Jorge Velazquez

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Biography

Jorge Velazquez is an associate based in Greenberg Traurig’s London office. He has experience in commercial arbitration, investment arbitration, and public international law. He has particular experience advising sovereign states and private parties in the energy, construction and infrastructure sectors, including under the ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, CAM, CeCAP, CIRD, and the UNCITRAL Rules.

Areas of Practice (2)

  • International Arbitration
  • Litigation

Education & Credentials

Law School Attended:
University of Cambridge, LL.M., 2023; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México’s Faculty of Law, LL.B., 2018; University of Vienna, LL.B., international exchange student, 2017
Year of First Admission:
2018
Admission:
Mexico
Memberships:

Professional & Community Involvement

•Sole Global Founder, ENERAP (Energy Related Arbitration Practitioners)
•Former Member of the Steering Committee, The Africa Energy Arbitrators Forum
•Former Board Member, The Cambridge University Arbitration Society
•Coach of the University of Cambridge's team for the Willem C. Vis Moot, 2023
•Member, Young ICCA
•Member, Young ICSID
•Member, Young SIAC
•Member, ICC YAF
•Member, Young ITA

Languages:
Spanish and English
Reported Cases:
Experience: Representative Matters: Advising a leading Web3 marketplace in relation to the development of a first-of-its-kind arbitration framework for blockchain disputes.; Investment arbitration representing a Gulf State with a claim value of USD 1 billion.; ICC arbitration relating to a JV dispute in an EPC Contract for the construction of a power plant with a claim value of USD 600 million.; Submission before the International Court of Justice regarding its Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.; CAM arbitration relating to the early termination, due to the COVID pandemic, of a lease agreement for the corporate offices of a truck manufacturer.; ICC arbitration relating to the lease of energy-efficient equipment.; LCIA arbitration relating to a subcontractor's failure to perform work for the construction of a combined-cycle power plant.; ICC arbitration relating to fuel prices of a combined-cycle power plant.; ICC arbitration relating to the modernization and upgrading of a petrochemical plant.; The above representations were handled by Mr Velazquez prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
ISLN:
1001617986

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