I help sovereign States and State-owned entities to protect their interests in proceedings under leading institutional arbitration rules.
Juan Francisco Fernández Garcés is an international lawyer in the firm’s International Litigation & Arbitration practice. He specializes in investor-state and international commercial arbitration. Juan Francisco represents sovereign States and state-owned enterprises in their disputes in a variety of sectors, including infrastructure, oil & gas, telecommunication, energy, and aeronautical, under the leading institutional arbitration rules, including ICSID, ICC and UNCITRAL.
University Torcuato Di Tella, Master's Degree, 2019
University of Texas Austin, Exchange Program, 2019
University of Buenos Aires, J.D., 2017
Bar and Court Admissions
BAR ADMISSIONS
California
Argentina
Languages
Spanish
Experience
Telefonica S.A. v. Republic of Peru (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/10). Represents the Republic of Peru in an Investor-state dispute concerning an alleged expropriation of an investment in the telecommunication sector.
Represents a Peruvian state-owned company in an ICC international arbitration proceeding concerning the termination of a long-term oil & gas license.
Represents the Municipality of Lima in two road concession disputes under UNCITRAL rules of arbitration.
Represents the Dominican Republic in an international arbitration proceeding brough by an investor in connection with a waste management concession.
Fund for the Protection of Investors’ Rights in Foreign States v. Lithuania. Represented Lithuania in an investor-state dispute concerning the alleged expropriation of a bank.
Represented an Argentinean public agency in an international commercial arbitration regarding the breach of an aviation contract.
YPF S.A. (Argentina) v. AES Uruguaiana Empreendimeintos S.A. (Brasil), Companhia de Gas Do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil) y Transportadora de Gas del Mercosur S.A. (Argentina). ICC case regarding the termination of a long-term contract for the supply of gas.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); World Bank; Legal Intern.
Law Clerk and Associate in the International Arbitration department of a major international law firm in New York and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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