Jose Rodriguez-Marquez
Mexico City
Jose Rodriguez-Marquez is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute. He was the first member in Latin America to attain Chartered Arbitrator status. He has been a distinguished member of the Chartered Institute for more than twenty years and previously served as chair of the North America Branch as well as having been a longstanding member of the Executive Committee, during which Sr. Rodriguez-Marquez was instrumental in bringing Mexico into the North America Branch. He has been an active tutor for the accelerated route to fellowship for many years. He obtained his Law Degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude and received the Gabino Barreda medal. He received his Doctorate from the Mexican Academy of International Law, with the Award of the Mexican Order of Law, Culture and Peace (Title of Commander).
Ava Borrasso FCIArb
Miami, Florida
Ava Borrasso FCIArb acts as arbitrator and counsel in international and commercial disputes before the ICDR, AAA, ICC. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Vice Chair of Membership of the North America Branch and a member of its Board of Directors. She is a panel member of the ICDR and AAA commercial and complex commercial panels. She has been recognized for arbitration by Who’s Who Legal; Best Lawyers in America and Legal500 Latin America. Ms. Borrasso has served as sole, panel and emergency arbitrator in disputes involving financial services, IT, international trade, sports and commercial matters. She often writes on arbitration related topics and is a member of the Editorial Board of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s Dispute Resolution Magazine.
Marcio Vasconcellos
Los Angeles
Marcio Vasconcellos if a Fellow with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Chair of the Los Angeles Chapter, and a member of the Young Members Group of CIArb NAB. He is an international arbitration associate with Musick, Peeler & Garrett, in Los Angeles, where he represents individuals and companies in complex international commercial arbitrations with a focus in M&A, construction, contracts, and commercial disputes. Prior to joining Musick Peeler, Marcio lived and practiced in his home country of Brazil, where he developed significant international arbitration experience in the LATAM market. In addition to his practice, Marcio is an adjunct professor of international arbitration at Pepperdine University's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and at the University of Southern California - USC Gould School of Law.
Sarah E. Reynolds
Palo Alto & Chicago
As an integral partner in Mayer Brown's International Arbitration practice, Sarah represents multinational corporations before domestic and international arbitral bodies, including ICC, SCIA, HKIA, JAMS, AAA, and ICDR. Those disputes range from complex commercial supply agreements to licensing agreements. Sarah's arbitration experience also includes obtaining and defending against judicial review of arbitration awards, and negotiating arbitration clauses in enterprise critical transaction agreements. In addition to her advocacy work, Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators trained arbitrator. She is also a Center for Conflict Resolution trained mediator.
Reynaldo Urtiaga
Mexico City
Reynaldo Urtiaga is a Partner at Bryan, Gonzalez Vargas & Gonzalez Baz. He is the Chair of the CIArb NAB Mexico Chapter. He has over 18 years of experience advising and representing foreign corporations doing business in Mexico. His expertise spans across international commercial law, IP law, IT law, government contracts, international trade law, arbitration, mediation, expert determination, and cross-border litigation. He is on the roster of arbitrators/panelists of CIETAC, ICANN, WIPO, CAfA, KCAB, SCIA, BVI IAC, and has sat as Sole Arbitrator, Co-arbitrator or Chair in ICC, CANACO, and CAM arbitral proceedings. He has been appointed expert witness on Mexican Law in US legal proceedings. He is a Professor of Law at UNAM, a Doctor of Juridical Science and Bachelor of Laws (UNAM), and an LL.M. graduate (LSE).
David Wilson, FCIArb
Denver, Colorado
David Wilson, FCIArb, is a member of Sherman & Howard L.L.C. He is a both a Colorado attorney and a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.
David has served as tribunal chair, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator 48 times, including matters under ICDR, ICC, AAA, and other rules. He is the former Vice Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and co-chaired the Commission’s Task Force on the Use of Information Technology and the Task Force on Expertise. He is a member of the North American Branch’s Executive Committee and chairs the USCIB (ICC USA) Arbitration Committee’s Rocky Mountain Subcommittee.
Euromoney’s Expert Guides’ Best of the Best USA and Best of the Best (Global) 2019 named him as one of the top 30 arbitration lawyers in the United States and the world.
