Band 3
Band 5
Foreign Expert
About
Provided by Miguel López Forastier
Practice Areas
Miguel López Forastier focuses his practice on international arbitration and litigation. He has successfully represented a wide range of clients, including those in the oil and gas, communications, financial services, media, food, and mining industries in investor-State and commercial arbitrations. Both civil and common-law trained, Mr. López Forastier handles contentious work in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Career
Cámara de Nacional de Apelaciones en lo Comercial de Buenos Aires, Argentina (Commercial Court of Appeals of Buenos Aires).
Personal
The George Washington University, LL.M. in Patents and Intellectual Property Law, 1997; Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Abogado, 1994.
Chambers Review
Global
Miguel López Forastier is co-chair of Covington & Burling's Global Problem Solving practice. He is adept at both investor-state and commercial arbitration matters arising in Latin America, particularly those concerning Mexico, Peru and Venezuela.
Miguel López Forastier is praised for his expertise in investor-state arbitrations. He is adept at handling matters involving Latin America as well as those concerning the energy sector.
Miguel López Forastier is praised for his expertise in investor-state arbitrations. He is adept at handling matters involving Latin America as well as those concerning the energy sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Miguel López Forastier is great in terms of his judgement and knowledge of the law."
"He's a very serious and experienced lawyer."
"Miguel López Forastier is great in terms of his judgement and knowledge of the law."
"He's a very serious and experienced lawyer."