Richard C Lorenzo
Latin America Guide 2025
Band 2 : International Arbitration
Band 2
About
Provided by Richard C Lorenzo
Practice Areas
Richard is Regional Managing Partner for the Americas and, as a member of the firm's leadership team, is focused on achieving the firm's strategy in the region. He previously held a number of management roles including board member and Miami Office Managing Partner.
Richard focuses on international commercial litigation and arbitration for foreign and domestic clients with interests throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Using creative and nuanced strategies, Richard resolves his clients' complex cross-border disputes which are often precedent-setting. Whether it's a dispute in English or Spanish, or before any of the most important tribunals or institutions – including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and others – Richard effectively analyzes the matter and collaborates with clients to implement a winning strategy. Time spent living in Latin America attuned Richard to the civil law system and political landscape of Spanish-speaking jurisdictions, which complements his English-language arbitration practices.
Actively involved in academia. He extensively lectures in his practice area and is an adjunct professor of International Arbitration and Litigation at Florida International University College of Law.
Chambers Review
Latin America
Richard Lorenzo has a diverse practice representing both investors and sovereigns in key investor-state arbitration cases in Latin America. He also advises private clients on commercial arbitration claims.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Richard Lorenzo is an amazing storyteller and advocate. He is extremely eloquent and displays a fantastic delivery of arguments in hearings."
"Richard Lorenzo is an amazing storyteller and advocate. He is extremely eloquent and displays a fantastic delivery of arguments in hearings."