We represent claimants and respondents in commercial arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, ICDR, UNCITRAL, and CAM rules. Our experience spans energy and project disputes (supply contracts, construction/EPC agreements, operating joint ventures), M&A and corporate controversies (post-closing adjustments, representations and warranties, earnouts, shareholder conflicts), financial and banking disputes, telecommunications and technology matters, and concession and licensing arrangements.

We bring thorough preparation and rigorous argument to each proceeding, together with a nuanced understanding of how different institutions, rules, and seats affect both procedural conduct and enforceability. Our lawyers have appeared before tribunals constituted under diverse rules, in multiple languages, and coordinate with co-counsel in the jurisdictions whose law or courts bear on the dispute.

Mexico is a party to numerous bilateral investment treaties and regional instruments, including the investment chapter of the USMCA. When host-state measures violate investors’ treaty rights, through expropriation, discriminatory treatment, breaches of fair and equitable treatment, or other violations, investment treaty arbitration provides a mechanism for direct redress. The Firm advises foreign investors in Mexico and Mexican investors abroad on assessing potential treaty claims, preparing cases, and conducting proceedings before ICSID, UNCITRAL, and other fora.

We also advise government-related entities in defending investment treaty claims. That dual perspective, acting for both investors and states, gives us an understanding of investor-State dynamics that counsel advising only one side cannot replicate. We advise on preliminary stages including treaty mapping, measure analysis, jurisdictional strategy, and the threshold decision of whether and how to pursue or contest a claim.

The best dispute is the one that never arises. We advise clients at the outset of transactions and contractual relationships on designing dispute resolution mechanisms suited to the relationship, the applicable law, and the parties’ resources. A well-drafted arbitration clause, clearly specifying seat, rules, language, number of arbitrators, and governing law, eliminates many preliminary skirmishes that slow proceedings and raise costs.

We also advise clients when disputes are emerging but before formal proceedings begin, conducting early assessments, identifying strengths and vulnerabilities, advising on evidence preservation, and evaluating whether negotiated resolution might serve the client’s interests more effectively than protracted arbitration. When proceedings become necessary, this preparatory work yields a shorter path to a coherent case theory.

Arbitration rarely proceeds in complete isolation from national courts. Interim measures, appointment or challenge of arbitrators, proceedings to compel or resist arbitration, and recognition and enforcement of awards all engage domestic courts. The Firm advises on the full range of judicial proceedings accompanying international arbitrations in Mexico: securing attachments and injunctions, challenging arbitrators, and pursuing recognition and enforcement of foreign awards under the New York Convention and applicable Mexican law.

Navigating this framework requires practical experience before Mexican courts. Because many of our arbitration lawyers also lead the Firm’s most demanding court proceedings, they bring first-hand familiarity with Mexican courts and judges to every arbitration-related judicial matter, ensuring these dimensions are handled with the same rigor as the arbitration itself.

Not every dispute is best resolved through formal arbitration or litigation. Mediation and structured negotiation afford parties greater control over process and outcome, and, where the commercial relationship is ongoing, a greater prospect of preserving it. The Firm represents clients in domestic and international mediation and conciliation proceedings under the ICC, ICDR, CAM, and other institutions, as well as in informal negotiations and settlement discussions.

We also advise on multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses requiring negotiation or mediation before arbitration, a structure increasingly prevalent in major commercial and infrastructure contracts. Our objective in every contentious engagement is to identify the resolution that best serves the client’s interests and to pursue it through the most efficient means available.