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Carmine Pascuzzo

Foreign Legal Consultant

Carmine Pascuzzo advises clients in international investment arbitrations, international commercial arbitrations and complex transborder litigations, bringing more than ten years of experience representing States and State-owned entities before international courts and tribunals. He also adds to our team his experience in Latin American public and administrative law.

Currently, Carmine serves as a professor at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and Universidad Metropolitana, both located in Caracas, Venezuela. He currently represents, or has represented, various private companies, States, and State instrumentalities under different arbitration rules. Some notable cases he has been involved in include:

  • Representing the Dominican Republic in an investment arbitration brought by an Italian investor concerning the construction of a multipurpose dam.
  • Representing Guatemala in an ICSID arbitration initiated by U.S. investors regarding a mining project.
  • Representation of a Mexican consortium in an ICC arbitration against a Colombian company for breach of a contract involving the construction of a hydrocarbon port.
  • Representation of a group of shareholders in an ICC arbitration seated in Miami concerning a dispute over 50% ownership of an airline.
  • Representation of a Latin American state-owned company in an UNCITRAL arbitration concerning a concession contract for the construction of certain road infrastructure.
  • Representing Guatemala in an annulment proceeding under ICSID rules related to an investment arbitration initiated by U.S. investors under CAFTA-DR concerning an energy project.

Before joining Clark Hill, Carmine served as Of Counsel at an international arbitration boutique firm, acting as counsel on behalf of States and state entities in ICSID, UNCITRAL and ICC arbitration proceedings. Prior to that role, he held a partnership position at a Venezuelan firm focused on dispute resolution and public law. In this capacity, he acted as an expert and assisted experts in administrative law in international commercial and investment arbitration proceedings before institutions such as the ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, and LMAA.

*Licensed to practice law in Venezuela. Practice is limited to international arbitration matters. 

Education

L.L.M., University of Stockholm, International Commercial Arbitration Law
L.L.B., Universidad Católica Andrés Bello

Memberships

  • Inter American Commercial Arbitration Commission
  • Venezuelan Arbitration Association

Languages

English, Spanish, Italian

State Bar Licenses

Venezuela

Publications

  • Co-Author: “Challenging the “Splitting the Baby” Myth in International Arbitration”, Journal of International Arbitration, Volume 31, Issue 6 (2014). Kluwer Law International.
  •  Author: “A one-two punch to the Kompetenz-Kompetenz Principle in Venezuela”. Kluwer Arbitration Blog, June 2018.
  • Author: “La Transferencia de la Sede del Arbitraje”. Boletín de la Academia de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Nro. 159, Julio-Diciembre 2019. ACIENPOL.
  • Author: “Reforma del Arbitraje de Inversiones. A propósito del 38º periodo de sesiones del Grupo de Trabajo No. III de la CNUDMI”. Revista MARC. 1ra Edición 2020. Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje (CEDCA).
  • Author: “Comentarios sobre la Sentencia No. 362 dictada por la Sala Político-Administrativa del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia, en fecha 21 de marzo de 2018 (caso Construcciones Espacio XXI)” Derecho y Sociedad. Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas y Políticas de la Universidad Monteávila. Caracas 16 (2020).
  • Author: “La cautio iudicatum solvi vis-à-vis el financiamiento de terceros en el arbitraje”. Revista MARC. 1era Edicion 2020. Centro de Conciliación y Arbitraje (CEDCA).
  • Author: “Reseña sobre las actuaciones de la Asociación Venezolana de Arbitraje respecto a la tramitación de una solicitud de avocamiento de la Sala Constitucional del Tribunal Supremo de Justicia en un arbitraje comercial institucional nacional”. Anuario Venezolano de Arbitraje Nacional e Internacional, Nro. 1- Año 2020.

Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker on the panel “Amici Curiae en Procedimientos de Arbitraje” Mexico Arbitration Week, held in Mexico City (May 2023).
  • Speaker on the panel “ICC YAF: Industries Series: Arbitration and Mining”, held in Santiago de Chile (March 2023).
  • Speaker at the “VI Jornada de Arbitraje” organized by the Academy of Political and Social Sciences and the Venezuelan Arbitration Association (Nov. 2019). Topic: “La Transferencia de la Sede del Arbitraje” (“The Transfer of the Seat of Arbitration”).
  • Speaker on the panel on “Third Party Funding” at the event “El Arbitraje en Iberoamérica: retos y tendencias” organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Mexico City (Jun. 2019).
  • Speaker at the V National and International Arbitration Congress of the Venezuelan Arbitration Association (May 2019). Topic: “Los Vicios de Nulidad del Laudo” (“Grounds for annulment of awards”).
  • Speaker at the National and International Arbitration Congress of the Venezuelan Arbitration Association (Apr. 2017). Topic: “Medidas Cautelares” (“Interim Measures”).

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