Claus von Wobeser

Claus von Wobeser is managing partner and founder of the dispute resolution practice of Von Wobeser y Sierra.

He is renowned for his advocacy skills and strategic thinking in highly complex disputes both in litigation and arbitration proceedings. Some of his landmark cases include acting as lead counsel to COMMISSA in a setting aside proceeding brought by PEMEX, getting the award recognised before US courts and acting as counsel to Anheuser-Busch in an ad hoc arbitration with an amount in dispute of US$1.5 billion obtaining a favorable award.

Mr von Wobeser has acted in over 150 international arbitration proceedings, either as arbitrator or counsel, as per the rules of the ICC, ICDR, LCIA, HKIAC, UNCITRAL, NAFTA, ICSID and ICSID Additional Facility, among others.

Mr von Wobeser has served as vice president of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, as co-chair to the IBA arbitration Committee, as president of the Arbitration Commission of the Mexican chapter of ICC, as member of the Panel of Arbitrators of ICSID and member of the London Court of Arbitration. Since 2020, he is president of the Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB), and president of the ICC Mexico.

His studies include a law degree (JD equivalent) from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City and a Doctorate of Law in International and European Law Studies from Univers...