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Vinson & Elkins LLP
The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas, 32nd Floor
New York 10036
United States

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

Latin America: International firms > International arbitration

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José SanchezVinson & Elkins LLP

United States > Dispute resolution > International arbitration

Vinson & Elkins LLP‘s international arbitration practice specializes in disputes involving energy, infrastructure development, and technology. Members of the team are particularly skilled at handling international energy and construction disputes, as well as ICSID annulment proceedings involving bilateral investment treaties, and advising on hydrocarbon developers’ rights. In Houston, team head James Loftis is noted for his expertise in both commercial and investor-state disputes, and arbitrations involving energy, construction, and infrastructure development. Loftis is joined at leadership level by New York-based Camilo Cardozo, who is particularly skilled at handling Latin American commercial arbitrations. In New York, the trilingual José F Sanchez regularly acts as lead counsel on high-profile bet-the company cases, and has vast experience of handling injunctive relief work, while in Houston Peter Danysh has knowledge of all major institutional rules.