mori
Clifford Chance
New York, New York

Pablo Mori is a lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, with a Master's degree from the University of Chicago. He is a lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP in New York. He has over fifteen years of experience representing parties in international arbitrations related to infrastructure projects, oil and gas, mining, telecommunications, and more. He has represented investors or sovereign states in cases involving various countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia, administered by ICSID, PCA, ICC, LCIA, among others. He is a professor or speaker on international arbitration, contract law, and legal persuasion in the Americas and Europe. Pablo is passionate about the intersection between the arts, psychology, and legal persuasion. He also actively participates in initiatives aimed at promoting diversity, inclusion, and mentorship. He has been a facilitator in two cycles of the Young ITA mentorship program and a coach for the Georgetown University Law Center team for the Vis Moot. Pablo has been ranked by Chambers and Partners and Who's Who Legal for Peru and the United States, respectively. 

Marcela Filloy Zerr
LatinAlliance
San Jose, Costa Rica

Marcela Filloy Zerr holds a Master’s degree in Law from Georgetown University in Washington D.C., United States. She is the Director of the Arbitration Department at BSK Legal. With over 30 years of experience in National and International Arbitration, she is a pioneer in the field of Arbitration in Costa Rica. She has been associated with the main Conciliation and Arbitration Centers.

She has been nominated by Leaders League as one of the Best Arbitrators in Costa Rica for the period 2023 - 2024. Additionally, she was nominated by WWL – Central America for Dispute Resolution for the period 2023, and by the Women in Business Law Awards as the Latin American Arbitrator of the Year 2023.
Angélica Perdomo
Zuleta Beyond Borders
Bogota, Colombia


Angélica acts as secretary to international commercial and investment arbitration tribunals at Zuleta Legal Beyond Borders. She has experience in CCB, ICC and UNCITRAL arbitrations in energy, mining, infrastructure, telecommunications, and M&A disputes. She served as Senior Lawyer of the International Arbitration Department of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Center. Previously, she was a dispute resolution associate at Garrigues Colombia. Angélica holds a law degree from the Universidad del Rosario and a postgraduate degree in International Business Law from the Universidad de los Andes. She has worked as a Professor at the Universidad del Rosario. Angélica currently serves as External Communications Co-Chair of Young ITA.

María Angélica Burgos
Partner
Burgos Dispute Resolution
Bogota, Colombia
Carolina de Trazegnies
Lima, Peru
Soledad Díaz
FERRERE
Montevideo, Uruguay
Cecilia Flores Rueda
ITA Counsel
FloresRueda Abogados
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Julián Garcerant Fuentes
Júdice – Resolução de Litígios e Consultoria, SA
Lisbon, Portugal
Natalia P. Guillén
Foaley Hoag
Washington, D.C., USA
Ana Gerdau de Borja Mercereau
Derains & Gharavi
Paris, France
Karina Goldberg
FCDG
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sofía Gómez Ruano
Creel, García-Cuéllar y Aiza y Enríquez
Mexico City, Mexico
Enrique Jaramillo
Curtis, Mallet-Prevoist, & Mosle, LLP
Houston, USA
Flavia Foz Mange
Flavia Mange
São Paulo, Brazil
Juan Manuel Marchán
Perez, Bustamante & Ponce Abogados
Quito, Ecuador
Felipe Mutis Téllez
Rincón Castro Abogados
Bogotá, Colombia
Santiago Peña
Bomchil
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Roger Rubio
Rubio Arbitration Law
Lima, Peru
Verónica Sandler Obregón
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Camilo Vázquez
Del Castillo y Castro
Monterrey, México
Laura Vengoechea
Posse Herrera Ruiz
Bogota, Colombia
José Astigarraga
Reed Smith LLP
Miami, Florida, USA
Giovanni Ettore Nanni
Nanni Advogados
São Paulo, Brazil

Eduardo Damião Gonçalves
Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados
São Paulo, Brazil

André de A. Cavalcanti Abbud
BMA Advogados
São Paulo, Brazil
Cecilia Flores Rueda
ITA Counsel
FloresRueda Abogados
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Elina Mereminskaya
Chair, Americas Initiative
Wagemann Abogados & Ingenieros, Santiago de Chile

