LITIGATION, ARBITRATION AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

 

We advise our clients to attempt to avoid litigation, while also seeking to strengthen their position if they finally go to court in the future.

We search for pragmatic solutions to disputes, based on our insight into our clients’ business problems.

Our extensive litigation experience allows us to be imaginative when defining strategy and managing cases.

We advise and represent clients on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods other than arbitration, such as mediation, conciliation and third-party reports.

Having regard to the nature of the dispute, we also advise and defend clients in combined ADR initiatives and, only if it later becomes necessary, in arbitration or court litigation, striving in each case to find the most effective way to swiftly satisfy our clients’ interests.

Our Firm has a wealth of experience in the negotiation of arbitration clauses.

Our lawyers participate as arbitrators in arbitration proceedings before the Conciliation and Arbitration Center of the Bolivian National Chamber of Commerce.

Two of our partners are international arbitrators appointed by the Bolivian National Chamber of Commerce.

Jointly with Crowell & Moring L.L.P. a law firm in Washington, D.C., we were in charge of the defense of the Republic of Bolivia in the international arbitration process requested by Aguas del Tunari S.A. before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

We provided litigation services in an arbitration process regarding construction of one of the main gas pipelines in Bolivia, under arbitration rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

We provided litigation services to owners of one of the main communications groups in Bolivia, in an arbitration process under arbitration rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).