Jorge Mattamouros

Jorge Mattamouros is an associate in King & Spalding’s Houston office, and a member of the firm’s International Arbitration Practice Group.

Mr. Mattamouros’s practice focuses on representing clients in international arbitrations, and advising companies and public authorities on matters concerning investment promotion and protection. Mr. Mattamouros handles or has handled disputes in Africa, Europe, Latin America, and Asia in relation to the oil and gas, energy, mining, infrastructure, and transportation sectors. In addition to his work as counsel, Mr. Mattamouros has served as arbitrator and as mediator, and has co-authored expert opinions in arbitral proceedings subject to Portuguese law.

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Mr. Mattamouros was a Lecturer at the Porto University Law School.

Mr. Mattamouros holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. He is currently a doctoral candidate at the Law School of the New University of Lisbon.

Appointments

• Investment Arbitration Task Force of the Portuguese Arbitration Association (2011-present)
  
  
• Advisor, Harvard Law School’s Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team (2011)
  
  
• Visiting Researcher at the Lüdwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany (2008)

Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements

• Investment Arbitration, ICSID, ICSID Convention and Compromissory Clause, in Portuguese Society of International Law (ed.), Encyclopedia of International Law (original in Portuguese) (forthcoming)
  
  
• “Whether Brazil Should Sign BITs: the European Experience”, speaker at the X International Congress of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee, Brasília (Brazil), September 2011
  
  
• “Damages in Investment Arbitration”, speaker at the Investment Arbitration Seminar, Lisbon Chamber of Commerce & Portuguese Arbitration Association, Lisbon (Portugal), April 2011
  
  
• “Transferred Loss in Portuguese Contract Law”, Revista Faculdade de Direito da Univ. Porto, 2006 (article) (original in Portuguese)