Hernany Veytia, PhD
International Trade, Trade Remedies, Non-Tariff Barriers
Prof. Veytia's experience spans continents and cultures and her practice covers all types of international investment, including climate change, foreign trade, dumping, concession contracts, energy, mining, natural resources, construction, automotive, international sales, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, licensing, intellectual property, franchising, maritime, railroad, insurance, environmental, finance and banking. Also handles public international law disputes including ICSID, NAFTA and bilateral investment treaty arbitrations. She has represented private companies, state-owned and, inter-governmental organizations, sovereign governments and private individuals. She has represented parties from more than twenty five countries on five continents in international commercial and investment projects involving foreign investment, privatization, coal, and hydro power plants, oil and gas trade related matters, mining, tourism projects, project finance and development agreements, franchising, and information technology. She has also advised parties before inter-governmental tribunals, including the International Court of Justice. Former partner at Deloitte, Chief Counsel for Business Transactions at DaimlerChrysler, and attorney at the former Atlantic Bank (now HSBC). She has been scholar, lecturer and visiting professor at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, (Lausanne); United Nations University at Amman, Jordan, Max Planck Institute Munich and Hamburg, ASADIP in all Latin American and Caribbean countries, resident fellow at the University of Rome, Study Center for Comparative and Foreign Law, Universidad Iberoamericana and Universidad Panamericana in Mexico. Author of more than hundred publications on international business transactions.
Bar Admission
Admission to the Bar since 1987.
Member
- UNIDROIT Corresponding member
- International Bar Association
- NAFTA Roster of Arbitrators
- ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) Task Force on Law and Practice
Education
- Master in Law YALE Univerity (USA)
- Postgraduate Course on International Trade (Turin)
- Postdoctorate field work for disertation:
- University of Rome
- Swiss Institute of Comparative Law
- Institute for foreign and Comparative Law (Rome)
- Doctor in Law Universidad Panamericana (Mexico)
- Law School Universidad Panamericana (Mexico)
Languages
English
Italian
Spanish
French (intermediate)
Portuguese (intermediate)
German (basic)



