Andrés is an associate based in Paris. His practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration, including complex mining, energy and infrastructure disputes in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. He has worked on proceedings under the ICSID and ICC Rules, matters involving the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the CEMAC Court of Justice, and set-aside proceedings before French courts.
Andrés is admitted to practice in Paris, France since 2023.
Andrés holds a Master’s degree in Business Law from Sciences Po and a Master’s degree in International Economic Law from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University.
Bar and court admissions
Languages
English
French
Spanish
Representing a French insurance company in an ICC arbitration against a French company regarding a contractual dispute*
Representing a central African State in an ICC arbitration initiated by a Saint-Kitts and Nevis company and its Congolese subsidiary concerning the withdrawal of a mining permit*
Representing a central African State in an ICC arbitration initiated by an Australian company and its Congolese subsidiary concerning the withdrawal of an iron ore mining permit*
Representing a central African State in an ICC arbitration initiated by an Israeli group and its subsidiaries in relation to the construction of a hospital*
Representing the Republic of the Congo in an ICSID arbitration initiated by a Mauritian company over the State’s refusal to grant a mining permit*
Representing the Republic of the Congo in an ICSID arbitration initiated by a British company regarding a dispute in the oil & gas sector*
Representing a central African State in an ICC arbitration initiated by an Australian company and its Cameroonian subsidiary concerning the State’s refusal to grant a mining permit*
Representing a central African State in annulment proceedings before the Paris Court of appeals*
Advising a central African State in pre-arbitration matters relating to the audit of petroleum concessions of a British company*
*Relates to experience handled before joining Three Crowns.
- Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession (CAPA), Paris Bar School (2022)
- Master 2 in International Economic Law, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, valedictorian (2021)
- Master’s in Economic Law, Sciences Po Paris, cum laude (2020)
- Bachelor’s degree, Sciences Po Paris, summa cum laude (2017)