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
Advising a Latin American state against a Spanish financial company in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 220 million concerning allegations of expropriation of a savings and credit institution.
Advising a Latin American state against a British agricultural company in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 150 million concerning allegations of expropriation of a cattle farming business.
Represented a Latin American state against a Barbadian trust manager in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 400 million in a dispute concerning a concession for the repair of a cable car system and the renovation of two hotels.
Advising a Latin American state in UNCITRAL and ICSID arbitration proceedings valued at USD 1.1 billion brought by shareholders of Spanish food import and distribution companies concerning allegations of expropriation of their assets.
Advising a South Asian state against an Australian joint venture in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 4 billion arising from the refusal of a mining concession application for a copper and gold mining project.
Advised a Latin American state against a car importer from Barbados in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 120 million following currency controls imposed on the importation of luxury cars.
Advising a Latin American state against a US shipbuilding company in an UNCITRAL arbitration valued at USD 450 million in a dispute arising from the termination of a contract for the repair and modernization of two navy frigates.
Advised a Latin American state against a bottle manufacturer in an ICSID arbitration valued at over US$1 billion concerning allegations of expropriation of two bottle manufacturing plants.
Advising a South Asian state against a Turkish electricity transmission company in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 1.2 billion following the immobilization of power generation vessels.
Advising a Latin American state in a cross-border dispute worth more than US$10 billion arising from an attempt to enforce certain fraudulent obligations.
EXPERIENCE
10 Representative Cases
Advising a Latin American state against a Spanish financial company in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 220 million concerning allegations of expropriation of a savings and credit institution.
Advising a Latin American state against a British agricultural company in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 150 million concerning allegations of expropriation of a cattle farming business.
Represented a Latin American state against a Barbadian trust manager in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 400 million in a dispute concerning a concession for the repair of a cable car system and the renovation of two hotels.
Advising a Latin American state in UNCITRAL and ICSID arbitration proceedings valued at USD 1.1 billion brought by shareholders of Spanish food import and distribution companies concerning allegations of expropriation of their assets.
Advising a South Asian state against an Australian joint venture in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 4 billion arising from the refusal of a mining concession application for a copper and gold mining project.
Advised a Latin American state against a car importer from Barbados in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 120 million following currency controls imposed on the importation of luxury cars.
Advising a Latin American state against a US shipbuilding company in an UNCITRAL arbitration valued at USD 450 million in a dispute arising from the termination of a contract for the repair and modernization of two navy frigates.
Advised a Latin American state against a bottle manufacturer in an ICSID arbitration valued at over US$1 billion concerning allegations of expropriation of two bottle manufacturing plants.
Advising a South Asian state against a Turkish electricity transmission company in an ICSID arbitration valued at USD 1.2 billion following the immobilization of power generation vessels.
Advising a Latin American state in a cross-border dispute worth more than US$10 billion arising from an attempt to enforce certain fraudulent obligations.