Juan Jorge is a member of the International Arbitration Group in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses on investment and international commercial arbitration.
Mr. Jorge regularly advises and represents sovereign states, State entities, and private companies in high-stakes international disputes. He has participated in proceedings under the rules 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 experience spans a broad range of sectors and subject matters, from construction, transportation, and energy to disputes involving assets of historical and cultural heritage. In 2024, Mr. Jorge was recognized as a “stand-out” arbitration practitioner by The Legal 500 Latin America 2025.
Before joining Curtis in 2020, Mr. Jorge worked at a leading law firm in Argentina, focusing on complex litigation and arbitration proceedings across Latin America.
Mr. Jorge holds a law degree from the University of Buenos Aires Law School, where he graduated cum laude, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree from Harvard Law School. At Harvard, he served as Vice President of the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association (HIALSA), Editor-in-Chief of the HIALSA Arbitration Review, and Outreach Chair of the Harvard International Law Journal. He also completed postgraduate programs in international arbitration offered by the Université de Genève and American University.
Since 2018, Mr. Jorge has taught Private International Law and International Arbitration at the University of Buenos Aires Law School, where he also served as a guest lecturer in the teaching certificate program and coached moot court teams in international arbitration competitions. In 2022, he coordinated the course “Investment Arbitration: Historical Debates and Current Trends” at the University of Mendoza Law School.
Between 2020 and 2022, Mr. Jorge was a founding member of the Executive Committee of Argentina Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (AVYAP), an association created to promote arbitration initiatives and support students and young professionals in Argentina.
Education
Harvard Law School, Maestría en Derecho (LL.M.)
University of Buenos Aires, Abogado (J.D. equivalent)
Admitted to Practice
Only admitted in Argentina, not admitted in the District of Columbia
Languages
Spanish
English
Membership
Member of the Youth Group, Argentine Council for International Relations (CARI)
Member of the Young Practitioners Committee, Centro Empresarial de Mediación y Arbitraje (CEMA)
Member of the Young Practitioners Committee, Rules Review Subcommittee, Centro de Mediación y Arbitraje Comercial (CEMARC), Cámara Argentina de Comercio y Servicios
Member of the Editorial Board, Very Young Arbitration Blog (VYAB)
Member, Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado (ASADIP)
Associate Member, Asociación Argentina de Derecho Internacional (AADI)
Founder and member of the Executive Committee, Argentina Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (AVYAP) (2020-2022)
Member of the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Member of the ICC Young Arbitration & ADR Forum (YAAF), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
Young ICSID
Young ICCA
Publications
Building Tomorrow’s Arbitration Community: Inside HIALSA, Daily Jus (2026) (co-author)
La Fase Escrita del Procedimiento Arbitral en el Arbitraje Internacional, 1 Arbitri - Arbitraje Nacional e Internacional (2025) (co-author)
Entre Locos y Jueces: Repensando la Enseñanza de la Escritura Jurídica, Argentina Legal Industry Reviews (2024)
El Arraigo es Inconstitucional y Está Eliminado en la Argentina, 5 Jurisprudencia Argentina (2023) (co-author)
Pasado, Presente y Futuro de la Ley de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional Argentina, a Cinco Años de su Sanción, 9 Rev. Anales de Legislación Argentina (2023)
¿De qué Hablamos cuando Hablamos de “Internacionalidad”? El Artículo 3 de la Ley de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional Argentina (y Más), a Propósito del Caso “Corrosión Industrial c. Duro Felguera”, 11 Rev. Argentina de Arbitraje (2023) (co-author)
Transparencia en el Arbitraje Comercial Internacional: Una Aproximación desde el Pluralismo Metodológico del Derecho Internacional Privado, in Responsabilidad Social, Transparencia y Relaciones Privadas Internacionales (Aranzadi, 2023) (co-author)
El Sonido del Silencio: Algunos Apuntes sobre lo que no Dice el Artículo 3 de la Ley de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional Argentina, elDial (2022)
Argentina, in Cláusulas arbitrales patológicas en Latinoamérica (Fundación de Cultura Universitaria, 2022) (co-author)
Ámbitos de Aplicación de la Ley de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional Argentina, 217 La Ley (2021)
La Literatura en el Derecho: A Propósito de la Saga Pey Casado, 3 La Ley - Suplemento Innovación & Derecho (2021) (co-author)
La Inteligencia Artificial en la Toma de Decisiones. ¿Hacia el determinismo arbitral?, 32 La Ley (2019) (co-author)
Las Nuevas Tecnologías ¿Al Servicio de los Operadores del Arbitraje Internacional?, Cartas Blogatorias (2019) (co-author)
Lanzamiento de las Reglas de Praga: Nuevo Soft Law para Regir Procedimientos Arbitrales, Cartas Blogatorias (2019)
Reglas de Praga: ¿Novedoso Espaldarazo del Soft Law al Poder de los Árbitros en el Arbitraje Internacional?, 294 Rev. Derecho Comercial y de las Obligaciones La Ley (2019) (co-author)
Juan Jorge is a member of the International Arbitration Group in Washington, D.C. His practice focuses on investment and international commercial arbitration.