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About
Provided by Mélida Hodgson
Practice Areas
Mélida Hodgson is a recognized investor-state and commercial arbitration practitioner, counseling governments, state-owned entities and corporate entities on international investment protection, business disputes and World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute resolution.
With three decades of experience practicing at the intersection of international arbitration and sovereign obligations, Ms. Hodgson represents clients operating anywhere in the world across the range of arbitration forums, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
She is particularly respected as an arbitration expert in Latin America—Latinvex consistently rates her as one of top lawyers for the region—where she has handled matters for sovereign clients Venezuela, Panama and Peru.
Ms. Hodgson is also an arbitrator. She is currently a vice chair of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Institute of World Business Law and serves on the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and its Task Force on Corruption in Arbitration, as well as on the councils of the AAA/ICDR. Ms. Hodgson is a founding member of the Washington Women in International Arbitration.
Chambers Review
USA
Mélida Hodgson is held in high regard for her expertise in investor-state arbitration matters and is also experienced in commercial arbitration. She remains a popular choice for governments and state-owned entities, with notable experience in disputes concerning the infrastructure sector. She is also noted for her work as an arbitrator.
Mélida Hodgson is held in high regard for her expertise in investor-state arbitration matters and is also experienced in commercial arbitration. She remains a popular choice for governments and state-owned entities, with notable experience in disputes concerning the infrastructure sector. She is also noted for her work as an arbitrator.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Mélida is insightful, she is very smart and has a balanced view of the world."
"She was very strategic and outcome oriented, keeping her eye on the prize."
"As an arbitrator she is very sensitive to the perceptions of parties regarding what the tribunal is doing, and is very focused on the fairness element."
"Mélida is insightful, she is very smart and has a balanced view of the world."
"She was very strategic and outcome oriented, keeping her eye on the prize."
"As an arbitrator she is very sensitive to the perceptions of parties regarding what the tribunal is doing, and is very focused on the fairness element."
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