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Gaela Gehring Flores
Arnold & Porter · USA
Arnold & Porter
International Arbitration · USA
Gaela Gehring Flores concentrates her practice on international arbitration and litigation matters. She represents both multinational corporations and sovereign states in international commercial and investment arbitrations before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR/AAA), and in litigation and appellate proceedings before US federal courts.
She advises clients in a broad range of disputes, including energy, natural resources, construction, hospitality, transportation, sovereign debt instruments, government contracts, and intellectual property. Ms Gehring Flores also provides legal services to private sector and sovereign clients on enforcement of arbitral awards, effective contractual dispute resolution clauses, and a variety of public international law issues, including foreign sovereign immunity and discovery in international proceedings. Ms Gehring Flores’ practice capitalises on her broad experience and her native Spanish skills and bicultural background.
Ms Gehring Flores serves as Co-Chair of the District of Columbia Bar International Dispute Resolution Committee, and has been recognised as one of the American Lawyer’s “Top 45 under 45” Top Women Lawyers in the Am Law 200, a leading practitioner of international arbitration in publications such as Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Chambers Latin America, The Legal 500, Global Arbitration Review, Latin Lawyer 250, and Euromoney, among others.
Ms Gehring Flores is committed to pro bono service, particularly to the immigrant and undocumented community.
While a student at the Georgetown University Law Center, Ms Gehring Flores served as Managing Articles Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal.
Ms Gehring Flores was quoted in “TPP Made Public at Last,” Global Arbitration Review, 5 November 2015.
Education
• JD, Georgetown University Law Center, 1996, cum laude
• BA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993, summa cum laude
Admissions
• District of Columbia
• Supreme Court of the United States
• Virginia
Clerkships
• US District Court, District of Columbia, The Honorable Paul L. Friedman
Activities
• Member, American Society of International Law
• Member, International Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Women’s Bar Association
• Board Member, Hispanic Bar Association for the District of Columbia
• Appointed Member, District of Columbia Bar Pro Bono Program Committee
• Appointed Member, DC Circuit Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Services
Languages
• Spanish
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