Baker Botts L.L.P.

Litigation / International Disputes

Senior Associate

Ernesto is an experienced practitioner in public international law, in commercial arbitration and in construction arbitration, with a focus on Latin American disputes. He is Civil-Law trained, with a doctorate in public international law from the University of Oxford.

Our clients consider Ernesto “a great lawyer” (Legal 500 UK 2022). He has acted as counsel for private sector clients, for State-owned companies and for sovereign States in institutional and in ad hoc arbitrations (ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC and CAM Santiago). He has also provided advice to our clients on the international and domestic legal protections available for transnational investments, on construction law and on numerous areas of public international law, such as maritime delimitation issues, the law of the sea, the law of state responsibility, the law of treaties and international humanitarian law.

Prior to joining Baker Botts in 2014, Ernesto was an associate at an international law and international arbitration boutique law firm in London. He was also a Judicial Fellow/University Trainee (2010-2011) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, where he clerked for Judges Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf and Sir Christopher Greenwood.

Ernesto practices fully bilingually in Spanish and in English and is fluent in French.

Qualified Solicitor, England & Wales, 2023

Qualified Legal Practitioner, Dominican Republic, 2011

Bar Association of the Dominican Republic

Doctor of Philosophy, International Law, Oxford University 2012 Oxford University Fellow/University Trainee International Court of Justice, 2010-2012 Henrietta Jex-Blake Studentship, Lady Margaret Hall, 2008-2009

Master of Philosophy, International Law, Oxford University 2008 Supervising Editor, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal Treasurer, Oxford Pro Bono Publico

Magister Juris, Oxford University 2006

Licenciatura en Derecho, Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra 2005 magna cum laude