Team
Dyalá Jiménez
Principal
Dyalá Jiménez is a Costa Rican national and specializes in international arbitration. Dyalá is frequently appointed as arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, both in commercial and investor-State matters. She is a member of the panel of arbitrators and conciliators for Costa Rica before the ICSID, a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and of the ICCA Governing Board.
Dyalá is the author of numerous publications (available here) and has taught in various universities, both in Costa Rica and Chile.
She served as Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica from 2018 to 2020.
Dyalá Jiménez works mainly in Spanish and English but is fluent in French and Portuguese.
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Selected engagements
The following is a selection of cases. It does not include, among others, ongoing cases.
Chair of Arbitral Tribunal
- ICC case with seat in Mexico between two private companies concerning a power purchase agreement
- Arbitration according to the CeCAP Panamanian rules with seat in Panama between a State entity and a private company emanating from a construction contract
- Arbitration according to the CeCAP Panamanian rules with seat in Panama between private companies related to a construction contract
- ICC case with seat in Peru between a private company and a State entity regarding public utilities
- ICC case with seat in Peru between a State-owned entity and a private party related to the petroleum industry
- Ad hoc arbitration with seat in Santiago, Chile, between private parties related to the construction industry
- ICC case with seat in Mexico between private parties related to a supply and sales contract
Sole Arbitrator/Emergency Arbitrator
- ICC emergency arbitration between a private party and a State-owned entity with seat in Panama related to the construction industry
- ICC emergency arbitration between private parties with seat in Panama related to the real estate industry
- ICC emergency arbitration between private parties with seat in Brazil related to a supply and services contract
- Sole arbitrator in ICC proceedings between private parties with seat in Santiago, Chile, regarding a sales and distribution agreement
Coarbitrator/Member of panel
- ICC arbitration with seat in El Salvador between private parties related to the telecommunications industry
- ICSID member of panel of arbitrators in annulment proceedings
Counsel
- Counsel to respondent in two related CCA Costa Rican arbitration rules cases between a construction company and a State entity related to two projects
- Co-counsel to respondent in a CCBC Brazilian arbitration rules case with seat in Brazil between two private parties related to purchase of petroleum products
- Co-counsel to claimant in AAA/ICDR case with seat in the United States between an American company and a Costa Rican company related to a sales agreement
- Co-counsel to claimant in ICC arbitration with seat in Spain, in a dispute between private parties related to a concession agreement
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Accreditations & Membership
- CEDR Investor-state mediation training (30 hours)
- Costa Rican Bar Association
- ICC International Court of Arbitration for Costa Rica (as from June 2021)
- Latin American Arbitration Association, ALARB
- International Arbitration Institute
- ICC Latin American Arbitration Group
- Vice President of the ICC ADR and Arbitration Commission (2017-2018)
- Member of the Commission for the Preliminary Examination of Awards of the Centro Internacional de Arbitraje de Madrid (CIAM)
- Member of the Board of the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce
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Publications
2022
- "Chapter I. Conventions prior to the New York Convention: Discussions and Problems" (Spanish). InInternational Commercial Arbitration: Study of the New York Convention(Spanish). Edited by Eduardo Zuleta y Guido S. Tawil, pp. 51-68. Bogotá: Tirant Lo Blanch, 2022.
2021
- "A Day in the Life of an (International) Arbitrator". In Liber Amicorum pour Yves Derains: Arbitration and beyond... Une forme de vie? pp. 123-134. París: Editions A. Pendone, 2021.
- ICCA Projects:: "Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International Arbitration? Costa Rica Report" by Dyalá Jiménez and Valeria Garro. Co-editors Giacomo Rojas Elgueta, James Hosking and Yasmine Lahlou.
2018
- Joint Colloquium on International Arbitration “Advancing Innovation in International Arbitration”. Keynote address by Dyalá Jiménez, Foreign Trade Minister of Costa Rica. World Bank, Washington D.C., 7 December 2018.
- Propuesta para una norma uniforme sobre responsabilidad del árbitro. “Iuris Dictio”, Revista Foro de Derecho Mercantil - Revista Internacional, volume 060, 2018, pp. 81-100.
- Arbitration Guide IBA Arbitration Committee COSTA RICA
2017
- Norma uniforme en materia de responsabilidad civil de los árbitros: ¿llegó su hora? Lima Arbitration N. 7, 2016-2017.
- The Arbitration Review of the Americas 2018: Costa Rica Chapter (co-authored with Patricio Grané Labat). Published by Global Arbitration Review, 2017, pp. 117-128.
- Are Latin American Institutions Innovating? The Results of a Survey on Transparency, Diversity and the Use of Technology. 23 ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law (Winter 2017, Number 2), pp. 289-302.
