Martinez-Fraga Invited to Lecture at The Hague Academy of International Law

Miami Partner Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga has been invited by the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law to present a special course at its summer session on private international law in 2023.

In addition to delivering his course in person, Martinez-Fraga will publish this course in the academy’s Collected Courses book series, of which there are currently more than 410 volumes, ranking it among the most important encyclopedic publications dedicated to public and private international law.

The Hague Academy of International Law, housed in the Peace Palace, was established in 1923 and serves as one of the leading institutions for teaching public and private international law worldwide. Since opening its doors, thousands of students from more than 100 nationalities have attended the academy’s summer courses. The academy’s faculty and alumni include heads of state, foreign ministers, ambassadors, 12 judges of the International Court of Justice, a former secretary-general of the United Nations and two Nobel Prize recipients.

Martinez-Fraga is the co-leader of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner’s International Arbitration Team. He serves on the Advisory Council to the Restatement (Third) of International Commercial Arbitration of the American Law Institute. Martinez-Fraga is a leading practitioner in the field of international litigation and transnational arbitration, including complex jurisdictional disputes concerning common law and civil law issues. He is a World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) arbitrator.

On Dec. 16, 2015, President Barack Obama appointed him as one of four U.S. delegate members to the Panel of Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank), effective Feb. 23, 2016. He is the first Hispanic to have been so appointed in the history of the Washington Convention of 1965. Martinez-Fraga has been published in 15 countries and five languages.