Sol Czerwonko is a litigation associate in the firm’s New York office who focuses her practice on international arbitration and cross-border litigation. She is a member of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution and Latin America Practice Groups.
Ms. Czerwonko’s recent representations include complex disputes involving international investment treaties, shareholder disputes, infrastructure projects, oil & gas projects and the retail industry. She has experience advising clients across multiple jurisdictions and representing parties in arbitrations under the auspices of the ICSID and ICC. In 2024, Who’s Who Legal recognized Ms. Czerwonko as a Future Leader in international arbitration.
In addition, Ms. Czerwonko has experience in litigation in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Notably, Ms. Czerwonko is part of the Debevoise team that recently won summary judgment on behalf of YPF, the largest energy producer in the Republic of Argentina, defeating claims for roughly $15 billion in damages and prejudgment interest. This was a landmark win for YPF, securing dismissal of a case that has been pending in the U.S. District Court since 2015.
She has an active pro bono practice focused on helping individuals from underserved Latin American communities with immigration-related matters in the United States. She has successfully secured asylum in the U.S. for individuals who fled their home countries, Honduras and Guatemala, after a lifetime of persecution. In recognition of her outstanding pro bono work, Ms. Czerwonko received Her Justice’s 2023 Commitment to Justice Award.
Ms. Czerwonko is an LL.M. graduate of New York University School of Law, where she was awarded the Dean’s Graduate Award, a merit-based tuition award granted to master students who demonstrated significant academic promise and achievement. Ms. Czerwonko received her J.D. from Austral University in Argentina, where she was the youngest graduate in her class and obtained the highest GPA achieved by any law student in almost a decade. She was also the recipient of the Gold Medal Award, the Excellence in Private Law Award, and the Best Research Paper Award. In addition, the Bar Association of the City of Buenos Aires awarded Ms. Czerwonko the Academic Excellence in Legal Studies Award and she was selected by Santander Rio Bank to receive the Academic Merit Award.
Ms. Czerwonko is admitted to practice law in New York and Argentina. She is also admitted to appear before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the United States District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. She is a native Spanish speaker and fluent in English. She is a member of Arbitral Women, Young Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), and the Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALArb). She also serves as Group Advisor in the 10th cycle (2023-2024) of the Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Mentoring Program.