Latin American Arbitration & Investment Featured in New Book

Brief Summary: A new treatise surveys more than 160 Latin American investment arbitrations filed over the past two decades. 

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Investors, states, and counsel have an indispensable new resource for understanding foreign investment and arbitration in Latin America.  Latin American Investment Protections:  Comparative Perspectives on Laws, Treaties, and Disputes for Investors, States and Counsel is a major new book that provides a unique country-by-country discussion of legal protections, dispute resolution and arbitration relating to foreign investment in Latin America.

Spanning more than 600 pages, the book provides a country-by-country discussion of legal protections, dispute resolution, and arbitration relating to foreign investment in Latin America.

"Latin American Investment Protections is the result of years of collaboration with authors from 18 countries across the Americas," commented Jonathan C. Hamilton, Partner of Head of Latin American Arbitration with the global law firm White & Case LLP. "The result is a unique comparative analysis of legal frameworks and case precedents demonstrating how investment protections have evolved in the region."

Key features of the book include:

• The first treatise to survey more than 160 Latin American investment disputes filed over the past two decades
• A comparative analysis of 18 Latin American jurisdictions with country-specific surveys of investment laws, legal stability, institutions, and treaties
• Assessments of Latin American arbitration and dispute resolution mechanisms
• A combination of local and global analysis on the complex and changing landscape of investment protections
• Policy considerations on Latin American investment, economic development, the rule of law, and dispute resolution
• Edited and authored by leading experts from across the Americas who combine deep familiarity in specific jurisdictions with significant international experience
• A unique combination of local and global perspectives on the practices and precedents shaping investment protections

The book's unique approach will interest corporate representatives, policymakers, transactional and disputes-focused counsel, non-governmental organizations, arbitral institutions, academics and all interested in the past, present and future of Latin America.

Editors and Authors

The editors and principal authors of the book are:

• Jonathan C. Hamilton is Partner and Head of Latin American Arbitration with the global law firm of White & Case LLP, and a leading authority on investment and arbitration in Latin America who has advised investors and states in connection with negotiations and disputes across the Americas.  He also is the editor of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration Survey of Latin American Arbitral Institutions and Latin Arbitration Law, each available at www.latinarbitrationlaw.com.
• Omar E. García-Bolívar is an international lawyer, public policy consultant, and arbitrator who has advised countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia on investment policies. He is President of BG Consulting in Washington, DC, specializing in law and development consultancy.
• Hernando Otero is an international attorney with high-profile experience in investor-State disputes and arbitrations both as counsel of record and as an ICSID arbitrator.

Country Authors

The authors of individual country chapters including leading advisors to states and investors and world-renowned arbitrators, including:

Argentina                    
Ignacio Torterola (Foley Hoag LLP)
Diego Brian Gosis (Smith International Legal Consultants)

Bolivia                        
Fernando Aguirre B. (Bufete Aguirre)

Brazil                          
Pedro Paulo Cristofaro (Chediak Advogados)
Luiz Fernando Teixeira Pinto (Motta, Fernandes Rocha - Advogados)

Chile                           
Gonzalo Biggs (Figueroa & Valenzuela)

Colombia                    
Hernando Otero (International Attorney)
Enrique Gómez-Pinzón (Holland & Knight LLP)

Costa Rica                     
José Antonio Muñoz (Arias & Muñoz)
Roy de Jesús Herrera (Arias & Muñoz)

Dominican Republic    
Fabiola Medina Garnes (Medina & Rizek Abogados)

Ecuador                      
Alvaro Galindo (Dechert LLP)

El Salvador                 
Josué Reyes (Arias & Muñoz)

Guatemala                   
Alvaro R. Castellanos Howell (Universidad Rafael Landívar)

Honduras                    
José Rafael Rivera Ferrari (Consortium - Centro América Abogados)
Francisco Darío Lobo Flores (Consortium - Centro América Abogados)

Mexico                        
Claus von Wobeser (Von Wobeser y Sierra)

Nicaragua                    
Fernando Medina Montiel (Oficina De Leyes Dr Fernando Medina Montiel)
José René Orué (Universidad Centroamericana)

Panama                       
Alfredo Ramírez Jr. (Alfaro Ferrer & Ramírez)

Paraguay                   

Diego Zavala (MERSAN, Abogados)

Peru                            
Alfredo Bullard (Bullard, Falla & Ezcurra)

Uruguay                       

Jonás Bergstein (Estudio Bergstein) and Alicia Gambetta (Estudio Bergstein)

Venezuela                   

Omar E. García-Bolívar (BG Consulting)
Eduardo Porcarelli (CONAPRI)

The editorial team included coordinating editor Petr Polášek and current and former members of the White & Case Latin American arbitration team.  

The editors anticipate releasing further regional commentary drawing on the expansive information and data in the book.

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