Edson López

As Managing Partner of ECIJA Guatemala and Director of Arbitration for Central America and the Caribbean, Edson has participated in more than 60 arbitrations under both institutional and ad hoc rules, across sectors such as distribution, public procurement, technology, insurance, infrastructure, energy, and oil & gas. He has also acted as arbitrator in commercial and public contract disputes in various arbitration centers in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, and China.

In the field of education law, he has advised over 500 private educational institutions and universities in Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, and Peru, providing strategies for school coexistence, crisis management, and efficient models for academic institution management.

Notable projects include:

• Defense of a pharmaceutical company in a multiparty international arbitration with a disputed amount of USD 223 million
• Representation of a Central American state in the defense of an annulment proceeding before the Permanent Court of Arbitration, involving a USD 93 million dispute
• Representation of a UK-based reinsurer in a USD 25 million terrorism and sabotage coverage claim

Education

• Lawyer and Notary, Rafael Landívar University (2009)

Affiliations

• President of the Guatemalan Chapter of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club
• Board Member of the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Guatemalan Chamber of Commerce (CENAC)
• Member of the Guatemalan Arbitration Association (AGA).
  Member of ICC World Business Institute

Recognitions

• Arbitration Client Choice Global Elite Thought Leader & Future – Lexology.
  Next Generation Partners – The Legal 500
• “Provides personalized service of the highest quality” – The Legal 500