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Senior Associate
Trial and Global Disputes
/ International Arbitration and Litigation
Eldy Roché is a senior associate in King & Spalding’s International Arbitration practice in the Houston office. She is dual-qualified in civil law and common law: She first obtained her Law Degree in Honduras from the Catholic University of Honduras (2005) then a LLM in Comparative Law from the University of Miami (2007) and a JD from Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington (2009). She also attended The Hague Academy of International Law’s Summer Program on Private International Law (2011).
Eldy's experience includes representing corporate clients in investor-state, commercial arbitrations, and tort litigation. She focuses on advising clients on energy, mining, and infrastructure disputes, civil law issues, and international law. She has experience in disputes involving the governing laws of Ecuador, Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, The Netherlands, and India. She represents clients in cases before the International Chamber of Commerce, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, as well as in ad hoc cases under the UNCITRAL Rules. Before joining King & Spalding, she was a member of the global disputes practice at a large international law firm. She also served as a Law Extern in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington (2009) and worked as an escribiente at the Court of Appeals in San Pedro Sula, Honduras (2002-2005).
Publications
Recognition
J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law
LL.M., University of Miami School of Law
District of Columbia
Florida
Texas
Spanish
July 28, 2021
K&S counsels Chevron and Texaco Petroleum in a pollution dispute with Ecuador
Representing Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production Co. in an ad hoc arbitration against the Kingdom of Thailand, concerning decommissioning of offshore assets in the Gulf of Thailand
Representing Chevron Corporation in a treaty arbitration against the Republic of Ecuador, concerning the US$9 billion "Lago Agrio" environmental judgment issued by the Ecuadorian courts through fraud and corruption. In August 2018, the Tribunal found, inter alia, that Ecuador (i) breached FET and committed a denial of justice under customary international law and the BIT by issuing, rendering enforceable, maintaining the enforceability, and executing the Lago Agrio Judgment, and (ii) Ecuador’s judiciary violated Ecuador’s obligations under the BIT’s Umbrella clause. The Tribunal is currently determining the compensation Ecuador owes Claimants.
Representing a global infrastructure developer in an ICSID arbitration against Peru arising from canceled concessions to build and operate fiber-optic networks in remote areas of the country
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September 4, 2020
Arbitration Team of The Month (September) – King & Spalding
April 5, 2017
Offshore Decommissioning Liability And Bankruptcy
July 28, 2021
K&S counsels Chevron and Texaco Petroleum in a pollution dispute with Ecuador
Representing Chevron Thailand Exploration & Production Co. in an ad hoc arbitration against the Kingdom of Thailand, concerning decommissioning of offshore assets in the Gulf of Thailand
Representing Chevron Corporation in a treaty arbitration against the Republic of Ecuador, concerning the US$9 billion "Lago Agrio" environmental judgment issued by the Ecuadorian courts through fraud and corruption. In August 2018, the Tribunal found, inter alia, that Ecuador (i) breached FET and committed a denial of justice under customary international law and the BIT by issuing, rendering enforceable, maintaining the enforceability, and executing the Lago Agrio Judgment, and (ii) Ecuador’s judiciary violated Ecuador’s obligations under the BIT’s Umbrella clause. The Tribunal is currently determining the compensation Ecuador owes Claimants.
Representing a global infrastructure developer in an ICSID arbitration against Peru arising from canceled concessions to build and operate fiber-optic networks in remote areas of the country
See more
September 4, 2020
Arbitration Team of The Month (September) – King & Spalding
April 5, 2017
Offshore Decommissioning Liability And Bankruptcy
July 28, 2021
K&S counsels Chevron and Texaco Petroleum in a pollution dispute with Ecuador
J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law
LL.M., University of Miami School of Law
District of Columbia
Florida
Texas
Spanish