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ANDRÉS A. MEZGRAVIS |
Founding Partner and the chair of the Dispute Resolution Department.
He has experience in handling not only domestic and cross-border litigation and arbitration, but also in handling complex/effective negotiation/mediation processes, both with public and private entities. He was the coordinator of the Regulations of the Business Center of Conciliation and Arbitration (CEDCA), and also the Chairman and co-founder of the Arbitration Committee of the Venezuelan - American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VenAmCham/ 2000). Andrés is currently a professor of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution (ADR), at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.
Prior to founding MEZGRAVIS & ASOCIADOS, he was a partner and the coordinator of the Dispute Resolution Department of Travieso Evans Arria Rengel & Paz for more than 12 years, and before that, he was a Baker & McKenzie associate at the Caracas office for 5 years.
Representative Cases
• Highbury International AVV. and Ramstein Trading INC. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/11/1. / Pending
• Co-counsel of Brandes Investment Partners, LP v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/08/3.Pending
• Co-counsel until November 2009 of Mobil Corporation and others, vs. the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/07/27.
• Co-counsel until November 2009 of Mobil Cerro Negro, LTD. in an ICC arbitration proceeding against Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., and PDVSA Cerro Negro S.A.
• Co-counsel of Eni Dación B.V. v. the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/07/4
• Co-counsel of Vestey Group Ltd., v. the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/06/4. The case was settled, and the proceeding is pending until full compliance of the settlement agreement.
• Co-counsel of a major multinational construction in an arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) against the State-owned Venezuelan oil company, regarding a dispute arising from engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of an industrial plant. An arbitration award was rendered in favor of the client.
Professional and Academic Activities
• Professor of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution in the Graduate School of Procedural Law and Mercantile Law of Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. (2001-to date).
• Professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Law School. Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. (2005-to date).
• Member of the Legal Committee of the Business Conciliation and Arbitration Center (CEDCA) (2009).
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Venezuelan Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club (2007-to date).
• Member of the Legal Committee of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VENAMCHAM). (2000-to date).
• Professor of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution in the Graduate School of Procedural Law of the Universidad Central de Venezuela (2002-2004).
• Founder and Chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VENAMCHAM) (1998).
• Coordinator of the Drafting Committee of the Draft Regulations on Conciliation and Arbitration of the Business Conciliation and Arbitration Center (CEDCA) (1998-2000).
• Member of the Legislative Committee of the Bar Association of the Federal District (1991).
Publications
• NEGOCIACIÓN: HERRAMIENTA BÁSICA PARA EL ABOGADO DEL SIGLO XXI. Revista Derecho y Sociedad. Universidad Monteávila, N° 9, Caracas, 2010.
• “EXPROPIACIONES, NACIONALIZACIONES Y EL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL”. Ámbito Jurídico; Legis, Caracas, July 2009.
• “EL ORDEN PÚBLICO Y LA ARBITRABILIDAD COMO CAUSALES DE DENEGACIÓN DEL LAUDO”. In the book Arbitraje Comercial y Arbitraje de Inversión, Convención de Nueva York de 1958. Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje. Perú, 2009.
• “ELECCIÓN DE MEDIOS AUTOCOMPOSITIVOS Y ADVERSARIALES”, in the book Tendencias Actuales del Derecho Procesal, Constitución y Proceso, UCAB 2006.
• “LAS MEDIDAS CAUTELARES EN EL SISTEMA ARBITRAL VENEZOLANO”, Revista Derecho y Sociedad de la Universidad Monteávila, Nº 5, Caracas. 2006.
• “LAS INVERSIONES PETROLERAS EN VENEZUELA Y EL ARBITRAJE ANTE EL CIADI” ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS Y SOCIALES, Serie Eventos 18, Caracas, 2005.
• ¿QUÉ ES LA DESOBEDIENCIA CIVIL?, Revista de Derecho Constitucional, Nº 7, Caracas, January-June 2003, pages 189-191.
• “LOS MÉTODOS ALTERNATIVOS DE SOLUCIÓN DE CONFLICTOS: RAZONES PARA UN CAMBIO NECESARIO”; Ámbito Jurídico; Legis, Caracas, February 2002.
• LA PROMOCIÓN DEL ARBITRAJE: UN DEBER CONSTITUCIONAL RECONOCIDO Y VULNERADO POR LA JURISPRUDENCIA; Revista de Derecho Constitucional, Nº 5, Caracas, July-December 2001, pages 131-152.
• “VENTAJAS DEL REGLAMENTO DEL CENTRO EMPRESARIAL DE CONCILIACIÓN Y ARBITRAJE (CEDCA)”; Web page of CEDCA, Publicaciones, Caracas, January 2000.
• “EL ARBITRAJE Y EL RECURSO DE AMPARO”, Revista de Derecho Administrativo; Nº 6, Caracas,1999, pages 255-278.
• “LOS RECURSOS CONTRA EL LAUDO ARBITRAL COMERCIAL”; Seminario sobre la Ley de Arbitraje Comercial”, Biblioteca de la Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales”, Caracas. 1999, pages 205-272.
• “LA UNIDAD DE LA JURISDICCIÓN: UN MITO EN EL DERECHO VENEZOLANO”; Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas, N° 108, U.C.V., 1998, pages 261-410.
• “ALGUNAS CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE LA JURISDICCIÓN Y EL ARBITRAJE”; Revista Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, N° 50, Caracas. September 1996, pages 365-389.
• INEXISTENCIA DE LÍMITES CUANTITATIVOS DE LOS INTERESES MERCANTILES; Revista de Derecho Privado, Nº 7, Caracas, July-December 1990.
