The Debevoise Latin America International Dispute Resolution Group is a leader in the region. It has an extraordinary win record, having racked up some ...
Donald Francis Donovan
Dietmar W. Prager
David W. Rivkin
Debevoise Once Again Recognized as a Recommended Firm by Latin Lawyer 250 in 2020
Winner in the “International Arbitration Practice that Impressed” category
—GAR Awards, 2020
Recognized by Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America and The Legal 500 Latin America as a Band 1 firm for International Arbitration– Latin America-wide.
The practice is more than the sum of its parts; they really are an outstanding team.
Their work is always outstanding and they are incredibly thorough and precise; everything is always executed to perfection. It's an arbitration practice that operates at the very highest level.
They're a really highly renowned group boasting a big team of talented and experienced lawyers. It really is a fantastic firm.
—Chambers Latin America, 2020-2021
The Debevoise Latin America International Dispute Resolution Group is a leader in the region. It has an extraordinary win record, having racked up some of the largest and most significant awards for its clients. The firm won the “Award for Excellence – International Arbitration Firm of the Year” from Chambers Latin America in 2012 and 2014, and the Debevoise team has been consistently ranked in Band 1 in Latin America. It secured an award of $2.3 billion for Occidental Petroleum, one of the largest sums ever awarded in an investment treaty case, which was recognized by The American Lawyer in 2013 as the “Global Dispute of the Year in Investment Arbitration”; and a $650 million settlement in favor of Holcim with PDVSA. In addition, the Group was recognized by Latin Lawyer for the 2013 “Dispute of the Year” for its representation in three ICC arbitrations of the founder and shareholders of Grupo Diniz in its dispute with Groupe Casino.
Debevoise is one of very few firms to combine top-ranked practices in investment treaty arbitration, general commercial dispute resolution and public international law. The team has advised Latin American companies and foreign investors in complex and high-value disputes, in areas as diverse as mining, oil & gas and energy, construction, shareholder agreements, telecommunications, retail, media, finance and pharmaceuticals.
The firm’s preeminent International Dispute Resolution Group comprises lawyers who have been educated and trained in many different common and civil law systems, including Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, and Venezuela, and speak more than two dozen languages, including Spanish and Portuguese. Debevoise’s Protocol to Promote Efficiency in International Arbitration, first issued in 2010, has now become an industry benchmark.
Flexible in approach, cost effective and readily able to adjust resources to changing circumstances, the practice can efficiently meet the full range of client needs in high-stakes matters.