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Aline Ramos Poelaert
Associate
Aline Ramos Poelaert is an associate in the International Dispute Resolution Practice based in the Paris office. Her practice focuses exclusively on international arbitration.
Aline is a French and Mexican national, specialising in international commercial arbitration and investor-state disputes. Her practice focuses on complex international disputes involving energy, pipelines, joint ventures and infrastructure projects in Latin America, conducted under various procedural rules, including those of the ICC, LCIA, ICDR, UNCITRAL and ICSID, and governed by various legal systems. She also has experience assisting arbitral tribunals in both commercial and investment international arbitrations.
She holds a master’s degree from Panthéon-Assas university in Paris and is admitted to practice law in Mexico. Fluent in both Spanish and French as native languages, she is also proficient in English.
Prior to joining the firm in 2021, Aline worked as a lawyer in a top-tier international law firm in Mexico City for more than four years, advising both Mexican and foreign companies in numerous high-profile arbitration proceedings. She also has experience assisting arbitral tribunals in both commercial and investment international arbitrations.
- Representing the Republic of Ecuador in a PCA investment arbitration related to a gold and silver mining project brought by a Chinese investor (Junefield Gold Investments Limited v. Republic of Ecuador, PCA Case No. 2023-35).
- Representing the Republic of Peru in three commercial arbitrations under the ICSID rules, related to a concession agreement for the construction of Line 2 of the Lima Metro, one of the most emblematic public-private partnership projects currently underway in Latin America:
- Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A. v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/3
- Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A. v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/21/41
- Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A. v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/21/57
- Representing the Republic of Peru in a commercial arbitration under the ICSID rules, related to a concession agreement for the construction of a wastewater sanitation system in the region around Lake Titicaca (Operadora Ecológica del Titicaca S.A.C. v. Republic of Peru, ICSID Case No. ARB/23/11).
- Representing the Republic of Panama in a commercial arbitration under the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (IACAC) rules, initiated by a Canadian investor, related to a copper mine concession contract.
- Representing the Republic of Costa Rica in an ICSID investment arbitration related to the agro-industry sector (Alejandro Diego Díaz Gaspar v. Republic of Costa Rica, ICSID Case No. ARB/19/13).
- Representing a Mexican energy company in an ICC arbitration seated in Mexico City, related to the construction and operation of a natural gas transportation pipeline.
- Representing a Mexican energy company in an LCIA arbitration seated in Mexico City, related to the construction and operation of a natural gas transportation pipeline.
- Representing one of the largest brewery companies in an ICC arbitration, related to the renewable energy sector.
- Representing a Mexican company in an ICDR arbitration seated in Idaho, US, related to an international distribution agreement.
- Representing a Mexican construction company in an ICC arbitration related to the construction of a port terminal.
- Secretary to the arbitral tribunal in an ICC arbitration between two Mexican companies related to the operation of a natural gas transportation pipeline.
- Secretary to the arbitral tribunal in an ICC arbitration under Spanish law between a Spanish company and a German company in connection with a contract for the sale and purchase of photovoltaic modules.
Education
- Université Paris II Panthéon - Assas, LL.M., with honours, French, European and International Business Law, 2021
- The Hague Academy of International Law, Winter Course on International Law, 2020
- Escuela Libre de Derecho and the International Chamber of Commerce, Diploma, International Commercial Arbitration, 2018
- Escuela Libre de Derecho, Licenciatura en Derecho, J.D., with honours, 2017
Admissions
- Mexico, 2018
Memberships & Affiliations
- Member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) Young Practitioners Group
- Member of Young ICSID
- Member of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB)
Languages
- Spanish
- French
- English
- Author, “Climate change dispute resolution and the role of arbitration”, Pauta, 90th Newsletter of the ICC Mexico Chapter, January 2020.