Special Feature: Latin American Investment Protections

Latin American Investment Protections: Comparative Perspectives on Laws, Treaties, and Disputes for Investors, States, and Counsel provides a country-by-country discussion of legal protections, dispute resolution, and arbitration relating to foreign investment in Latin America. Spanning more than 600 pages, the book provides a country-by-country discussion of legal protections, dispute resolution, and arbitration relating to foreign investment in Latin America. A resource for investors, states, counsel, and policymakers for deepening their understanding of foreign investment and arbitration in Latin America.

"Latin American Investment Protections is the result of years of collaboration with authors from 18 countries across the Americas," commented editor Jonathan C. Hamilton, Partner and Head of Latin American Arbitration with the global law firm White & Case LLP. "The result is a unique comparative analysis of legal frameworks and case precedents demonstrating how investment protections have evolved in the region."

Key features of the book include:

• The first treatise to survey more than 160 Latin American investment disputes filed over the past two decades
• A comparative analysis of 18 Latin American jurisdictions with country-specific surveys of investment laws, legal stability, institutions, and treaties
• Assessments of Latin American arbitration and dispute resolution mechanisms
• A combination of local and global analysis on the complex and changing landscape of investment protections
• Policy considerations on Latin American investment, economic development, the rule of law, and dispute resolution
• Edited and authored by experts from across the Americas who combine familiarity in specific jurisdictions with international experience
• A combination of local and global perspectives on the practices and precedents shaping investment protections

Latin American Arbitration and Investment Protections  – available here

Jonathan C. Hamilton is Partner and Head of Latin American Arbitration with the global law firm of White & Case LLP, and a leading authority on investment and arbitration in Latin America who has advised investors and states in connection with negotiations and disputes across the Americas.

Omar E. García-Bolívar is an international lawyer, public policy consultant, and arbitrator who has advised countries in the Americas, Africa and Asia on investment policies. He is President of BG Consulting in Washington, DC, specializing in law and development consultancy.

Hernando Otero is an international attorney with high-profile experience in investor-State disputes and arbitrations both as counsel of record and as an ICSID arbitrator.

Argentina – excerpt available here
Ignacio Torterola (Foley Hoag LLP)
Diego Brian Gosis (Smith International Legal Consultants)

Bolivia – excerpt available here
Fernando Aguirre B. (Bufete Aguirre)

Brazil – excerpt available here
Pedro Paulo Cristofaro (Chediak Advogados)
Luiz Fernando Teixeira Pinto (Motta, Fernandes Rocha - Advogados)

Chile – excerpt available here
Gonzalo Biggs (Figueroa & Valenzuela)

Colombia – excerpt available here
Hernando Otero (International Attorney)
Enrique Gómez-Pinzón (Holland & Knight LLP)

Costa Rica – excerpt available here
José Antonio Muñoz (Arias & Muñoz)
Roy de Jesús Herrera (Arias & Muñoz)

Dominican Republic – excerpt available here
Fabiola Medina Garnes (Medina & Rizek Abogados)

Ecuador – excerpt available here
Alvaro Galindo (Dechert LLP)

El Salvador – excerpt available here
Josué Reyes (Arias & Muñoz)

Guatemala – excerpt available here
Alvaro R. Castellanos Howell (Universidad Rafael Landívar)

Honduras – excerpt available here
José Rafael Rivera Ferrari (Consortium - Centro América Abogados)
Francisco Darío Lobo Flores (Consortium - Centro América Abogados)

Mexico – excerpt available here
Claus von Wobeser (Von Wobeser y Sierra)

Nicaragua – excerpt available here
Fernando Medina Montiel (Oficina De Leyes Dr Fernando Medina Montiel)
José René Orué (Universidad Centroamericana)

Panama – excerpt available here
Alfredo Ramírez Jr. (Alfaro Ferrer & Ramírez)

Paraguay – excerpt available here
Diego Zavala (MERSAN, Abogados)

Peru – excerpt available here
Alfredo Bullard (Bullard, Falla & Ezcurra)

Uruguay – excerpt available here
Jonás Bergstein (Estudio Bergstein) and Alicia Gambetta (Estudio Bergstein)

Venezuela – excerpt available here
Omar E. García-Bolívar (BG Consulting)
Eduardo Porcarelli (CONAPRI)

The Table of Contents is available here.

The Index is available here.

The editorial team included coordinating editor Petr Polášek and current and former members of the White & Case Latin American arbitration team.