He has experience in handling not only domestic and cross-border litigation and arbitration, but also in handling complex/effective negotiation/mediation processes, both with public and private entities. He was the coordinator of the Regulations of the Business Center of Conciliation and Arbitration (CEDCA), and also the Chairman and co-founder of the Arbitration Committee of the Venezuelan - American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VenAmCham/ 2000). Andrés is currently a professor of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution (ADR), at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello.
Prior to founding MEZGRAVIS & ASOCIADOS, he was a partner and the coordinator of the Dispute Resolution Department of Travieso Evans Arria Rengel & Paz for more than 12 years, and before that, he was a Baker & McKenzie associate at the Caracas office for 5 years.
Representative Cases
• Highbury International AVV. and Ramstein Trading INC. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/11/1. / Pending
• Co-counsel of Brandes Investment Partners, LP v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/08/3.Pending
• Co-counsel until November 2009 of Mobil Corporation and others, vs. the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/07/27.
• Co-counsel until November 2009 of Mobil Cerro Negro, LTD. in an ICC arbitration proceeding against Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A., and PDVSA Cerro Negro S.A.
• Co-counsel of Eni Dación B.V. v. the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/07/4
• Co-counsel of Vestey Group Ltd., v. the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). ICSID Case No. ARB/06/4. The case was settled, and the proceeding is pending until full compliance of the settlement agreement.
• Co-counsel of a major multinational construction in an arbitration under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) against the State-owned Venezuelan oil company, regarding a dispute arising from engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract of an industrial plant. An arbitration award was rendered in favor of the client.
Professional and Academic Activities
• Professor of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution in the Graduate School of Procedural Law and Mercantile Law of Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. (2001-to date).
• Professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Law School. Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. (2005-to date).
• Member of the Legal Committee of the Business Conciliation and Arbitration Center (CEDCA) (2009).
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Venezuelan Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club (2007-to date).
• Member of the Legal Committee of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VENAMCHAM). (2000-to date).
• Professor of Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution in the Graduate School of Procedural Law of the Universidad Central de Venezuela (2002-2004).
• Founder and Chairman of the Arbitration Committee of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VENAMCHAM) (1998).
• Coordinator of the Drafting Committee of the Draft Regulations on Conciliation and Arbitration of the Business Conciliation and Arbitration Center (CEDCA) (1998-2000).
• Member of the Legislative Committee of the Bar Association of the Federal District (1991).
Publications
• NEGOCIACIÓN: HERRAMIENTA BÁSICA PARA EL ABOGADO DEL SIGLO XXI. Revista Derecho y Sociedad. Universidad Monteávila, N° 9, Caracas, 2010.
• “EXPROPIACIONES, NACIONALIZACIONES Y EL DERECHO INTERNACIONAL”. Ámbito Jurídico; Legis, Caracas, July 2009.
• “EL ORDEN PÚBLICO Y LA ARBITRABILIDAD COMO CAUSALES DE DENEGACIÓN DEL LAUDO”. In the book Arbitraje Comercial y Arbitraje de Inversión, Convención de Nueva York de 1958. Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje. Perú, 2009.
• “ELECCIÓN DE MEDIOS AUTOCOMPOSITIVOS Y ADVERSARIALES”, in the book Tendencias Actuales del Derecho Procesal, Constitución y Proceso, UCAB 2006.
• “LAS MEDIDAS CAUTELARES EN EL SISTEMA ARBITRAL VENEZOLANO”, Revista Derecho y Sociedad de la Universidad Monteávila, Nº 5, Caracas. 2006.
• “LAS INVERSIONES PETROLERAS EN VENEZUELA Y EL ARBITRAJE ANTE EL CIADI” ACADEMIA DE CIENCIAS POLÍTICAS Y SOCIALES, Serie Eventos 18, Caracas, 2005.
• ¿QUÉ ES LA DESOBEDIENCIA CIVIL?, Revista de Derecho Constitucional, Nº 7, Caracas, January-June 2003, pages 189-191.
• “LOS MÉTODOS ALTERNATIVOS DE SOLUCIÓN DE CONFLICTOS: RAZONES PARA UN CAMBIO NECESARIO”; Ámbito Jurídico; Legis, Caracas, February 2002.
• LA PROMOCIÓN DEL ARBITRAJE: UN DEBER CONSTITUCIONAL RECONOCIDO Y VULNERADO POR LA JURISPRUDENCIA; Revista de Derecho Constitucional, Nº 5, Caracas, July-December 2001, pages 131-152.
• “VENTAJAS DEL REGLAMENTO DEL CENTRO EMPRESARIAL DE CONCILIACIÓN Y ARBITRAJE (CEDCA)”; Web page of CEDCA, Publicaciones, Caracas, January 2000.
• “EL ARBITRAJE Y EL RECURSO DE AMPARO”, Revista de Derecho Administrativo; Nº 6, Caracas,1999, pages 255-278.
• “LOS RECURSOS CONTRA EL LAUDO ARBITRAL COMERCIAL”; Seminario sobre la Ley de Arbitraje Comercial”, Biblioteca de la Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales”, Caracas. 1999, pages 205-272.
• “LA UNIDAD DE LA JURISDICCIÓN: UN MITO EN EL DERECHO VENEZOLANO”; Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas, N° 108, U.C.V., 1998, pages 261-410.
• “ALGUNAS CONSIDERACIONES SOBRE LA JURISDICCIÓN Y EL ARBITRAJE”; Revista Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, N° 50, Caracas. September 1996, pages 365-389.
• INEXISTENCIA DE LÍMITES CUANTITATIVOS DE LOS INTERESES MERCANTILES; Revista de Derecho Privado, Nº 7, Caracas, July-December 1990.
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