Fernando specializes in investment and complex commercial disputes. He has extensive experience representing sovereign states, state-owned entities and private companies in arbitrations conducted under various rules, including those of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). His cases involved a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas, energy, natural resources, telecommunications, satellite, construction, pension funds and tax. Fernando has been involved in some of the largest investment and commercial arbitration disputes to date, including disputes under numerous bilateral and multilateral investment treaties.
Fernando speaks fluently Spanish, English and Portuguese. He is an Adjunct Professor at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington D.C., where he lectures on investor-state arbitration. He speaks regularly on issues of international arbitration. He is also a member of the Steering Committee of REAL (Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers). He has trained in both civil and common law and is admitted to practice law in New York and Buenos Aires, Argentina.
