Experience

Since its creation, GDI has participated in tenths of international investment arbitrations and trade arbitrations, and in other complex international litigations and negotiations of different industries, helping its clients to achieve favorable settlements or judgements for amounts higher than USD 2,000 million, including recovery of costs.

A selection of recent cases in which GDI has participated include the following:

• ICSID Arbitration related to expropriation of two glass manufacturing plants representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 1.400 million.

• ICSID Arbitration related to a business organization of the agricultural-food industry representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 2,400 million.

• ICSID Arbitration related to a transnational company engaged in the manufacture of package materials representing one State. Claimed Amount: USD 844 million.

• ICSID Arbitration related to a hotel and roadway development representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 360 million.

• ICSID Arbitration related to a financial and banking company representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 180 million.

• UNCITRAL Arbitration related to the management of retirement and pension funds representing one State. Claimed amount: More than USD 100 million.

• ICSID Arbitration under Additional Facility related to the management of domestic retirement and pension funds representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 103 million.

• ICSID Arbitration related to an airport building project representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 250 million.

• ICSID Arbitration related to the expropriation of agricultural development of a plot of 300,000 hectares representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 180 million.

• ICSID Arbitration related to a corporate business venture in the automobile industry representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 120 million.

• ICSID Arbitration under Additional Facility related to a business venture in the telecommunications industry representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 180 million.

• UNCITRAL Arbitration related to a food industry business venture representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 100 million.

• UNCITRAL Arbitration related to a business venture in the cleaning products industry representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 160 million.

• ICSID Arbitration under Additional Facility related to a telecommunications company representing one State. Claimed amount: USD 180 million.

• Annulment Proceedings under ICSID for an award rendered in a dispute related with the expropriation of manufacturing plants representing one State. Amount of the challenged award: 472 million.

• Annulment Proceedings under ICSID for an award rendered in a dispute related with the expropriation of two food manufacturing plants. Amount of the challenged award: USD 431 million.

• Annulment Proceedings under ICSID for an award rendered in a dispute related to the agricultural industry representing one State. Amount of the challenged award: USD 98 million.

• Annulment Proceedings under ICSID for an award rendered in a dispute related to the tourism industry representing one State. Amount of the challenged award: USD 1.7 million.

• ICSID Arbitration under Additional Facility related to a business company engaged in the import of goods, representing one State. Claimed amount to be determined.

• Trade Arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules administered by the International Chamber of Commerce representing a Latin American State and the Ministry of Defense in an international trade dispute related with a service agreement in the ship industry. Claimed amount: USD 458 million.

• Trade Arbitration under ICC Rules related to the exploitation of oil wells representing a provincial State. Claimed amount to be determined.

• International Trade Arbitration under the Rules of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) related with the sea carriage of oil representing a state company. Claimed amount: USD 2.6 million.

• Representation of an oil company in transnational litigation proceedings including public law, corporate law and environmental law.

• Advisory services provided to companies in the execution of settlement agreements of disputes arising from import and exports of goods by sea.

• Advisory services provided to an oil company in international court and arbitration disputes with other companies of the same industry.

• Advisory services to States in the execution of free trade agreements, investment bilateral agreements, model bilateral investment agreements, regional and international mechanisms for the settlement of disputes, organization of government offices with preventive mechanisms for the settlement of international investment disputes and other matters.