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Lucila (Luli) I. M. Hemmingsen is dual-qualified in civil law and common law and her practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration, and public international law matters, with a particular emphasis in Latin America. Luli advises and represents domestic and foreign companies in commercial arbitrations, as well as foreign governments and investors in investment-treaty arbitrations, conducted in English, Spanish and Portuguese, under civil and common law. She also advises clients on treaty protection structuring and handles proceedings ancillary to arbitration before local courts worldwide. Luli also accepts arbitrator appointments in international disputes conducted in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
In her almost two decades of practice, Luli has handled commercial and investment disputes governed by various substantive laws and conducted under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, SCC, CCBC, NAI, ICSID and UNCITRAL. Her experience runs a broad gamut of industries, including infrastructure and construction, renewable energy, mining, oil & gas, retail, finance and investments, real estate and international trade.
Her clients have praised her for her ability to boil down complex concepts of law from both civil and common law jurisdictions to create winning strategies. Clients' and colleagues consistently refer to her as a “seasoned advocate who is exceptionally sharp”, with “extensive experience in large, complex international disputes”, a "brilliant lawyer", "pragmatic and conscious of clients' needs", "hard working", and have stressed her "acute legal analysis" and "deep insight regarding the legal and commercial dynamics in Latin America." Luli has been selected by Who's Who Legal as a Future Leader in International Arbitration in 2021 and 2022, and by Benchmark Litigation as a Rising Star, has been recognized by Legal 500 Latin America 2020, 2021, and ranked by Latinvex amongst Latin America's Top 100 Female Lawyers in 2020 and 2021. Most recently, Luli was named one of Crain’s New York Business 2022 Notable Women in Law.
Luli graduated from Law School in Buenos Aires and began her career in the litigation and international arbitration department of Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal. Throughout her several years of practice in Buenos Aires, she represented clients in institutional and hoc arbitrations and in a variety of industries, including construction, real estate, and oil & gas.
Luli also maintains an active pro bono practice, including matters involving public international law and human rights law. Luli is also deeply involved in a number of diversity and women empowerment initiatives and organizations. She currently manages the international Mentoring Program for Women in International Law of the American Society of International Law, co-chaired the Empowerment Lunch in the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association Section of International Law of 2020.
Publications
- Co-author, "Mexico's Supreme Court weighs-in on AMLO's reform to power sector law," Westlaw, May 4, 2022
- Co-author, “‘Deference to Arbitrators is Not Without Its Limits,’ But Those Limits Are Tightly Circumscribed,” New York Law Journal, February 11, 2019
- Co-author, “Discovery in Cross-Border Disputes: Choosing Between Domestic Litigation and International Arbitration,” New York Law Journal, March 9, 2018
- Co-author, “The Top-5 News in International Arbitration in 2017,” CIAR Global, January 3, 2018
- Co-author, “Through the Looking Glass: Transparency In Arbitration Costs and Costs Allocation,” New York Law Journal, November 27, 2017
- Co-author, “A Look At Argentina’s New Anti-Corruption Law,” Law360, November 21, 2017
- Co-author, “Expedited Arbitration: When Is Faster Better?” New York Law Journal, August 7, 2017
Recent Speaking Engagements (2017 to present)
- Panelist, NYIAC Virtual Talks: La ilegalidad y la corrupción: consideraciones prácticas para árbitros y abogados de partes en arbitrajes internacionales y delitos de cuello blanco, (November 5, 2020
- Speaker, Fourth Diploma Course on Anticorruption at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico, jointly organized with the International Chamber of Commerce México (ICC México) (January 2020)
- Speaker, Current Issues in International Arbitration, PLI International Arbitration Day 2019, New York (June 2019)
- Speaker, Third Diploma Course on Anticorruption at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico, jointly organized with the International Chamber of Commerce México (ICC México) (February 2019)
- Speaker, Best Practices in Cross-Border Investigations, in conjunction with KPMG, Buenos Aires (December 2018)
- Panelist and Co-Chair, “The Future of ISDS in the Context of the Free Trade Agreements Overhaul: Will Investment Arbitration Also be “Walled Off”,” ABA International Section of International Law, Mexico International Trade and Investment Conference, Mexico (November 2018)
- Panelist, “Overlap between contractual and treaty obligations of States,” New York Law School (November 2018)
- Panelist, “Best practices in arbitration,” Second Amcham Brazil Arbitration Conference “Critical View of Arbitration,” São Paulo, Brazil (June 2018)
- Panelist, “New International Arbitration Trends,” ICC YAF, Mexico (March 2018)
- Guest Lecturer, “Costs and Costs Allocation in International Arbitration,” Harvard Law School (March 2018)
- Panelist, “The Impact of Technology on International Arbitration” co-organized by the ICDR Young & International, the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum and the University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires (February 2018)
- Speaker, Second Diploma Course on Anticorruption at the Universidad Panamericana in Mexico, jointly organized with the International Chamber of Commerce México (ICC México) (February 2018)
- Panelist, “Challenges 2018: Addressing Risks in Cross-Border Transactions, Compliance and Dispute Resolution,” Demarest Advogados, São Paulo (December 2017)
- Panelist, “Investment and Risk Management: Arbitration, Corruption and Other Issues,” Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal, Buenos Aires (November 2017)
- Guest Lecturer at International Arbitration Seminar, Mock Arbitration, University of Chicago Law School (November 2017)
- Co-speaker, “Best Practices for Drafting Arbitration Clauses,” Training on International Arbitration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Economy and Finance of Peru, Lima (August 2017)
- Panelist, “Perspectives in Dispute Resolution - Litigation and Arbitration,” 2017 CLS Brazil Forum at Columbia Law School (April 2017)
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