Juan Pablo Moyano

Practice Areas

Litigation Arbitration and Investigations

International Arbitration

Career

Juan Pablo focuses his practice on international commercial and investment arbitration. He has particular experience in complex disputes in the infrastructure, energy, technology and telecommunications sectors.

He has participated in arbitrations under leading institutional rules including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), as well as ad hoc cases under rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Juan Pablo has participated in numerous arbitration proceedings, including:

Defense team for a telecommunications company regarding an agreement to implement radio communications towers (ICC, seat Mexico)*

Defense of a state enterprise regarding construction of a gas transportation project (ICC, Mexico)*

Represented a satellite operations company against the government of Mexico for potential breaches to a bilateral investment agreement (ICSID A/F, Spain)*

Defense for a state enterprise in a dispute related natural gas transportation fees (LCIA, Mexico)*

Defense for a state enterprise in a dispute arising from the construction of a hydroelectric financed public project (LCIA, Mexico)*

Represented a private company against a South American government owned bank regarding acquisition of shares and payment of dividends (ICDR, Miami)*

Defense for an international telecommunications company regarding a virtual mobile operator agreement (ICDR, Mexico)*

* denotes matters worked on at a prior firm

Publications

J Moyano, Carga de la Prueba del Derecho Aplicable en Arbitraje: Consideraciones sobre la Tesis Aislada 2024059 en México, Pauta 99 (ICC April 2022).

J Moyano, Customary Law Defenses Against COVID-19 Investment Claims, (TDM, 2, 2021)

J Moyano, La Función de la institución arbitral administradora, Revista del Abogado Corporativo (noviembre-diciembre 2020)

J Moyano, Demystifying Energy Investment Disputes in Mexico through the New USMCA, Pratt’s Energy Law Report (2019) 19-9

J Moyano, Impecuniosity and Validity of Arbitration Agreements, Journal of International Arbitration (2017) 34(4)

J Moyano, Moral Damages in Investment Arbitration: Diverging Trends, Journal of International Dispute Settlement (2015) 6(3)