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Clovis Trevino is special counsel in the firm’s international disputes practice. She specializes in public international law and international commercial and investment arbitration and represents private entities and States in high-stakes international commercial, investor-State, and State-to-State proceedings, including under ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, and UNCLOS rules and before the International Court of Justice.
Fluent in Spanish, Ms. Trevino regularly handles disputes arising out of Latin America. Her experience spans a wide range of industries, including mining and minerals, oil and gas, textile manufacturing, and consumer services. She also advises investment firms and asset managers in evaluating investments in international claims or arbitration awards.
Ms. Trevino is an adjunct professor at the George Washington University Law School. She speaks and writes regularly on arbitration and international law-related issues.
- Eli Lilly and Company in successfully defeating a $1+ billion arbitration involving allegations of misappropriation of trade secrets.
- A U.S. construction materials company in an investment treaty arbitration against Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
- Ukraine in a dispute against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice involving terrorism financing and racial discrimination.
- Ukraine in an arbitration under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea arising out of the Russian Federation’s interference with Ukraine’s coastal state rights in the waters adjacent to Crimea.
- A leading Ukrainian financial group in an investment treaty arbitration arising out of Russia’s expropriation of real estate assets in Crimea.
- Two Swiss labor union federations in UNCITRAL arbitrations against global fashion brands under the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, settled following a favorable decision on jurisdiction and admissibility.
- Subsidiaries of Mexican food conglomerate Gruma in an investment treaty arbitration against Venezuela over the expropriation of food production assets, resulting in a favorable award (annulment ongoing).
- Tidewater in ICSID annulment proceedings and successful award enforcement under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (concluded).
- A major U.S. defense contractor in a commercial arbitration under the Rules of the American Arbitration Association (settled).
Pro Bono
- A coalition of human rights advocates in the submission of an amici curiae brief in support of the petitioners in the case of Ángel Alberto Duque v. Colombia (Case 12.841) before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Frankfurt Investment Arbitration Moot, Coach of the University of Miami Law School team (2014-2015)
- Young ICCA
Covington Represents Ukraine in Securing Favorable Ruling Under U.N. Law of the Sea Convention
February 21, 2020
WASHINGTON—Covington secured a major ruling for Ukraine in an arbitration against the Russian Federation under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The ruling, issued today by a five-member arbitral tribunal, rejected the majority of Russia’s jurisdictional objections and permits Ukraine’s case to proceed to the merits. “The Tribunal’s ...
Covington Secures Decisive Victory For Ukraine Before the International Court of Justice
November 8, 2019
WASHINGTON—Covington has secured a decisive win for Ukraine in proceedings against the Russian Federation before the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) concerning violations by Russia of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (“ICSFT”) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial ...
Advanced Arbitration and Mediation Seminar, The Arbitration Process
November 8, 2019, International Law Institute (ILI), Washington, DC
Issue Conflicts: Conflictos de Intereses en el Arbitraje de Inversión
September 23, 2019, VII Seminario Internacional de Arbitraje de Inversion, Santiago de Chile
August 23, 2019
WASHINGTON—Covington has secured a complete victory for our client Eli Lilly & Company against French biotech company Adocia S.A., defeating Adocia’s claims of $1.39 billion for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets in an arbitration before a three-member panel at the American Arbitration Association (AAA). After extensive written submissions and a lengthy ...
Arbitration and Mediation Seminar, Choice of Law
May 27, 2019, International Law Institute (ILI), Washington, DC
ICC YAF, ICDR Y&I and Young ICSID Triple Colloquium: Arbitration Ex Machina - Use of Technology in International Arbitration
December 6, 2018, Washington, DC
Advanced Arbitration and Mediation Seminar, The Arbitration Process
November 8, 2018, International Law Institute (ILI), Washington, DC
MIDS, Young ICCA and ICC YAF Joint Conference: Technology in International Arbitration
September 29, 2018, Geneva, Switzerland
Administrative and formal issues to take into consideration when starting an ICC arbitration
August 27, 2018, Third ICC Bolivia Arbitration Day, Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Women in International Arbitration Career Panel
March 20, 2018, George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC
ICC YAF: Contracts with the State: Conceptual and Practical Reflections
January 29, 2018, Panama City, Panama
Covington Helps Secure Historic Settlement in Arbitration Under the Accord on Fire & Building Safety in Bangladesh
January 22, 2018
WASHINGTON—Covington has helped secure a historic settlement on behalf of global union federations, Industrial Global Union and UNI Global Union, in an arbitration under the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, a legally binding agreement to create a framework for safe working conditions in the Bangladeshi Ready-Made Garment industry. Signed in ...
Spanish Flour Production Cos. Win $490M From Venezuela
July 28, 2017, Law360
Law360 highlights Covington's successful representation of Valores Mundiales SL and Consorcio Andino SL before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes. The tribunal found that Venezuela had breached its international obligations with regard to the company's flour production business and ordered the country to pay nearly half a billion ...
This house believes that the new US administration would be ill-advised to withdraw from the investment chapters of existing free trade agreements
February 19, 2017, Freshfields/ ASIL Young Arbitrator Debate Series, Washington, DC
Medidas Cautelares y Árbitro de Emergencia
January 30, 2017, III Congreso Centroamericano de Arbitraje de Inversión, San Salvador, El Salvador
Convenio CIADI. Requisitos para Acceder a la Jurisdicción del CIADI
October 6, 2016, IV Seminario International de Arbitraje de Inversión, Lima, Perú
Prejuicios Inconscientes en el Arbitraje Internacional
October 6, 2016, IV Seminario International de Arbitraje de Inversión, Lima, Perú
La (I)licitud de la Expropiación y el Estándar de Compensación Aplicable
July 28, 2016, Young ICSID I Seminario Internacional de Arbitraje de Inversiones, San José, Costa Rica
Riesgo país y Daños en el Arbitraje de Inversión
February 16, 2016, VII Congreso de Arbitraje Internacional de la CCI, San José, Costa Rica
Reclamos de Inversionistas con Doble Nacionalidad bajo Tratados Bilaterales de Inversión
10/1-10/2/2015, III Seminario International de Arbitraje de Inversión, Lima, Perú
El Consentimiento de los Estados en los Tratados Bilaterales de Inversión
June 29, 2015, I Congreso Centroamericano de Arbitraje de Inversión, San Salvador, El Salvador
Taxation Measures as a Breach of International Law
March 16, 2015, University of Miami Law School, Miami, Florida
El Estado de Necesidad como Defensa en el Arbitraje de Inversiones
10/2-3/2014, II Seminario International de Arbitraje de Inversión, Lima, Perú
April 16, 2014, Kluwer Arbitration Blog
Political Risk Management in Light of Venezuela’s Nationalization of the Oil Services Sector
2010, Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law
January 1, 2010, Revista Derecho y Sociedad
ERISA Misrepresentation and Non-disclosure Claims: Securities Litigation under the Guise of ERISA?
2009, Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal