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Diego Brian Gosis holds degrees in Law and in Translation by the University of Buenos Aires, and is admitted to practice law in Argentina. For over a decade, he has participated as counsel for and against sovereigns and private parties in more than 30 international arbitration and annulment proceedings under the arbitration rules of the ICC, the AAA, FINRA, UNCITRAL and ICSID in proceedings conducted in Spanish, English and Portuguese – many of which involved amounts at stake of several billion US Dollars -, and has acted as counsel or expert in court proceedings in several jurisdictions. Mr. Gosis also has extensive transactional experience, including M&As of privately held and publicly listed companies in Europe and the Americas; the development and financing of technology, real estate, hydrocarbon, hotel and casino operations, and various commercial projects; arranging and counseling participants at public and private tenders; arranging estate and tax planning structures; and advising commercial firms, individuals and sovereign instrumentalities on matters of commercial, administrative and international law. Since 2002, he has developed his practice based in the Buenos Aires firm Remaggi, Pico, Jessen & Asociados, and since 2006 he has also acted as Of Counsel to the Argentine Republic in matters of investment and commercial arbitration. In its 2012 edition, Chambers & Partners has ranked Mr. Gosis as one of the notable practitioners of international arbitration in Latin America, quoting sources as considering him "a brilliant lawyer with a very bright future.” He is a member of a host of international professional and academic groups, organizations and institutions, a member of the roster of international arbitrators at several arbitration institutions, and a frequent speaker in congresses, seminars and academic events on matters of commercial and investment arbitration, and has trained the teams of University of Buenos Aires to several commercial and investment arbitration competitions in Spanish and English. Mr. Gosis is of counsel to SILC and not licensed to practice in Florida, except for international arbitrations according to Florida law.
Languages: Spanish (native), English, Portuguese, working knowledge of French and Italian Representative Cases Counsel for claimant or respondent in proceedings for an aggregate amount at stake of approx. USD 14 billion, listed below:
Academic Activity Since 2010, he has co-organized joint programs between Florida International University School of Law and Instituto Latinoamericano de Arbitraje on investment arbitration. Since 2009, he has been a guest lecturer on commercial and investment arbitration and M&A’s at different undergraduate and graduate programs at universities in Argentina, Peru and the United States. Since 2009, he is a lecturer at, and co-organizer of, the Joint Program on International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution yearly organized by Cornell University, the University of Buenos Aires and the Instituto Latinoamericano de Arbitraje. Since 2008, he has acted as Academic Deputy Director of the Investment Arbitration Seminar Program at the University of Buenos Aires. Since 2005, he has regularly coached teams of the University of Buenos Aires to several international commercial and investment arbitration moot competitions in Spanish and English. Since 2004, he has arbitrated at international moot competitions on matters of commercial and investment arbitration and public international law in Argentina, Colombia, the United States, France and Austria. Between 1994 and 1998, he lectured as student-assistant on State Theory. Speaking Engagements (selection) “Arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty,” presentation at the conference “A closer look beyond ICSID: Investment Arbitration outside the realm of BITs,”organized by Florida International University and the Instituto Latinoamericano de Arbitraje Miami, FL, November 2011 “Arbitration with State Parties,” presentation at the Young ICCA Buenos Aires 2011 Conference “The Future of Arbitration” (co-chair of the event organizing committee), Buenos Aires, September 2011 Mock Hearing Session “Witness Examination in International Arbitration,” joint event organized by ICC YAF, LCIA’s YIAG, Y-ICCA, ICDR’s Y&I, Club Español del Arbitraje’s CEA-40, ALArb’s Comité de Jóvenes Profesionales, ILdeA (chair of the organizing committee), Buenos Aires, September 2011 “Investment Arbitration under the ICC Rules,” YAF conference on occasion of the VII Meeting of the Latin American Arbitration Group of the International Court of Arbitration of ICC, Cartagena (Colombia), August, 2011 “Jurisdictional Requirements in Investment Arbitration,” CEA-40 (Club Español del Arbitraje) conference, Madrid (Spain), April 2011 “The definition of ‘Investment’ under the ICSID Convention,” CEA-40 (Club Español del Arbitraje) conference, Lima (Peru), November 2010 “Are BITs One-Way Streets?,” ICC YAF event on occasion of the VIII Latin-American Conference of ICC, Miami (Florida), November, 2010 “Substantive Application of MFN,” conference of the Association International pourl’Arbitrage“Contemporary Topics in Investment Arbitration,” Brussels (Belgium), October, 2010 “Relationship between Arbirtators and the Judiciary,” conference at Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata (Argentina), October, 2010 “Grounds for Awarding Damages in Investment Arbitration,” conference at the Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, Lima (Peru), December, 2009 Publications “Procedimientos Arbitrales Bilingües,” Spain Arbitration Review (journal of the Club Español del Arbitraje), vol. 6, p.85, Madrid, 2009 “Responsabilidad del Estado bajo los Tratados Bilaterales de Inversión,” Revista de Derecho de Daños (Ed. Rubinzal-Culzoni, Buenos Aires-Santa Fe), Vol. 2010-3, p.371, Buenos Aires, 2010 “Cesión y Nacionalidad en el Arbitraje de Inversión,” Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje, 2010, p. 37, Quito, 2010 “Most-Favored Nation Treatment as a Standard of State Conduct,” presented at the Association International pour l’Arbitrage Conference “Contemporary Topics in Investment Arbitration,” Brussels, October 2010, reviewed in http://www.arbitration-adr.org/documents/?i=131, Brussels, 2010 “Investment Claims by Sovereigns,” Arbitration News, (journal of the International Bar Association Legal Practice Division), vol 16, Nro. 1, p. 165, London, 2011 “Comparing Commercial and Investment Arbitration,” International Litigation (Journal of the Section of Litigation of the International Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association), Fall 2011, Vol 28, No. 1, New York, 2011 "Commentary to Arts. 19 and 23 of the 2010 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules (Language of the Proceedings; Pleas as to the Jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal)," published in “Comentario a las Reglas de Arbitraje CNUDMI 2010,” (P. Perales Viscasillas – I. Torterola, Eds.), Editorial Legis, Spain Madrid, 2011 “Investment Arbitration in Argentina,” (co-author) to be published in “Investment Arbitration in Latin America,” collective work, Ed. Martinus Nijhoff, The Netherlands, The Hague “El Vuelo de Ícaro: ¿Pueden Elevarse las Inversiones Financieras al Statusde Inversiones Protegidas?,” to be published in “Pasado, Presente y Futuro del Arbitraje Internacional,” liberamicorum to Yves Derains and Bernardo Cremades by the Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, Lima Member of the Review Committee of International Arbitration Case Law (available at www.internationalarbitrationcaselaw.com) Memberships; Professional Associations Latin American Arbitration Group of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC Young Arbitrators’ Forum of the ICC (Member of the Regional Coordinating Committee for Latin America 2011-2014) Club Español del Arbitraje (Board Member for the Argentina-Uruguay Chapter) CEA-40 Instituto Latinoamericano de Arbitraje (ILdeA) (FoundingMember, Secretary) Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALArb) ALArb’s Comité de Jóvenes Profesionales Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association ICDR’s Young and International LCIA’s YIAG Young ICCA FDI Moot College of Arbitrators Moot Alumni Association (“Willem C. Vis” moot competition) Buenos Aires Bar Association Buenos Aires Translators’ Bar Association
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