Experience

CARLOS CONCEPCIÓN

The following are a representative matters that Carlos has handled:

  • Counsel for a U.S. Construction company in a ICSID dispute involving the violation of various investment treaties between Panama and the United States

  • Counsel for a US Construction Company in an ICC matter seated in Panama regarding Respondent’s failure to pay the Petitioner for services and expenses incurred in the development of various infra structure projects. 

  • Counsel for Petitioner in the Confirmation and Enforcement of an International Arbitration Award for US$135MM under the New York and Panama Conventions.

  • Co-Arbitrator in an ICC matter regarding a Distribution Supply Agreement between parties from the US and Guatemala.   

  • Arbitrator in a ICSID matter between an investor from Venezuela and Respondent Costa Rica.

  • Sole Arbitrator in a ICDR dispute among investors in a Hotel and Casino in the Dominican Republic. 

  • Sole arbitrator in a ICDR case involving a software licensing dispute between a distributor in Costa Rica and U.S. company.

  • Arbitrator in a CPR case involving allegations of financial statement fraud in a dispute between a major accounting firm and bankruptcy trustee.

  • Sole Arbitrator in a CPR dispute between an international law firm and its former European client. 

  • Sole Arbitrator in an ICDR dispute between Puerto Rico companies regarding media and publishing services. 

  • Arbitrator in an ICC dispute between telecommunication companies in Spain and El Salvador. 

  • Counsel for a German manufacturing company in an ICC arbitration relating to a claim filed by a distributor in Massachusetts alleging various breaches of a distribution agreement.

  • Counsel in a UNCITRAL multi-treaty multi-party matter (administered by ICSID) for six Claimants from Portugal, Argentina, and Canada who were investors in several Hotels seized by local authorities in Mexico.

  • Counsel for Amici in a US Supreme Court case in which SCOTUS considered whether the common law doctrine of Equitable Estoppel is available to “non-signatories” of an international arbitration agreement who seek to compel arbitration under the New York Convention and Chapter 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act.   

  • Counsel for Claimant in an ICC shareholder dispute in Bogota regarding a pharmaceutical company and related Award confirmation proceedings in the Southern District of Florida.

  • Counsel for petitioner in an ICC dispute between the two controlling shareholders of a multilevel vitamin and herbal supplement company doing business in Mexico and the United States.

  • Counsel for Petitioner in a Discovery dispute under 28 USC 1782 relating to the investment in a joint stock company registered under the laws of Russia.

  • Counsel for Amici in a Florida Supreme Court case in which the Court considered whether an arbitration clause must expressly say that the arbitrators have the power to determine arbitrability or whether it is enough to incorporate the AAA rules into the clause.   

  • Counsel for Respondent in an ICC dispute between a UK company and a Florida company related to media and entertainment services.

  • Counsel for Respondent in an ICC case regarding a dispute between a Florida distributor and a Beijing manufacturer of die-cast products.

  • Counsel for Petitioner in an ICDR dispute involving the financing of durable medical equipment products in Latin America.

  • Counsel for a group of Canadian developers and investors in timeshare resorts in the Dominican Republic.

  • Counsel for a Special Litigation Committee of the Board of Directors of a Puerto Rico Bank in a derivative action in the District Court for Puerto Rico with related proceedings in the Southern District of Florida.

  • Counsel for a Central American government agency in the investigation of claims arising from the sale and settlement of various viatical insurance policies.

  • Counsel, in many cases, for the Professional Liability Unit of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the investigation and subsequent litigation against various officers, directors and outside accounting firms in connection with the failure of many savings and loans and national banks. All proceedings were in various U.S. District Courts pursuant to the FDIC’s receivership powers under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA).

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