Biography
Member of the Buenos Aires Bar
University of Buenos Aires
Member of the Buenos Aires Bar
University of Buenos Aires
Patricio Grané focuses his practice on investment treaty and international commercial arbitration in a broad range of economic sectors, including financial services, energy, mining and metals, construction, agribusiness, transportation, and hospitality.<br>
His experience includes acting for sovereign and corporate clients in more than twenty high profile international arbitration proceedings under the ICSID, ICC, and the UNCITRAL Rules, involving parties from Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and South Asia. He also has experience assisting sole arbitrators and Arbitral Tribunals.
In addition, Patricio Grané has experience in complex and high-stakes cross-border litigation involving financial fraud.
Prior to joining the firm, Patricio Grané acquired experience within the international arbitration practice groups of leading law firms in Geneva and Paris and worked for several years as an associate in the Buenos Aires office of a boutique international law firm.
Patricio Grané also served as a judicial law clerk at the Federal Court of Appeals of Buenos Aires and as Legal Advisor at the Ministry of Finance of Argentina, where he acquired extensive experience in public, administrative, and regulatory law.
Patricio Grané is admitted to practice in Buenos Aires and holds an LLM in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the Geneva Graduate Institute and the University of Geneva.
Patricio Grané works in four languages: English, Spanish, Italian and French.
EXPERIENCE
XX Representative Cases
Counsel for a Latin American State against a Spanish financial company in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 220 million USD concerning the alleged expropriation of a savings and loan institution.
Counsel for a Latin American State against a British farm company in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 150 million USD regarding the alleged expropriation of a cattle farming business.
Counsel for a Latin American State against a Barbadian trust manager in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 400 million USD concerning a concession to repair a cable car system and renovate two hotels.
Counsel to a Latin American State in UNCITRAL and ICSID arbitration proceedings evaluated at 1.1 billion USD brought by the shareholders of Spanish food import and distribution companies for the alleged expropriation of their assets in the food industry.
Counsel for a South Asian State against an Australian Joint Venture in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 4 billion USD arising out of the denial of a mining lease application for a copper-gold project.
Counsel for a Latin American State against a car importer from Barbados in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 120 million USD arising out of currency controls imposed on the luxury car import business.
Counsel for a Latin American state against a US shipbuilding company in an UNCITRAL arbitration evaluated at 450 million USD regarding the breach of a contract for the repair and upgrade two navy frigates.
Counsel for a Latin American state against a bottle manufacturer in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at over 1 billion USD regarding the alleged expropriation of two bottle manufacturing plants.
Counsel for a South Asian state against a Turkish powership company in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 1.2 billion USD following the detention of electricity generation vessels.
Counsel to a Latin American state in a cross-border litigation evaluated at over ten billion US dollars in relation to the attempted enforcement of certain fraudulent obligations.
EXPERIENCE
10 Representative Cases
Counsel for a Latin American State against a Spanish financial company in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 220 million USD concerning the alleged expropriation of a savings and loan institution.
Counsel for a Latin American State against a British farm company in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 150 million USD regarding the alleged expropriation of a cattle farming business.
Counsel for a Latin American State against a Barbadian trust manager in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 400 million USD concerning a concession to repair a cable car system and renovate two hotels.
Counsel to a Latin American State in UNCITRAL and ICSID arbitration proceedings evaluated at 1.1 billion USD brought by the shareholders of Spanish food import and distribution companies for the alleged expropriation of their assets in the food industry.
Counsel for a South Asian State against an Australian Joint Venture in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 4 billion USD arising out of the denial of a mining lease application for a copper-gold project.
Counsel for a Latin American State against a car importer from Barbados in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 120 million USD arising out of currency controls imposed on the luxury car import business.
Counsel for a Latin American state against a US shipbuilding company in an UNCITRAL arbitration evaluated at 450 million USD regarding the breach of a contract for the repair and upgrade two navy frigates.
Counsel for a Latin American state against a bottle manufacturer in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at over 1 billion USD regarding the alleged expropriation of two bottle manufacturing plants.
Counsel for a South Asian state against a Turkish powership company in an ICSID arbitration evaluated at 1.2 billion USD following the detention of electricity generation vessels.
Counsel to a Latin American state in a cross-border litigation evaluated at over ten billion US dollars in relation to the attempted enforcement of certain fraudulent obligations.