Valeria Bonechi Rocha is an associate at Armesto Dispute Resolution, an arbitration boutique that handles complex disputes in various sectors, jurisdictions and languages. She is a Mexican and Italian national, qualified as a lawyer in Mexico.
Valeria acts in international and domestic arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and administered, involving commercial and investment disputes. Most of the cases are administered by international and local arbitral institutions. The list of arbitrations in which Valeria has participated can be found below.
Professional Experience
Valeria worked as an Assistant Legal Counsel at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague, Netherlands (2022-2024). Before that, Valeria worked as an associate in the dispute resolution area of Von Wobeser in Mexico City, Mexico (2018-2021).
Education
Valeria holds a bachelor’s degree in law (Licenciatura en Derecho) from the Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico (2013-2018).
In 2022, Valeria obtained a Master’s degree (LL.M.) in International Law from the University of Cambridge, Jesus College, United Kingdom.
Languages
• Spanish (mother tongue)
• English (bilingual)
• French (bilingual)
Professional Associations
– Member of the Task Force on Arbitration with States of the Madrid International Arbitration Center (2024-)
– Member of the Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB)
– Secretary of ALARB’s young arbitration lawyers’ group (ALARB Siguiente Generación)
– Member of CEIA-40 (Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje)
Conferences
“Desafíos en la terminación de contratos de infraestructura y energía” – Speaker in a webinar organized by the Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje and Accuracy (2025).
Publications
Collaborator in “ElNuevo arbitraje de inversión bajo el T-MEC”, CIAMEN, Real Instituto Universitario de Estudios Europeos, Arbitraje: Revista de Arbitraje Comercial y de Inversiones, vol. XIII, 303 (2021).
Author in “Reglas de Praga” ICC Mexico, Revista Pauta, núm. 90, 203 (2020).
As Secretary or Assistant to the Arbitral Tribunal
Spanish company vs. Spanish Company, Administrative Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal, Corte Civil y Mercantil de Arbitraje, Spanish law and language (2024).
As an Assistant Legal Counsel at the PCA
Valeria acted as an Assistant Legal Counsel between 2022 and 2024 in the following PCA cases:
Lynton Trading LTD (United States of America) v. The Republic of Ecuador, PCA Assistant Legal Counsel (chairman: Eduardo Siqueiros Twomey; Adolfo Jiménez; Jorge Viñuales), UNCITRAL, English and Spanish languages. Counsel to Claimant: Homer Bonner Jacobs Ortiz, Rivero Mestre LLP and Echaiz y Asociados. Counsel to Respondent: Procuraduría General del Estado; Winston & Strawn; Lauden American Consulting (2023).
EcuadorTLC S.A. (Ecuador) v. The Republic of Ecuador, PCA Assistant Legal Counsel (chairman: Dyalá Jiménez Figueres; David M. Orta and Juan Pablo Cárdenas Mejía), UNCITRAL; Spanish language. Counsel to Claimant: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (US) LLP; Dechamps International Law; Flor & Hurtado; Counsel to Respondent: Procuraduría General del Estado; Dechert LLP (2020).
Aecon Construction Group Inc. (Canada) v. The Republic of Ecuador, PCA Assistant Legal Counsel (chairman: Carole Malinvaud; Guido Santiago Tawil and Pierre-Marie Dupuy), UNCITRAL; English and Spanish languages. Counsel to Claimant: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP. Counsel to Respondent: Procuraduría General del Estado (2019).
Antonio del Valle Ruiz and others (Mexico) v. The Kingdom of Spain, PCA Assistant Legal Counsel (chairman: Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler; William Park; Alexis Mourre), UNCITRAL, English and Spanish languages. Counsel to Claimants: King & Spalding LLP. Counsel to Respondent: Abogacía General del Estado, Ministerio de Justicia (2017).
Glencore Finance (Bermuda) Limited v. Plurinational State of Bolivia, PCA Assistant Legal Counsel (chairman: Ricardo Ramírez Hernández; John Y. Gotanda, Philippe Sands), UNCITRAL, English and Spanish languages. Counsel to Claimant: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP; Ferrere Abogados. Counsel to Respondent: Procuraduría General del Estado; Dechert LLP (2016).
As Counsel
Valeria has been part of the team representing:
A German company against a Mexican company,Centro de Arbitraje de México, supply contract, Spanish language (2020).