
Francisco Franco
Biography
Practice Focus
Representative Legal Matters
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Representing an Anglo-Dutch leading oil and gas corporation and a Russian oil and company in an ICC arbitration against an American energy company relating to an LNG plant in Northern Mexico.
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Represented the US subsidiaries of a Spanish infrastructure group in an ICSID arbitration against a South American state relating to the construction of six hydroelectric power plants.
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Represented a gold mining corporation against a Latin American state in an arbitration challenging the expropriation of the company's rights over one of the world's largest gold deposits.
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Represented a consortium of water treatment companies against a South American country in the damages stage of an ICSID arbitration over the mistreatment of the companies' investments.
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Represented an East African government in a major highway construction dispute with a Japanese company.
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Represented a construction company in a case against a Middle Eastern country over the government's unlawful interference in a power plant construction project awarded to the client.
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Advised a Cypriot group of companies in a dispute against an Eastern European country over the country's politically motivated harassment campaign against the group's investments.
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Represented a pharmaceutical company against a Latin American state in an UNCITRAL/PCA arbitration over the misconduct of the state's judiciary and other authorities.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New York State Bar Association, International Section's International Arbitration Committee - Vice Chair
Admissions
- New York~United States (2015)
- Mexico (2009)
Education
- Columbia University School of Law (LL.M.) (2013)
- Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (Master International Dispute Settlement) (2011)
- Universidad Iberoamericana (LL.B.) (2009)
Languages
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish