MARIANA LOZZA Tel. +54 9 11 3162 8951 Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Argentine Republic Mariana Lozza is a senior legal counsel at Guglielmino & Asoc. For ten years, Mariana has served as Legal Counsel at the National Direction of International Affairs and Controversies of the Attorney General’s Office of the Argentine Republic. From April 2013 until July 2017, Ms. Mariana Lozza served as Deputy Director. In that capacity, she has represented Argentina before international arbitral tribunals on investment disputes (ICSID, UNCITRAL and ICC) and supervised local proceedings under domestic jurisdictions (including United States of America, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Spain, Japan, Germany, and United Kingdom). Also, she has actively participated in the negotiation of international investment agreements (bilateral treaties and free trade agreements) on behalf of Argentina. From October 2005 until July 2007, Ms. Lozza acted as Legal Counsel at the Administrative Tribunal of the Organization of American States. Ms. Lozza has also been involved in the academia dedicated to public international law. She has an LL.M., specialized on International Business Law, from American University, Washington College of Law, and her law degree from Universidad Nacional del Sur in Argentina. She has been recognized as “Arbitration-Future Leaders” by Who’s Who Legal (2017, 2018 and 2019). Mariana Lozza is fluent in English and Spanish, and working knowledge of French.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES Ms. Lozza has participated as counsel for the following arbitral cases: § § § § § § § §
Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/15/48) (jurisdictional phase) Abaclat (former Giovanna Beccara) and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/07/5) (jurisdictional and merits phases and settlement) AES Corporation v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/02/17) (settlement) Alemanni Giovanni and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/07/8) (jurisdictional phase) Ambiente Ufficio S.p.A. and others (former Giordano Alpi) v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/08/9) (jurisdictional phase) Anglian Waters (AWG) v. Argentine Republic (UNCITRAL) (quantum and annulment phases) Asset Recovery Trust S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/05/11) (jurisdictional phase) Azurix Corp. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/01/12) (annulment phase and 1
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settlement) British Gas v. Argentine Republic (UNCITRAL) (annulment phase and settlement) Blue Bank International & Trust (Barbados) Ltd. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID ARB/12/2) (jurisdictional phase) Casinos Austria International GmbH and Casinos Austria Aktiengesellschaft v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/14/32) (jurisdictional phase) Continental Casualty Co. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ ARB/03/9) (annulment phase and settlement) Daimler Chrysler Services AG v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/05/1) (jurisdictional, merits and annulment phases) EDF International S.A., SAUR International S.A. and León Participaciones Argentinas S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/03/23) (annulment phase) Electricidad Argentina S.A. and EDF International S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/03/22) (settlement) El Paso Energy International Company v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/03/15) (annulment phase) Enersis S.A. and others v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/03/21) (settlement) Flughafen Zürich et al v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID ARB/12/19) (annulment phase) Hochtief Aktiengesellschaft v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/07/31) (merits phase) ICS v. Argentine Republic (CNUDMI) (jurisdictional phase, and jurisdictional phase – resubmission-) Impregilo S.p.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/07/17) (annulment phase) Karkey Karadeniz Electrik Uretim A.S. v. Islamic Republic of Pakistan (ICSID ARB/13/1) (annulment phase) LG&E Energy Corp., LG&E Capital Corp. and LG&E International Inc. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/02/1) (revision phase and settlement) Longreef Investments A.V.V. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID ARB/11/5) (annulment phase) Luis García Armas et al. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID AF/2016-1) (jurisdictional phase) Manuel García Armas et al. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (UNCITRAL, CPA 2016-8) (jurisdictional phase) Mobil Exploration and Development Inc. Suc. Argentina and Mobil Argentina S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/04/16) (quantum and annulment phases) Owens-Illinois Europe Group v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID ARB/11/25) (annulment phase) Papel del Tucumán v. Argentine Republic (Caso CCI No. 12364/KGA/CCO/JRF) (quantum phase) Repsol, S.A. and Repsol Butano, S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/12/38) (arbitrator’s disqualification) Salini Impregilo S.p.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/15/39) (jurisdictional phase) SAUR International v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/04/4) (jurisdictional, merits and annulment phases) Sempra Energy International v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/02/16) (settlement) Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A. and Vivendi Universal S.A v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/03/19) (quantum and annulment phases) Suez, Sociedad General de Aguas de Barcelona S.A. and Interagua Servicios Integrales de Agua S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/03/19) (quantum and annulment 2
