Elisa Zavala Achurra

Associate, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Elisa Zavala Achurra is an associate at Cleary Gottlieb in their New York City office. Her practice focuses on complex international arbitration cases involving investment and commercial claims, with an emphasis on Latin America. Her experience includes arbitrating disputes in Spanish and English, under the laws of various jurisdictions in the United States and Latin America, in matters involving oil and gas, banking and post-M&A disputes. Elisa is bilingual and trained both in civil and common law.

Elisa is an active member of the international arbitration community and frequently speaks in specialised panels related to her practice. She has also published extensively on international law and dispute resolution, including in peer reviewed journals in the United States, the United Kingdom and various Latin American countries. Elisa is an associate member of ArbitralWomen, ICC YAAF and Young ICCA.

Elisa joined Cleary Gottlieb in 2020. Prior to Cleary, Elisa was an associate in the litigation and arbitration practice of a Chilean law firm and taught International Dispute Resolution as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Universidad Catholica de Chile. Elisa received her law degree in Chile and holds an LLM from Harvard Law School.