Patricia Saiz is an arbitrator and professor of international arbitration.
“Clients enthuse: ‘She has impressed me with her thorough, detailed and commercial as well as practical approach.’”
Chambers Global Guide 2022 “Most in Demand Arbitrators in Spain”She “impresses commentators with her ‘sharp and knowledgeable approach’ as well as her ‘ability to understand a case from different angles.’”
Who’s Who Legal 2023 “THOUGHT LEADER – GLOBAL ELITE”Patricia Saiz is an arbitrator with more than 20 years of experience in the field of law.
As arbitrator and counsel, she has handled arbitrations under many of the major arbitral rules (such as ICSID, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL), in a broad range of sectors (including energy, construction & engineering, M&A, corporate, finance, insurance, technology, among others), and under both the laws of civil and common law jurisdictions (e.g., Brazil, California, Canada, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hungary, New York, Oman, Peru, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela). Also, as a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC from 2018 to 2024, she has scrutinized dozens of awards in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Before becoming an arbitrator and professor of law based in Spain in 2014, she practiced in the United States for more than 10 years. As such, she is familiar with common law and civil law jurisdictions. She is educated in both, having earned an LL.M. from Harvard Law School and a J.D. equivalent from Esade Law School in Spain, and she is licensed to practice in New York, Washington DC and Spain. Additionally, before turning to arbitration, she practiced as a tax lawyer for seven years. Her transactional and tax planning background gives her a unique insight into the inbound and outbound structuring of investments, contractual risk allocation, and damages calculations.
Prof. Saiz teaches at some of the world’s most prestigious law schools, such as Esade Law School, the CIDS’s LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), and Columbia Law School’s U.S. Business Law Academy, and is a sought-after speaker in international arbitration. She is an active member of the arbitration community, as vice-chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee, a member and delegate on behalf of ICC Spain of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and a member of the Board of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club and Chairman of its Scientific Committee.
She speaks English, Spanish, French, and Catalan, and has an advanced knowledge of Portuguese and a basic knowledge of German. She is a national of Spain and the United States.