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(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
Florencia Wajnman
Dechamps International Law


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


Rodrigo S. Da Silva
María Clara Moreno
Law Offices of Rodrigo S. Da Silva, P.A.


José Humberto Frias
D’Empaire
Representatives of the Respondent(s)

Reinaldo Enrique Muñoz Pedroza
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
Eloisa Falcón López
Marie-Thérèse Hervella
Erika Fernández Lozada
Andrés Lema Sanz-Guerrero
Pablo Parrilla
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 -
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