Dyalá Jiménez

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 for Costa Rica before ICSID, and 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 works in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.

Accreditations and Memberships

• Member of ICSID’s roster of arbitrators
• Member of ICCA Governing Board (and of its Judiciary Committee)
• Costa Rican Bar Association
• ICC International Court of Arbitration for Costa Rica
• Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB)
• Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
• International Arbitration Institute
• Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
• ICC Latin American Arbitration Group
• Vice President of the ICC ADR and Arbitration Commission (2017-2018)
• Member of the Board of CINDE, the non-government investment promotion agency of Costa Rica
• CEDR Investor-state mediation training (30 hours) 

Selected Engagements

The following is a selection of cases where Dyalá has sat as arbitrator. It does not include, among others, ongoing cases.

Chair of Arbitral Tribunal

• ICC case with seat in Guatemala concerning an energy supply contract.
• ICC case with seat in Panama concerning a construction contract.
• ICC case with seat in Mexico between two private companies concerning a power purchase agreement.
• Arbitration according to the CeCAP rules with seat in Panama between a State entity and a private company emanating from a construction contract.
• Arbitration according to the CeCAP 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.

Co-arbitrator/Member of panel

• Co-arbitrator in an ICSID tribunal.
• Member of two ICSID annulment committees.
• CIAM case with seat in Ecuador concerning the telecommunications industry.
• ICC arbitration with seat in Bolivia concerning a construction contract.
• ICC arbitration with seat in El Salvador between private parties related to the telecommunications industry.
• CeCAP arbitration with seat in Panama.