Claudio De Castro

Litigation and arbitration.

Administrative Litigation

Commercial and Civil Matters Litigation

Intellectual Property Litigation

Shipping Litigation

Tax Litigation

Claudio De Castro joined ARIFA in 2011 and became a partner in 2017. He Co-Heads ARIFA’s Litigation and Arbitration Practice Group.

Mr. De Castro developed his international experience working as trainee in the International Arbitration Departments of Shearman & Sterling LLP in Paris (2010) and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London (2010-2011).

Mr. De Castro has also participated as an Arbitrator in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna.

Ambassador for the Arbitration Academy (since 2013), ICC, Lex Mundi, Interlaw

He is a contributor for the World Bank's Doing Business Report since 2015.

Mr. De Castro specializes in complex arbitration proceedings (international and domestic) and cross-border litigation. Mr. De Castro has experience in disputes involving construction, energy, corporate governance, inheritance, waste management (landfills), complex interim measures, Government tenders and State contracts.

Mr. De Castro is well-known for his advocacy skills, thorough knowledge of Panamanian legal framework and proceedings, as well as his global, honest risk analysis of complex arbitration or litigation cases.

Mr. De Castro developed his international experience working as trainee in the International Arbitration Departments of Shearman & Sterling LLP in Paris (2010) and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in London (2010-2011). Mr. De Castro has also participated as an Arbitrator in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna.

Postgraduate Degree in International Commercial Litigation (D.U. Contentieux International des Affaires) Université Paris Est (UPEC) (2010)

Master in International Commercial Law (Master Professionnel, Mention Droit International, Spécialité Droit du Commerce International) Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (2009)

Bachelor of Laws (Licenciatura en Derecho y Ciencias Políticas), summa cum laude, Santa Maria la Antigua University (2008)