Clara Damianovich is an associate at Wordstone Dispute Resolution, specializing both in investor-State and commercial arbitration. Clara has experience acting in proceedings under ICSID, ICC, and UNCITRAL rules, in disputes in the telecommunications, oil, energy, mining, and gaming industries. She has special experience defending States and State-owned entities.

Prior to joining Wordstone Dispute Resolution, Clara worked in the international arbitration team of Dechert LLP (Paris office), and in the corporate and dispute resolution departments of Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Clara also worked as a fellow in the international law division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the OECD.

Representing a South American State Entity in a commercial arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules arising from a project for the development and implementation of a customized enterprise resource planning (ERP) software.

Representing the Republic of Ecuador and its National Mining Company (Enami EP) against a Chilean company in an ICC arbitration arising out of a copper mining project.

Representing a South American State in a commercial arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules arising from alleged breaches of a participation agreement for the exploration and exploitation of crude oil, an exploitation operational agreement and their amendments.

New York University, LL.M in International Legal Studies, 2022

Torcuato Di Tella University, LL.B, 2019

City of Buenos Aires, New York and Paris (pending)

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