Érica Franzetti

Practice Areas

Érica Franzetti focuses her practice on international commercial and investor-state arbitration matters across multiple industry sectors, including energy and natural resources, life sciences, financial services, hospitality, and Internet governance. Ms. Franzetti has extensive experience advising clients in cases involving multiple procedural rules and has appeared before ICSID, ICC, ICDR and UNCITRAL arbitral tribunals.

Prior to practicing international arbitration, Ms. Franzetti practiced law at a leading Brazil-based law firm, where she represented clients in complex commercial litigation proceedings before the Brazilian courts.

Ms. Franzetti also serves as arbitrator on commercial arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association and teaches a course in investor-state arbitration as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law. She has a leadership position in the D.C. Women in International Arbitration group and plays an active role in the Dechert's Global Women’s Initiative.