GBS Disputes

Patricia is or was part of the team advising and/or representing:

• Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in an ICSID arbitration initiated against the Kingdom of Sweden under the China-Sweden bilateral investment treaty (ICSID Case No. ARB/22/2). The dispute relates to a number of measures taken by Sweden directly targeting Huawei’s investments in Sweden and excluding our client from the roll-out of 5G network products and services in the country.
• An African shipping company in an ad hoc arbitration in London arising in connection with various charterparties purportedly entered into since 2007. The case concerns allegations of grand corruption and kleptocracy at the highest levels in an African State.
• The majority shareholders in the former Yukos Oil Company in relation to the recognition and enforcement proceedings initiated in multiple jurisdictions for the enforcement of the USD 50 billion awards rendered in the arbitrations brought by the shareholders against the Russian Federation concerning the unlawful treatment and expropriation of their investments in Yukos.

Education

• Queen Mary University of London, Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Public International Law (with distinction; Public International Law prize awardee; Chevening Scholar)
• University of the Philippines, Diliman, Juris Doctor
• University of the Philippines, Diliman, Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication (cum laude)

Admissions & Courts

• Philippines
• England & Wales

Languages

• English
• Filipino (Tagalog)
• French

Nationality

• Filipino

Senior Lecturer on Private International Law, University of the Philippines College of Law

• “The Philippines – National Report,” World Arbitration Reporter, 2nd edition (2022) (co-author)
• “A Case Concerning Human Rights in Relation to Environmental Protection,” 85 Philippines Law Journal 210 (2010) (co-author)