Senior Statespeople
Provided by Rodolfo Dávalos Fernández
Litigación internacional
Financiación de proyectos
Reestructuración de deudas
Inversiones extranjeras
Derecho corporativo y M&A
A prominent figure in Cuban law and the Cuban intelligentsia, he is a consultant lawyer at Dávalos Abogados. He is also an associate of the Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA), president of the Cuban Court of International Commercial Arbitration, and member of the National Council of the National Union of Jurists of Cuba (UNJC).
Since 1992, he has served as arbitrator of the Foreign Trade Arbitration Court attached to the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba, and since 2007, he has presided over the Cuban Court of International Commercial Arbitration. His vast experience includes presiding over arbitral tribunals and acting as a collegiate arbitrator in approximately 130 international commercial arbitration proceedings under the auspices of the Cuban Court. In addition, he was alternate arbitrator (2011-2014) and arbitrator (2015-2021) of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, participating in multiple arbitration proceedings both in this court and in other international forums, including ad hoc arbitrations under the UNCITRAL rules. He has acted as counsel or litigation counsel in several international arbitrations and has mediated and conciliated in numerous ICC arbitration proceedings.
He has advised on joint venture negotiations, international contracting, arbitration, and litigation in 30 countries, including Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, the People's Republic of China, the United Kingdom and the United States. His notable experience includes participation in the legal team of the "Gonzalez v. Reno" case in Miami Dade Federal Court in 2000, related to the kidnapping of the Cuban rafter child Elian Gonzalez. In addition, he has been a member of teams of lawyers or advised in legal proceedings in courts in Spain, the United States, Italy, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.
• Arbitrator ofla Corte Civil and Mercantil de Arbitraje de Madrid, Spain, since March 2011 (on the list of foreign arbitrators).
• Arbitrator of the Shanghai International Arbitration Center since 2018.
• CIETAC Arbitrator of Number, Beijin, R.P.C. since 1 September 2022.
• President ofla Sociedad Cubana de Derecho Mercantil.
• Member ofla Sociedad Cubana of International Law.
• Member of the Editorial Board ofla Revista Cubana de Derecho ofla Unión Nacional de Juristas de Cuba.
• Full Member of the Instituto Hispano Luso Americano de Derecho Internacional (IHLADI) based in Spain.
• Honorary Member ofla Asociación Americana de Profesores de Derecho Internacional Privado (ASADIP), based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Member of the Expert Committee of the Ibero-American Institute of Law and Finance, Spain.
• Full Member of the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC).
• Instituto Hispano Luso Americano de Derecho Internacional.
• Associate Member, at the XIX Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, September 1996.
• Speaker at the XXII Congress, San Salvador, El Salvador, 2002.
• Full Member, at the XXII Congress, San Salvador, El Salvador, 2002.
• Director, Member of the Board of Directors, at the XXIII Congress, Quito, Ecuador, 2004.
• Speaker (Communication) at the XXIX Congress, Lima, Peru, December 2016.
Author of 15 law books:
• El contrato internacional de construcción, Ed. MICONS, Cuba (1983).
• La Ley General dela Vivienda , Ed. Ciencias Sociales, Cuba (1990).
• Derecho Internacional Privado, 1ª. Félix Varela, Cuba, (1990).
• Las Empresas Mixtas: Regulación Jurídica, Editorial Ciencias Sociales, Cuba (1993).
• Las Empresas Mixtas: Regulación Juridica, 2nd and 3rd editions, updated and expanded, IVERCAN CARIBE, Spain, 1994.
• "United States vs. Five Heroes, Ed. Capitan San Luis,La Habana , Cuba, 2005.
• "Frontiers and Contracts, Law Applicable to International Contract", Ed. Ciencias Sociales,La Habana , Cuba, 2006.
• Derecho Internacional Privado, Parte General, 2nd Ed. (updated and expanded), Félix Varela,La Habana , Cuba, 2006.
• Derecho Internacional Privado, Parte Especial, Ed. Félix Varela,La Habana , Cuba, 2007.
• Estados Unidos vs Cinco Héroes (expanded and updated edition), Ed. Capitán San Luis,La Habana , 2010.
• International arbitration: challenges and realities, Book ofla Asociación of French-Latin American jurists "Andrés Bello", Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 2010.
• Embargo o Bloqueo. Ed. Capitán San Luis,La Habana , 2012.
• El Arbitraje Comercial en Iberoamérica, Second updated edition, Ed.La Ley , Madrid, 2012.
• Estudios Sobre Arbitraje En Cuba, Ed. ONBC,La Habana. 2017.
• Las sociedades mercantiles en el Caribe, Ed. ONBC, Havana, 2021.
Other publications abroad
• La Regulación Jurídica del Contrato Internacional, Anuario del IHLADI, No. 16, Madrid, Spain, 2003, pp. 11-64.
• "Las Empresas Mixtas en un Mundo Globalizado" Editorial Universitaria, Basque Country, Spain, pp. 143-184.
• "El Arbitraje Comercial internacional en Cuba", Revista dela Corte Española de Arbitraje, Madrid, Spain, 2005.
• "Lo verdadero y lo falso enla Lex Mercatoria ", Anuario de Derecho internacional privado de España, 2006, pp1290 et seq.
• International Commercial Arbitration: an Ibero-American perspective. Revista española de Arbitraje, Madrid, Spain, 2008.
• Review of the book "El Arbitraje Comercial en América Latina" by Professor José Carlos Fernández Rozas, Revista Española de Derecho Internacional (REDI), Madrid, Spain, 2009.
• "El Arbitraje Comercial internacional en Cuba", Revista dela Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico, 2010.
• "La proyectada Corte de Arbitraje de la OHADAC", Revista de Arbitraje Comercial e Inversiones, IPROLEX, Madrid, Spain, January 2011.
• El Arbitraje Comercial en Iberoamérica, Publication of the Law Firm CUATRECASAS, Ed.La Ley , Madrid, Spain, 2009.
• "A place for arbitration in Latin America", Publication ofla OHADAC (Organisation forla Armonización of Business Law in the Caribbean), 2011.
• El sistema cubano de Derecho internacional privado, Chapter on Cuba, part of the book Derecho internacional privado en América, collaboration with Prof. José Carlos Fernández Rozas, from Spain, published by the Max Planck Instituut in Hamburg, Germany, 2014.
Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Scientific Work Award
University of Havana
2014
Scientific Work Award
University of Havana
2005
Prize of the Commercial Law Scientific Society of the National Union of Jurists of Cuba
2006
National Law Prize
2012
The Mallete Martiano distinction
The National Union of Jurists of Cuba
2016
Provided by Chambers
Senior statesperson Rodolfo Dávalos Fernández of Dávalos Abogados comes highly recommended by peers for his long-standing presence in the market.
Provided by Chambers
Rodolfo Davalos is the founding father of foreign investment law in Cuba. He is one of the most specialised professionals in arbitration, with a wealth of experience and a fantastic memory.
Rodolfo Davalos is the founding father of foreign investment law in Cuba. He is one of the most specialised professionals in arbitration, with a wealth of experience and a fantastic memory.
