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Alfredo De Jesús O.

Address: 

4, rue Quentin Bauchart
75008 Paris
France

Phone Number: 
+33.1.43.26.11.25
Fax Number: 
+33.1.73.79.31.36
Email: 
alfredo.dejesus@adejesus.com
Born: 
1979, Caracas
Languages: 
English French Portuguese Spanish
Nationalities: 
Venezuelan
Education: 
University of Paris II (Sorbonne Universités), Ph.D in Law Summa cum laude
University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Master in Commercial and Economic Law, 2004
University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Master in General Private Law, 2003
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Abogado, 2002
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Paris Bar (2011)
Venezuelan Bar (2003)
Present Position: 
Principal, Alfredo De Jesús O. – Transnational Arbitration, Litigation and Business Law
Associate Member, CREDIMI Centre de recherche sur le droit des marchés et des investissements internationaux (CNRS/University of Burgundy), Honorary Associate, CEPMLP Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (University of Dundee)
Adjunct Professor of Law (Transnational Petroleum Law and Arbitration), University of Paris XI and University of Versailles
Professional Associations: 

Co-Director, Transnational Petroleum Law Institute; Member of the Steering Committee, Groupe de Beaune; Member, ICC Latin American Arbitration Group, ICC Institute of World Business Law, LCIA YIAG Representative for Latin America, ICSID Review, Member of the Peer Review Board; Director, French Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.

Arbitration Experience: 

Over 30 transnational arbitration proceedings under the Rules of Arbitration of the ICC, ICSID, ICSID’s Additional Facility, LCIA and UNCITRAL. Recent engagements include: Of Counsel to the Office of the Attorney General of a Latin American State in several ad-hoc and institutional transnational commercial and Investor-State arbitration proceedings under the rules of arbitration of the ICC, ICSID, ICSID’s Additional Facility and UNCITRAL and involving several billion US dollars, Co-Counsel to a Latin American State in an ICSID BIT arbitration brought by an investor over the alleged expropriation of its investments in the manufacturing sector (amount in dispute exceeds US$ 1.2 billion), Co-Counsel to a Latin American State in an ad-hoc arbitration with a military contractor over a contract to refurbish two warships (amount in dispute exceeds US$ 450 million), Co-Counsel to a Latin American State in an ICSID BIT arbitration brought by an investor over the alleged expropriation of its investments in the agro-industrial sector (amount in dispute exceeds US$ 230 million).

Areas of Specialization: 
Business Law
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Mining and Natural Resources
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

The Prodigious Story of the Lex Petrolea and the Rhinoceros. Philosophical Aspects of the Transnational Legal Order of the Petroleum Society (Transnational Petroleum Law Institute, 2012); The New World Order of Economic Relations in the light of Arbitral Jurisprudence (Co-author, ICC, 2014); La cession du contrat international. Contribution à l’étude du droit transnational des contrats (University of Paris II, 2010).