Freshfields LLP

International Arbitration

Partner, Head of Arbitration in the Americas and Co-Head of Latin America Practice

Noiana Marigo is a partner in our international arbitration group, head of arbitration in the Americas and co-head of the firm’s Latin America practice.

Noiana is civil and common law trained and has acted as counsel and arbitrator in more than 45 high-stakes, cutting-edge commercial and investment treaty arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the ICSID, ICC, PCA and/or ICDR, and under the UNCITRAL rules in both English and Spanish across a variety of sectors such as oil and gas, mining, telecommunications, infrastructure, aviation and airport services, pensions, sovereign debt, agriculture, and food production and distribution. Noiana currently represents several investors in their arbitrations against Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, Honduras, Uruguay, and Ecuador

Noiana is recognized by Who’s Who Legal (2021) as one of the top practitioners in the field of international arbitration. In 2019, she was selected by the Hispanic National Bar Foundation as the recipient of the Latina Leadership Award and, in 2020, Noiana was recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the United States by Lawdragon and one of Latin America's "Top 35 Female Lawyers" by Latinvex for her achievements in international arbitration.

Prior to joining Freshfields in 2002, Noiana worked for Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal for three years in Buenos Aires. Noiana received her law degree, with honors, from Buenos Aires University and her masters, with honors, from Université Paris I Panthéon and a masters in international legal studies from New York University School of Law. She is admitted as an attorney in Argentina and in New York. She speaks English, Spanish, French and German.

English, Spanish, French, German

Buenos Aires University, Université Paris I Panthéon, New York University School of Law