Enrique Jaramillo

Enrique Jaramillo

Senior Counsel
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Enrique Jaramillo focuses his practice on international arbitration and domestic litigation in a wide range of industries, including energy, construction and life sciences. In addition to matters relating to dispute resolution, Enrique also advises clients on cross-border legal issues in the fields of energy and environmental law involving jurisdictions in the United States, Europe, Africa and Latin America. Enrique also advises governments in the development and drafting of policies, legislation and contracts applicable to the energy sector.

Enrique Jaramillo focuses his practice on international arbitration and domestic litigation in a wide range of industries, including energy, construction and life sciences. In addition to matters relating to dispute resolution, Enrique also advises clients on cross-border legal issues in the fields of energy and environmental law involving jurisdictions in the United States, Europe, Africa and Latin America. Enrique also advises governments in the development and drafting of policies, legislation and contracts applicable to the energy sector.

Enrique had a diverse and extensive education, which allows him to take a comprehensive approach to complex, multijurisdictional legal issues. He holds a civil law degree (J.D. equivalent); two LL.M. degrees in Law and Economics, granted by the University of Hamburg (Germany) and the University of Bologna (Italy); and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Houston Law Center. In addition to being Thought Leadership Chair of the Young ITA, Enrique has also held positions as Executive Editor for the ITA in Review, and Assistant Editor for Latin America for the Kluwer Arbitration Blog. He has published various contributions in the fields of international arbitration, environmental law, and commercial and economic law.

Enrique's experience includes:

  • Acting on counsel team representing respondent in ICC arbitration, seated in New York, based on New York law, arising from a share purchase agreement (Confidential)
  • Acting on counsel team representing respondent in UNCITRAL Swiss-based arbitration, arising from desalination plant project (Confidential)
  • Acting on counsel team representing South American state-owned company in domestic litigation against Spanish financial services company
  • Acting on counsel team representing owner in domestic dispute arising from construction of gas liquefaction and export facility
  • Development of environmental legislation applicable to oil and gas (O&G) exploration and production (E&P) for an East African nation
  • Advising a South American nation on the legal, regulatory, contractual and institutional terms governing offshore and onshore, conventional and unconventional E&P activities in the most relevant hydrocarbon-producing jurisdictions around the world
  • Advising a Middle East nation negotiating a unitization agreement with a neighboring country
  • Advising a South American nation on the development of a model contract for offshore E&P activities
  • Advising a client on fiscal terms applicable to E&P activities in North America
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Education
  • J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2017
  • LL.M., University of Hamburg, 2012
  • LL.M., Law and Economics, Università di Bologna, 2012
  • Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 2011
    Specialization, Spanish Tax Law
  • B.A., Law (J.D. Equivalent), Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, 2010
Bar Admissions
  • New York
  • Texas
  • Ecuador
Languages
  • Spanish
Professional Affiliations
    • Thought Leadership Chair, Young ITA
    • Member, Advisory Board, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
    • Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
    • Council Member, International Law Section, Houston Bar Association