Originially from: World Arbitration and Mediation Review (WAMR)

Rice Fowler Reports on Latin American Arbitration
[Editor's Note: The law firm of Rice Fowler has agreed to provide
WAMR with a series of reports on the law and practice of international
arbitration in Latin America. Rice Fowler has substantial expertise in
foreign investment and arbitration in the United States and Latin America,
and an extensive Latin American practice with an office in Bogota,
Colombia, and independent correspondent relations with law firms in
Caracas, Mexico City, San Jose, San Juan, and Sao Paulo. The firm also
maintains offices in New Orleans, Houston, London, and Coral Gables.
The present article is due largely to the efforts of John H. Ronney, Jr.,
Esq., who is a partner in Rice Fowler's office in Coral Gables. Mr. Rooney
is the Chair of the International Arbitration Law Committee of the Inter-
American Law Committee, and Corporate Secretary of the Commercial
Dispute Resolution Center of the Americas, located in Miami, Florida. His
practice includes the drafting of arbitration clauses for use in international
transactions and advising on international arbitrations and litigation. Mr.
Rooney can be contacted at Rice Fowler, Counsellors at Law, Penthouse
Suite, 2222 Ponce De Leon Boulevard, Coral Gables, Fla. 33134, tel:
(305) 607-0772, fax: (305) 445-6761, e-mail: Jrooney@ricefowler.com.
Adrian Simons-Pino is an attorney with the Estudio Rosselló law firm
located in Lima, Perú, and he is a Professor of Procedural Law at the
University of Lima. Estudio Rosselló is a full-service firm which has a
wide-range of multinational clients. Mr. Simons-Pino can be contacted at
simons@rossello.com.pe, or at (511) 222-7700, fax: (511) 222-2555. This
is the first in a series of articles on the law and practice of international
commercial arbitration in Latin America, each of which will be coauthored
by a distinguished Latin American practitioner in the field. The
next report will focus upon the arbitration law and practice in Ecuador.]

The Law and Practice of
International Arbitration in Peru

by Adrian Simon & John H. Rooney, Jr.

In this report, we provide an overview of the governing principles
for the conduct of international arbitrations and the recognition and
enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Perú. Perú was selected as the
focus of this first study of international commercial arbitration in Latin
America because of the strong support that Perú's legal institutions
provide for alternative dispute resolution. The country has ratified the
New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign
Arbitral Awards, the Inter-American Convention on International
Commercial Arbitration, and the Inter-American Convention on the