Latin America
Practice Areas
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations; International Arbitration
Career
Gabriela focuses her practice on international arbitration as well as international and investment law. She is experienced in complex and high-stake transactions related to infrastructure projects, banking, electricity, telecommunications, and oil and gas.
Gabriela has represented investors, states, governmental entities and state-owned companies in international arbitrations under the arbitration rules of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). She has also acted as president of tribunals and as co-arbitrator in arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules, the ICC Rules and the Arbitration Center of Mexico Rules (CAM).
Gabriela was designated in the ICSID Panel of Arbitrators by Mexico, the Panama Arbitration and Conciliation Center and the Panel of Arbitrators for International Investment Arbitration of the Beijing International Arbitration Center. She was also appointed as member of the ICC Court of Arbitration for Mexico. She is also the former Chair of the ICC Mexico Investment Arbitration Committee, a member of the CAM Arbitration General Council, a member of the CANACO Arbitration Commission and a member of the Instituto Mexicano de Arbitraje.
Professional Memberships
Mexican Bar Association
US-Mexico Bar Association (USMBA), Dispute Resolution Committee, Former Co-Chair
International Bar Association, London
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration
Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for Mexico
Arbitration Commission, Mexican Section
Investment Arbitration Committee – Mexico, Former President
Working Group on Investor-State Arbitration
ICC Task Force on Maximizing Probative Value of Witness Evidence
International Law Association, Mexican Branch
Revista de Derecho Económico Internacional, Editorial Board
Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Advisory Board
Latino American Arbitration Association (ALARB)
Mediation and Arbitration Center of the National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (CANACO), Arbitration Commission
Arbitration Center of Mexico (CAM), General Council
Mexican Institute of Arbitration
Member of Panel of Arbitrators, Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliación de Panamá (CeCap)
Member of Panel of Arbitrators, BAC/BIAC Panel of Arbitrators for International Investment Arbitration
Publications
Provisional measures in Investment Arbitration, Revista ALARB, Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje, Volumen III, 2024
"Doing Business in Mexico: Chambers Guide 2023" July, 2023
"Doing Business in Mexico: Chambers Guide 2022" August, 2022
CRE impone sanción por más de US$450 millones; Suprema Corte emite precedente desfavorable a los permisionarios, June 28, 2022
The 2022 ICSID Rule Amendments: What investors and States need to know, 7 June 2022
El Congreso de la Unión desecha reforma constitucional en materia eléctrica y aprueba reforma legal para regular el litio, April 20, 2022
La Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación desestima acción de inconstitucionalidad contra la reforma a La Ley de la Industria Eléctrica, April 8, 2022
Personal
PRO BONO
Participate in the Scholarship Program of Abogadas MX, an NGO that promotes, among others, the empowerment of women lawyers in Mexico. As a founding member and part of the Board of Abogadas MX, her pro bono activities have been key in developing the Abogadas MX D&I guidelines for law firms in Mexico, a project implemented with the support and guidance of UN Women, with the objective of building a level playing field in law firms for women lawyers and make sure that fundamental D&I principles are implemented by law firms in Mexico.
