Fabiana Pardi Otamendi
Biography
Overview
Fabiana Pardi Otamendi is an Associate in the International Arbitration Group in Paris. Her practice covers international arbitration and litigation with a particular focus on Latin America. She assists with advising corporate and sovereign clients in commercial and construction disputes and related negotiations.
Fabiana is also active in pro bono activities assisting NGOs that represent victims of human rights violations.
Prior to joining White & Case, Fabiana worked at the International Service for Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights drafting submissions to the United Nations Treaty Bodies and managing cases on alleged violations of the American Convention on Human Rights. In Venezuela, Fabiana worked on landmark cases related to freedom of expression as well as the independence and impartiality of the judiciary.
Experience
Representing client in pending ICC arbitration proceedings related to a US$40 billion LNG project in Asia-Pacific.
Representing European construction companies in ICC arbitrations regarding the construction of a hydroelectric project in Chile.
Representing a state entity in an ICC arbitration against a contractor under the FIDIC Pink Book form of construction contract.
Representing joint venture company Grupo Unidos por el Canal, S.A. in an ICC dispute with the Panama Canal Authority.
