(1) María de la Concepción Felipe Velázquez, (2) Daniel Nava Felipe and (3) Maitte Josefina Nava Felipe v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

The PCA serves as registry and provides administrative support in this arbitration, which is being conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules of 1976.


Case information

Name(s) of Claimant(s) María de la Concepción Felipe Velázquez (Private entity )
Daniel Nava Felipe (Private entity )
Maitte Josefina Nava Felipe (Private entity )
Name(s) of Respondent(s) Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (State)
Names of Parties -
Case number 2022-02
Administering institution Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
Case status Pending
Type of case Investment arbitration
Subject matter or economic sector -
Procedural rules -
Treaty or contract under which proceedings were commenced -
Language of Proceeding -
Seat of Arbitration (by Country) -
Arbitrator(s), Conciliator(s), Other Neutral(s)

Justice David Unterhalter (Presiding Arbitrator)
Ms. Judith Gill KC
Prof. Jorge E. Viñuales

Representatives of the Claimant(s)

Nigel Blackaby KC
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP


Jean Paul Dechamps
Gustavo Topalian
Pablo Jaroslavsky
Santiago Álvarez
Dechamps International Law


Lluís Paradell
Paradell International Law


Robert W. Pittman
Robert W. Pittman, P.A.


Rodrigo S. Da Silva
Law Offices of Rodrigo S. Da Silva, P.A.


José Humberto Frias
Daniel Bustos
D’Empaire

Representatives of the Respondent(s)

Arianny Seijó Noguera
Henry Rodríguez Facchinetti
Procuraduría General de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela


Alfredo De Jesús S.
De Jesús & De Jesús S.A.


Alfredo De Jesús O.
Déborah Alessandrini
Erika Fernández Lozada
Pablo Parrilla
Eloisa Falcón López
Alfredo De Jesús O. – Transnational Arbitration & Litigation

Representatives of the Parties
Number of Arbitrators in case 3
Date of commencement of proceeding 2022
Date of issue of final award -
Length of Proceedings -
Additional notes -