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phases) Teinver S.A., Transportes de Cercanías S.A. and Autobuses Urbanos del Sur S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/09/1) (jurisdictional and merits phases) Tenaris S.A. and Talta-Trading e Marketing Sociedade Unipessoal LDA v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID ARB/11/26) (annulment phase) Tenaris S.A. and Talta-Trading e Marketing Sociedade Unipessoal LDA v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID ARB/12/23) (annulment phase) Total S.A. v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/04/1) (annulment phase) TSA v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/05/5) (jurisdictional phase) Urbaser S.A. and Consorcio de Aguas Bilbao Bizkaia, Bilbao Biskaia Ur Partzuergoa v. Argentine Republic (ICSID/ARB/07/26) (merits phase) Valores Mundiales, S.L. and Consorcio Andino S.L. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID/ARB/13/11) (annulment phase) Vestey Group Ltd v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID ARB/06/4) (jurisdictional, merits and annulment phases)
PUBLICATIONS
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Mercosur and CAFTA-DR, INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT LAW (2015) (coauthored with Gabriel Bottini and Veronica Lavista) Chapters in LECCIONES DE DERECHO INTERNACIONAL PÚBLICO (Ed. Errepar) (2014): Foreign State Immunity (with Silvina González Napolitano) and Recognition of States Mecanismos de Solución de Controversias en Materia de Inversión, en América Latina: Análisis Comparativo (with Veronica Lavista) in LIBER AMICORM EN HONORA AL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO TURYN (Ed. EUDEBA) (2018).
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS § § §
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Symposium on International Arbitration, American Arbitration Association and International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Buenos Aires, July 2018 Recent Developments on Fair and Equitable Treatment, X Latin-American Arbitration Congress, CEDEP, Cusco, May 2018 Second Workshop on the System of State-investor Dispute Resolutions, Centre for International Governance Innovation, National Agency of Legal Representation and the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of the Republic of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, Nov. 2017 Lessons from representing States in International Litigation, National Agency of Legal Representation of the Republic of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia, 23 November 2017 Investment Arbitration: the Perspective of the Argentine Attorney General’s Office, Argentine Chamber of Commerce and Centre for Mediation and Commercial Arbitration, Buenos Aires, May 2017 Making the most of the hearing, Young ICCA Arbitration Skills Training Workshop, Buenos Aires, Nov. 2016 Do class arbitrations have a place in international commercial arbitration? ICC YAF North America Regional Conference, Washington DC, Jun. 2016 3
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Recent Developments in Investment Policy and Dispute Settlement: Sharing of Experiences, Ninth Annual Forum of Developing Investment Negotiators, Investment Treaties in a State of Flux: Strategies and Opportunities for Developing Countries, IISD, Río de Janeiro, Nov. 2015
RELEVANT ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE § §
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Negotiation and Arbitration, Universidad de la Cámara Argentina de Comercio y Servicios (UCAECE), Associate Professor, August 2018-present Public International Law, Buenos Aires University (UBA), School of Law, Teacher in Charge of Assignments (Jefe de Trabajos Prácticos) through official examination, March 2017-present; and Interim Teacher in Charge of Assignments (Jefe de Trabajos Prácticos), March 2014-December 2016 Investment Dispute Settlement Mechanisms, State School of Law (ECAE), Attorney General’s Office, Professor, March-June 2016 International Instrument on Human Rights and other International Legal Instruments, LLM on Human Rights, State and Society, State School of Law (ECAE), Attorney General’s Office, Professor, August 2014-June 2016 Investment Arbitration, Buenos Aires University (UBA), School of Law, Professor, March-April 2015 Public International Law, Buenos Aires University (UBA), School of Law, Second rank teaching assistant through official examination, March 2008-November 2013 International Law, Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT), School of Science, Politics and International Studies, Assistant Professor, 2nd semester 2010-December 2013 International Law, Argentine University of the Enterprise (UADE), School of Law and Social Sciences, Assistant Professor, August-December 2009
LANGUAGES English, Spanish, and working knowledge of French.
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