Tomasz J. Sikora
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Spring, TX

Prof. Dr. Guido Santiago Tawil
Independent Arbitrator
Punta del Este, Uruguay

Dr. Darya Shirokova
Assistant Director
Institute for Transnational Arbitration
Plano, TX

Claus von Wobeser
Von Wobeser y Sierra, S.C.
Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

Eduardo Zuleta
Arbitration Chambers
Bogotá, Colombia

The Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), together with the Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB) and the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr), has launched the ITA Latin American Arbitration Forum (to be known as “ITAFOR”) to foster discussion on arbitration and ADR topics pertinent to Latin America.

Subject to adherence to these Guidelines, ITAFOR welcomes participation by all. To preserve the purpose of ITAFOR, ensure quality, candid colloquy as well as respect for all, participants must adhere to the following guidelines.

  1. Welcome material:  Exchanging insightful comments and informed views on arbitration and ADR topics pertinent to Latin America, and sharing related informative materials (including relevant legislative, judicial and other developments) that may be of interest to fellow ITAFOR participants are the substance of ITAFOR. Participants may at their discretion send their messages directly to the ITAFOR subscribers (ITAFOR@list.cailaw.org), or do so through the ITAFOR Moderators if they prefer that their names not be disclosed.
  2. Unwelcome material:  The following are not appropriate for dissemination on ITAFOR:
    1. Messages not having to do with arbitration and ADR topics pertinent to Latin America;
    2. Unsubstantiated responses, such as “that is wrong” or “I disagree” (without further comment);
    3. Responses during debates that are discourteous, unprofessional, unconstructive or otherwise inappropriate;
    4. Material causing embarrassment;
    5. Administrative queries or comments, such as requests to be “unsubscribed” from ITAFOR;
    6. Congratulatory messages not having a substantive component;
    7. Copyrighted material for which you do not have authority to publish.
    8. Promotional materials (including use deemed by the moderators to be excessive of links to, or attachments of, one’s own materials) or professional announcements including without limitation announcements of new partners or new offices; and
    9. Announcements of any events, conferences, seminars, courses and the like, absent prior authorization of ITAFOR.
  3. Disclosure of Interest: Persons submitting comments about cases in which they are or were involved should disclose their involvement in the case.
    1. Closed Cases: Persons submitting comments about closed cases in which they were involved should disclose that fact.
    2. Open Cases: Persons involved in open cases should either abstain from commenting or comment with a full disclosure of their role. Documents from open cases should not be submitted.
  4. Confidentiality:  Comments and messages posted in ITAFOR are personal and shall under no circumstances be made public or circulated outside the ITAFOR without express approval from the issuing participant and/or ITAFOR. All comments published on ITAFOR are subject to the Chatham House Rule, whereby "participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s), nor that of any other participant, may be revealed.”  http://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/chathamhouserule.
  5. Exclusion: ITAFOR reserves the right to exclude anyone from participation in ITAFOR with or without cause or notice in its sole discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, note that repeated or grave failure to adhere to any guideline shall be grounds to exclude a participant from ITAFOR.
  6. ITAFOR participants:  By subscribing or participating in ITAFOR, participants agree to observe these guidelines, as they may be amended from time to time. Any matters not expressly addressed in these Guidelines shall be conclusively decided by ITAFOR in its sole discretion, and participants undertake to respect the same.
  7. Language: ITAFOR’s principal working languages are Spanish and Portuguese. However, ITAFOR participants are welcome to send their messages in English as well.
  8. "Reply All" and "Reply": To respond to an ITAFOR email received in your email Inbox, click "REPLY ALL" to send your response to all ITAFOR subscribers, or click "REPLY" to send your response only to the original sender.
  9. Amendments:  ITAFOR reserves the right to amend these Guidelines in its sole discretion without notice.
  10. Moderators: ITAFOR acts for purposes of these Guidelines via its moderators from time to time.
  11. Editorial Policy: ITAFOR does not take positions on any substantive issues. Instead, ITAFOR provides a forum for discussion of those issues by our subscribers.