Practice Areas
Patricio Grané Labat specialises in international investor-State arbitration, commercial arbitration, international trade and public international law and is widely acknowledged as a leading individual in the field by a variety of independent legal directories. Patricio has represented, and continues to represent, multiple sovereign States and corporations in complex high-value disputes across numerous geographies, sectors and subject matters. In Latin American alone, Patricio has represented Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Peru, and Panama, as well as corporations registered in those and other jurisdictions, in contentious matters. He has led a number of high profile, politically sensitive investment arbitrations. Patricio represents parties in arbitral proceedings under all the major arbitral rules and institutions, including UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, PCA, LCIA, DIFC-LCIA, SCC, NAFTA, and CAFTA-DR, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations under bilateral investment treaties and contracts. He has been appointed by several sovereign states to the roster of arbitrators and panellists for the settlement of international trade and commercial disputes under BIT and multilateral treaties, and sits as an arbitrator. Before joining private practice, Patricio was a government official for a Latin American state and a trade diplomat and negotiator in Geneva, accredited to the WTO.
Patricio handles pro bono work before the European Court of Human Rights. He is also a frequent speaker at key international conferences, seminars and workshops. He is affiliated with leading research institutions and is a partner fellow at the University of Cambridge Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He was also an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Patricio holds an LLM from Georgetown University Law Center, obtained with distinction.
