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Books
Co-Author with A. Ali, J. Wessel, and A. de Gramont, The International Arbitration Rulebook: A Guide to Arbitral Regimes (Second Edition forthcoming 2024)
Assistant to C. Kotuby and L. Sobota, General Principles of Law and International Due Process: Principles and Norms Applicable in Transnational Disputes (2017)
Assistant to K. Alter and L. Helfer, Transplanting International Courts: The Law and Politics of the Andean Tribunal of Justice (2017)
Associate Editor, “Costa Rica,” in, Latin American Investment Protections: Comparative Perspectives on Laws, Treaties, and Disputes for Investors, States, and Counsel, J. Hamilton, et al, Eds. (2012)
Articles
Country Reporter (Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama), ITA Board of Reporters (2014 - Present)
C0-Author with E. Chang, The Popular Meaning of “Foreign or International Tribunal” in American History … under 28 U.S.C. s. 1782, American Review of International Arbitration (2022)
C0-Author with M. Freire Martins, Brazilian Data Protection & International Arbitration, Kluwer Law International (2020)
Commentator, Latin American Advisor of the Inter-American Dialogue (2014 - 2017)
Author, For Greater Certainty: Calibrating Investment Treaties to Protect Foreign Investment and Public Health, Maryland Journal of International Law (2015)
Assistant to C. Partasides, QC, “A Few Words on Prolixity in International Arbitration,” in, International Arbitration under Review: Essays in Honour of John Beechey (2015)
Teaching
International Moot Arbitrator, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vis Moot East, and Pre-Moots (2023 - Present); LL.M. International Arbitration Moot Competition, American University, Washington College of Law: Semifinal (2022); Quarterfinal (2018) and Final (2017)
Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke University School of Law
Head Coach, Vis Moot (2019 - 2024) and AU International Arbitration Moot (2014 - 2016)
Instructor, International Arbitration (Law 206); International Dispute Resolution (Law 310); and Advocacy in International Arbitration (Law 856) (2016-2022)
Moot Arbitrator in Spanish, Competencia de Arbitraje Internacional de Inversión, American University, Washington College of Law (2016 and 2013)
Director, Global Legal Skills, Arias & Muñoz, Costa Rica (now Arias and Dentons Muñoz) (2009 - 2011)
Presentations
Presenter, Drafting International Arbitration Agreements, International Law Institute (2023)
Panelist, New Rules for a New World: Will COVID-19 Make International Arbitration Better, Faster and Cheaper?, NYIAC (2020)
Panelist, Expedited Proceedings, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (2019)
Panelist, Treaty, Contract, and Investor-State Relations, Symposium on International Investment Disputes, University of Maryland, Carey School of Law (2014)
Panelist, The Protection of Individual and Collective Rights in Investment Treaty Arbitration, American Society of International Law (ASIL), Washington, DC (2014)
Speaker in Spanish, El arbitraje inversionista-Estado: marco global, impacto local, Costa Rica Arbitration Day, Universidad Latina, Costa Rica (2012)