Santiago Alvarez

Santiago is an associate in our Buenos Aires office. Before joining Dechamps International Law, he worked at the Public Defenders’ Office in Buenos Aires.

Santiago coaches the University of Buenos Aires’ team for the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Moot and the Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot Court.

• Representing Diamante Trading Investments Ltd. and others in an arbitration against Venezuela (PCA Case No. 2019-49) under the Barbados-Venezuela and Spain-Venezuela BITs. Claim related to measures taken by Venezuela that affected the claimants’ investments in the food distribution sector. The amount in dispute is over US$100 million. The arbitration is ongoing.
• Representing a Hong Kong company in eight parallel ICC arbitrations against a Latin American State-owned oil company concerning disputes related to the breach of several international sales contracts (Dutch law). The amount in dispute is approximately US$50 million. The arbitration is ongoing.