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Jose Sanchez
Work Department
International Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Position
Counsel
Career
Jose F. Sanchez handles international arbitration matters in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, under the laws of numerous jurisdictions across the globe, with emphasis in New York and Latin America, under the ICC, ICSID, ICDR, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce Rules. Jose’s practice focuses mostly on infrastructure, energy, investor-state relationships, and post-acquisition disputes, and he also has significant experience on disputes involving Intellectual Property rights and disputes related to the hospitality industry. In addition to acting as counsel, Jose has also served as arbitrator in cases handled by several institutions.
Jose also handles cross-border litigation issues related to arbitration, mostly in the Second and Fifth Circuits, such as enforcement of arbitration and forum selection clauses, choice of law clauses, foreign judgments, and arbitration awards.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Driven out of Houston and New York, Vinson & Elkins LLP‘s international arbitration group shines in energy-related disputes, in line with its firm-wide strength. It also secures a steady stream of infrastructure development and construction-related matters. Global head of international disputes James Loftis is a former chief counsel for both the oil sector and the construction and engineering panels of the United Nations Compensation Commission; he splits his time between Houston and Dubai. New York-based Camilo Cardozo heads the international disputes practice for the Americas and is recognized for his expertise in Latin America-related cases. New York’s José Sanchez, whose recent work spans energy, IP and construction matters, recently joined the partnership.
Latin America: International firms > International arbitration
(Next Generation Partners)Vinson & Elkins LLP’s team is led by Houston and Dubai-based James Loftis (head of the firm’s international disputes practice), and New York’s Camilo Cardozo, who heads up the Americas division of the practice. The firm has a particularly notable record in energy and infrastructure disputes, including LNG and natural gas-related arbitration. Additionally, it has extensive experience in both investment and commercial arbitration and demonstrates wide-ranging geographic coverage. The practice continues to be prominent in the market due to its headline role in representing the Panama Canal Authority in arbitrations connected to the Panama Canal expansion project. London’s Nick Henchie is a leading figure in Latin America construction arbitrations, with fellow London-based partner Louise Woods also active on Latin America matters. Raised to the partnership in early 2022, New York’s José F Sanchez is an up-and-coming tri-lingual practitioner with a close focus on the Americas. The team also includes Houston counsel Peter Danysh who has extensive construction and energy disputes experience (both commercial and investor-state), and a particular focus on Latin America.
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- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
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- Tax > International tax
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
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- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Industry focus > Sport
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
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