- Ejecución de laudos extranjeros en el contexto del nuevo código procesal civil de Costa Rica. Revista Judicial No. 121, Poder Judicial de Costa Rica, pp. 59-68.
2016
- Are We Beyond The Model Law — Or Is It Time For A New One? ICC Institute Newsletter - Issue 7, November 2016
2015
- THE ARBITRATION REVIEW OF THE AMERICAS 2016. Costa Rica Chapter (co-autored with Patricio Grané Labat).Law Business Research, 2015, pp. 57-66.
- ¿Superamos la Ley Modelo o es tiempo para una nueva? Invitación a un debate. Young Arbitration Magazine, Ed. 3, 2015, pp. 16-19.
2014
- Reflexiones sobre el issue conflict (o la presentación del issue bias). Anuario Latinoamericano del Arbitraje Nº 3. Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje. pp. 103-114.
2013
2012
- La nueva ley de arbitraje comercial internacional de Costa Rica, una visión siempre optimista”. Revista El Foro, No. 13, 2012, pp. 93-99.
- “Investment Arbitration in Costa Rica” (co-authored with Karina Cherro). Journal of International Arbitration 29, No. 4 (2012), pp. 453-472.
- “La nouvelle Loi sur l’Arbitrage commercial international du Costa Rica, un regard toujours positif”. Les Cahiers de l’arbitrage, 2012-1, pp. 225-233.
2011
- Drafting Arbitration Clauses in Complex Transactions. Document presented at the ICC International Arbitration in Latin America conference, held in Miami, Florida in November 2011.
- “Enforcement in Latin America of Provisional Measures ordered by Arbitral Tribunals. Where we are. Where we can go”, Umberto Celli Junior, Maristela Basso, Alberto Amaral Junior (coord.), “Arbitragem e Comercio Internacional. Estudos em Homenagem a Luiz Olavo Baptista". Sao Paulo, Quartier Latin (2013), 675.
- “Notas Sobre la Nueva Ley de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional en Costa Rica”. Revista de Arbitragem e Mediacao No. 30, 2011, pp. 483-485.
2010
- Recent international arbitration developments in the Chilean courts(co-authored with Johanna Klein Kranenberg. IBA Arbitration Newsletter, Vol. 15, March 2010, pp. 161-164.
2009
- “Comentario al fallo de Gold Nutrition, Corte Suprema de Chile”. Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje, 2009, pp. 379-413.
- La evolución de las normas de exequátur de laudos extranjeros en Chile (co-autor Gonzalo Fernández). Carlos A. Soto Coaguila (dir.), Arbitraje Comercial y Arbitraje de Inversión, Tomo 2 (Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, 2009).
2008
- “Las Convenciones Anteriores a la Convención de Nueva York: Discusiones y Problemas”. Tawil y Zuleta (dirs.), Abeledo Perrot (ed.), Arbitraje Comercial Internacional, Estudio de la Convención de Nueva York con motivo de su 50° aniversario (2008), pp. 1-14.
- Renuncia al recurso de anulación contra el laudo: alcances y análisis comparativo. Carlos A. Soto Coaguila (dir.), El Arbitraje en el Perú el Mundo, Tomo 1 (Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, 2008), pp. 531-538.
2007
- Funcionamiento de los Dispute Boards de la ICC y su encuadre en el derecho argentino (coautor Roque Caivano). Revista Internacional de Arbitraje 6 (2007), pp. 146-174.
- El sistema de arbitraje de la Corte Internacional de Arbitraje de la Cámara de Comercio Internacional. Estudios de Arbitraje: Libro homenaje al profesor Patricio Aylwin Azócar, Editorial Jurídica de Chile (2007), pp. 519-534.
2006
- Apuntes sobre Arbitraje Comercial Internacional en la República Popular de China. Revista Peruana de Arbitraje, No. 3, 2006, pp. 195-208.
2005
- La Madurez del Arbitraje Internacional: laudos extranjeros y laudos internacionales. Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem No. 5, pp.129-143; also in Revista Internacional de Arbitraje, No. 4.
- Notas sobre la nueva ley chilena de arbitraje comercial internacional (co-autora Angie Armer Ríos). Revista Chilena de Derecho Privado, No. 4.
2004
- Amicable means to resolve disputes, How the ICC ADR Rules work. Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 21 No. 1, 2004.
2003
- Will the Approach to Multi-Tiered Clauses in ICC Arbitration be Influenced by a Recent U.K. Decision? ADR & THE LAW (2003) 19a Ed. , American Arbitration Association, Fordham International Law Journal, Fordham Urban Law Journal, pp. 159-164.
- Multi-tiered Dispute Resolution Clauses in ICC Arbitration. Introduction and Comment, 14 Bull. ICC ICA (2003).