Victor M. Ruiz Barboza

Victor’s practice is focused on the resolution of commercial and corporate disputes. He has acted as counsel and as arbitrator in a number of domestic and international arbitrations, involving disputes derived from contracts for the international sale of goods, share purchase agreements, energy and infrastructure projects, M&A transactions, shareholders’ agreements, joint venture contracts, distributorship and franchise agreements.

Victor is a vice president of ICC Mexico’s Commission on Arbitration and ADR (2017–2020) and was recently appointed general director of Mexican Arbitration Institute for the 2019–2021 period. Victor was previously the chair of the Commercial Law Commission of the Mexican Bar Association (2015–2018). Victor is also a member of the Arbitration and Mediation Commission of the Chamber of Commerce of Mexico City and of the ICC Latin American Arbitration Group.

For almost four years, Victor was a deputy counsel to the ICC International Court of Arbitration, where he oversaw more than 180 arbitrations, including several high-profile cases involving large corporations and state entities from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula.