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Eduardo Silva Romero

Address: 

32 rue de Monceau
Paris 75008
France

Phone Number: 
+331 5757 8080
Fax Number: 
+331 5757 8081
Email: 
eduardo.silvaromero@dechert.com
Born: 
1971, Bogota, Colombia
Languages: 
Spanish French English Portuguese
Nationalities: 
French
Colombian
Education: 
PhD (Summa Cum Laude), Univ. of Paris II, 2000 ; DEA in Philosophy of Law, 1996; DSU in Private International Law and Comparative Law and Legal Terminology, 1995; Law degree, Univ. del Rosario, Bogota, 1993.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to the Colombian and French Bars
Present Position: 
Partner, Dechert (Paris) LLP, International Arbitration Department (since 2005); Professor of International Law, Univ. del Rosario; Lecturer, Sciences Po Paris and Univ. of Paris XI
Professional Experience: 

Associate. Law Firm Hernando TAPIAS ROCHA; Associate Coudert Brothers LLP (Paris); Assistant Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration, Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Deputy Secretary General of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Partner, Coudert Brothers LLP (Paris), International Arbitration Department

Professional Associations: 

He is a member of several institutes, associations and commissions, notably: Associate Member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law; Member and former Secretary of the ICC Latin American Arbitration Group; Colombian Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and Chairman of the ICC Task Force on Arbitration involving states or state entities

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, designated by Colombia

Arbitration Experience: 

He advised or acted as arbitrator on arbitration matters conducted under the auspices of the ICC, ICSID, AAA, LCIA, Geneva Chamber of Commerce and the SCC as well as in ad-hoc proceedings under the UNCITRAL Rules. He also acted as member of ad hoc annulment committees in ICSID arbitration

Areas of Specialization: 
Construction
Distribution & Licensing
International Dispute Resolution
International Sale of Goods
Mergers & Acquisitions
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
Malicorp Limited v. The Arab Republic of Egypt, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/18, Decision on the Application for Annulment of Malicorp Limited (July 3, 2013)
Astaldi S.p.A. v. Republic of Honduras, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/32, Award (September 17, 2010) (Spanish)
David Minnotte & Robert Lewis v. Republic of Poland, ICSID Case No. ARB (AF)/10/1, Decision on the Request for Interpretation of the Award (October 22, 2014)
David Minnotte & Robert Lewis v. Republic of Poland, ICSID Case No. ARB (AF)/10/1, Award (May 16, 2014)
Rumeli Telekom A.S. and Telsim Mobil Telekomunikasyon Hizmetleri A.S. v, Kazakhstan, ICSID Case No. ARB/05/16 (Turkey/Kazakhstan BIT), Decision of the ad hoc Committee
ICC Case Law - Part 1, Chapter 3 - State Entities in International Arbitration
Publications: 

“Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and State Contracts,” ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin Vol. 13, No. 1, 2002; “Multiparty and Multicontract Arbitration: Recent ICC Experience,” ICC
International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, 2003); “Requiem for the Rules of Article 177(2) of the Swiss Private International Law Act ?”, Liber Amicorum in honour of Robert Briner, Paris, 2005, p. 825 and s.; “A propos de l’inexorable collision de philosophies dans la constitutionnalisation de l’arbitrage en Amérique Latine”, in Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson et Arnoldo Wald (dir.), L’arbitrage en France et Amérique Latine à l’aube du XXI siècle, Paris, 2008, p. 269 and s.