René Irra de la Cruz

Practice Areas

Appeals in Cassation and Other Special Appeals

Business and Human Rights

Large-scale Litigation and Class Action

Construction & Real Estate Litigation

Corporate and M&A Disputes

Antitrust Private Enforcement

Litigation

International Arbitration

Career

René Irra is an expert in court proceedings and international arbitrations carried out under institutional and ad hoc rules, acting as lawyer, arbitrator and expert in Mexican law in proceedings outside of Mexico. His expertise also covers sectors such as M&A, foreign investment, international trade, investor-state dispute settlement, energy (electricity, oil and gas), construction and infrastructures, real estate, logistics, transport, port activities, health, sports, and leisure and entertainment.

He is a guest lecturer of foreign investment and investment arbitration at Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, in the dual degree master with Universidad de Monterrey. He regularly gives seminars as part of the Diploma in Business Arbitration, the Diploma in Letters of Credit and Financing and the Diploma in International Business, organized by the International Chamber of Commerce of Mexico.

Professional Memberships

He is deputy chair of the Mexican Society of Construction Law.

Previously, he was regional coordinator for Latin America in the International Chamber of Commerce's Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) and chair of the ICC’s Young Arbitrators Committee in Mexico.

Publications

He has written articles on arbitration and international trade published in Costa Rica, El Salvador, France, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Spain.

July 7, 2023

Cuatrecasas Arbitration Highlights - Number 1

October 4, 2021

Constitutional Reform in the Electricity Sector

Education