Santiago Rodríguez

Santiago is an associate in our Buenos Aires office. Before joining Dechamps International Law, he worked at an Administrative and Tax Law Court in Buenos Aires.

Santiago is a teaching assistant in Private International Law and in International Contracts at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He also coaches the UBA team for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

• Representing a global nuclear power plant constructor in an ICC arbitration arising out of the termination of an EPC contract. The arbitration is ongoing. The amount in dispute is confidential.
• Representing Diamante Trading Investments Ltd. and othersin an UNCITRAL 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 María de la Concepción Felipe Velázquez and others in an UNCITRAL arbitration against Venezuela under the Spain-Venezuela BIT. Claim related to measures taken by Venezuela that affected the claimants’ investments in the dairy production and distribution sector. The amount in dispute is confidential. The arbitration is ongoing.