Awards and Rankings
Hogan Lovells lawyers recognized as 2021 Arbitration Thought Leaders and Future Leaders
21 September 2020
PartnerMexico City
Email luis.graham@hoganlovells.com
Phone +52 55 5091 0137
Fax +52 55 5091 0123
LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese, Spanish
Practice groupLitigation, Arbitration, and Employment
"He is highly structured and clear in his strategies."
Chambers, Mexico, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Band 1
For more than 35 years, Luis Enrique Graham has represented companies in domestic and international disputes. He has also worked with clients concerned with investigations and anti-corruption regulations, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and local anti-corruption regulations throughout Latin America.
Luis Enrique is a member of our International Arbitration Steering Committee. He has vast experience in civil and commercial litigation and domestic and international arbitration proceedings (ad hoc, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the London Court of International Arbitration, and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, among others).
Luis Enrique is engaged with the Mexican and international law communities. He is a former president of the Mexican Bar Association, member of its Disciplinary Board, and co-chaired the Construction Arbitration Committee of Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje. He is also a former member of the Consultation Advisory Committee of the Mexican Ministry of Public Administration (Secretaría de la Función Pública) for anti-corruption matters. He also participates as a Mexican delegate before the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law's working group of Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation.
Since law school he has stood out among his peers. In 1983 he won the "Gabino Barreda Medal," a distinction awarded by his alma mater to the student with the highest grade point average. He is still very active in academia. He delivers courses and training modules in leading universities and has written extensively about international arbitration and anti-corruption. He wrote a well-known book about international arbitration called El Arbitraje Comercial, ed. Themis, and co-authored the Mexican Section of The Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Review, ed. Law Business Research.
Pro bono work is very important to Luis Enrique, he is a member of the "Sin Fronteras" board, a Mexican nonprofit organization providing legal defense to migrants.
Litigation
Latin Lawyer National
Arbitration
Latin Lawyer National
Anti-corruption investigations and compliance
Latin Lawyer National
Arbitration
Who's Who Legal
Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators (Mexico)
Chambers Global
Dispute Resolution: Civil & Commercial Litigation (Mexico)
Chambers Global
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Mexico)
Chambers Global
Dispute Resolution: Litigation (Mexico)
Chambers Latin America
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (Mexico)
Chambers Latin America
Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators (Mexico)
Chambers Latin America
Acritas Star
Acritas Stars Independently Rated Lawyers
Litigation
Who's Who Legal
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: Band 1
Chambers Latin America
White Collar Crime and Compliance
Latin Lawyer 250
Arbitration
Latin Lawyer 250
Litigation
Latin Lawyer 250
LACCA Approved: Litigation
Latin American Corporate Counsel Association (LACCA)
Dispute Resolution
The Legal 500 Latin America
International Arbitration (Latin America-wide)
Chambers Global
International Arbitration (Latin America-wide)
Chambers Latin America
International Arbitration, Mexico City
Best Lawyers
Nominated among the world's Pre-eminent Commercial Arbitration Practitioners
The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers
Education
Ph.D., Universidad Panamericana, cum laude, 1998
M.A., American University, 1986
J.D., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, summa cum laude, 1983
Memberships
Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Board Member, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Mexican Section
Co-Chair, Construction Arbitration Committee of ALARB
Former Member, Dispute Consulting Committee of the North America Free Trade Agreement
Former Member, Mexico's Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Public Service
Listed Arbitrator by the American Chamber Peru, The International Centre for Dispute Resolution, and the Commercial Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Argentinean Chamber of Commerce.
Member, Arbitration and Mediation Commission of the National Chamber of Commerce of Mexico City
Member, ICC Latin American Group of Arbitration
Member, Trustee of the International Bar Association Foundation, Inc.
Mexican Delegate before the UNCITRAL (United Nations) Working Group on International Commercial Arbitration
Bar admissions and qualifications
Mexico
Represented a European company in pro-active FCPA corporate compliance review in Mexico.
Represented one of the world's leading power companies in an ICC arbitration against a Central American state entity involving a construction project.
Defended a state entity in one of the largest ICC arbitrations in Latin America over an oil and gas project in Mexico.
Obtained a compensation relief sought in commercial dispute involving one of the Mexican sports radio shows with the highest ratings.
Conducted an anti-corruption internal investigation for an American technology and consulting corporation with operation in a Latin American country.
Represented a U.S. company in a multimillion dollar arbitration and parallel court proceeding against Mexican entities of the maritime industry.
A dispute involving two different EPC agreements.
Represented one of the largest transformer manufacturers in the Americas in a commercial litigation against an insurance company.
Counseled an American company and operator of luxury hotels in the conduction of an internal investigation due to fraud allegations.
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