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Anibal M. Sabater

Address: 

Chaffetz Lindsey LLP
1700 Broadway, 33rd Floor
New York / New York 10019
U.S.A.

Phone Number: 
+1 212 257 6945
Fax Number: 
+1 212 257 6950
Email: 
anibal.sabater@chaffetzlindsey.com
Website: https://www.chaffetzlindsey.com/our-people/partners/anibal-martin-sabater/
Born: 
Madrid, 1974
Languages: 
English Spanish
Nationalities: 
Spanish
USA
Education: 
Madrid, Universidad Complutense, Law Degree (1997) and Doctorate in Law (1999)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Spain (1997)
California (2005)
England and Wales, solicitor (2008)
District of Columbia (2011)
Legal consultant in New York (2012)
Present Position: 
Partner, Chaffetz Lindsey
Chair of the International Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Member of the Board of Directors of the New York International Arbitration Center
Professional Experience: 

Norton Rose Fulbright (previously Fulbright & Jaworski), partner (2009-2015), counsel (2004-2009), foreign associate (2003-2004); Gómez Acebo-Pombo, Madrid, associate attorney (1997-2003); University of Houston Law Center, adjunct professor (2007-2008).

Professional Associations: 

ICCA; Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Law (corresponding member); ICDR Translation Committee (past chairman); LCIA; ICC Latin American Group.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

ICDR; SIAC; DR-CAFTA Chapter 20; Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association; Madrid Court of Arbitration; Central America – Chile Free Trade Agreement; International Center of Arbitration of American Chamber of Commerce of Peru.

Arbitration Experience: 

Acted as counsel in scores of arbitration cases under major international rules (AAA/ICDR, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, UNCITRAL). Acted as co-arbitrator approximately twenty five times. Acted as chairman of the tribunal approximately twenty times. Acted as sole arbitrator approximately fifteen times. Acted as emergency arbitrator four times.

Areas of Specialization: 
Contracts
Foreign Investment
Joint Ventures
Investment Treaty
Minerals & Mining
Natural Resources
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings in Oil & Gas Disputes - WAMR 2016 Vol. 10, No. 2
Publications: 

“Tracing the Evolution of International Investment Law Through the Catalyst of Energy Disputes” (with Mark Stadnyk), OGEL (2018); Model Extradition Treaty, Published by the International Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association, Co-Authored by Aníbal Sabater (March 2017); “Optional Appellate Arbitration Rules: Are They Good For Your Case?” (with Practical Law Arbitration), Thomson Reuters (September 2015); “ICDR arbitration–the lawyers’ perspective” LexisPSL (August 2015); “International Arbitration Pre-Hearing Checklist”  New York International Arbitration Center (July 2015); “Getting Ready for the Unexpected: Applicable Laws, Remedies and Dispute Resolution Strategies for Managing the Early Stages of Political Risk,” in Sixty-Third Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law (Lexis-Nexis Matthew Bender) 2012; “‘Cultural Conflicts’ in International Arbitration” World Arbitration & Mediation Review, 2012, Vol. 6, No. 1 (José María Abascal Liber Amicorum), page 125; “The Influence of Investment on Commercial Arbitration: Should the Small Fish Eat the Big One?,” News and Notes from The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Vol. 25, Number 1, Page 1, First Quarter 2011 “When Arbitration Begins Without A Seat,” Journal of International Arbitration 27(5): 443–472, 2010.