Rodrigo Oreamuno
P.O. Box 5173
Bufete Facio & Cañas, Barrio Tournón.
San José 1000
Costa Rica
Member of Facio & Cañas law firm (1964– ); Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Center for Mediation and Commercial Arbitration of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (2008– ). Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Costa Rica-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (2008– ). Member of the World Bank’s Sanction Board (2007– ). Member of the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Costa Rica (2006– ). First Vice President of the Republic of Costa Rica, (1994–1998); Minister of the Presidency of the Republic of Costa Rica, (March 1995 – July 1996); Coordinator of the Government’s Economic Team, (July 1996 – May 1998); Member of the Costa Rican Congress, (1990–1992), and head of the National Liberation Party Legislative Group in Congress, (1991–1992); Alternate Justice of the Supreme Court, (1983– 1990); President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Board or Directors of the Costa Rican Bar Association, (1982–83; 1974–75; 1969–71); Member of the Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (1982–1986); Ad honorem Legal Advisor for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, (1976–1982); Professor of Commercial Law, School of Law, University of Costa Rica, (1966–1974)
Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration of the Costa Rican-USA Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), (1999– ); Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration of the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce (1999- ); International Centre for Settlement of Investments Disputes (ICSID), (1999– ); Center for Mediation and Commercial Arbitration of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (2008– ).
National Mediation and Arbitration: Member of 3 ad hoc Arbitration Tribunals, (2003–2006); Member of 8 Arbitration Tribunals under AMCHAM’s International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration Chamber of Commerce, (2000–2010); Conciliator in 2 cases under AMCHAM’s International Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration, (2002-2004). Member of 8 Arbitration Tribunals under the Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration of the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce, (2003-2011).
International Mediation and Arbitration: Member of 13 Arbitration Tribunals under ICSID and President in 9 of them, (1999–2012); Conciliator in 2 cases under ICSID, (2001); Member of 5 Arbitration Tribunals under ICC’s Court of Arbitration, (2002–2011); Sole arbitrator in a case under ICC’s Court of Arbitration, (2005– ); Member of two Arbitration Tribunals under AAA, (1999–2001). Member of 3 arbitration Tribunals under the Permanent Court of Arbitration.