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Rebeca is the current President of ArbitralWomen and a senior associate at Reed Smith’s New York office. She is a dual-qualified attorney in Panama and New York, with nearly fifteen years of experience in investor-state disputes and international commercial arbitrations. Her experience spans various industries, including renewable energy, oil & gas, infrastructure, construction, technology, real estate, and telecommunications. Rebeca also brings significant experience from her tenure at Shell Oil in Alaska, where she focused in the upstream sector.

Credentials

  • American University, Washington College of Law, 2018, Certification in International Investment Arbitration
  • New York University School of Law, 2013, LL.M., International Business Regulations, Litigation and Arbitration
  • University of Alaska Anchorage, 2011, M.Sc., Project Management
  • Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua, 2005, LL.B., magna cum laude

  • New York
  • Republic of Panama

  • U.S. Court of Appeals - Second Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - Eighth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court - Southern District of New York
  • U.S. District Court - Eastern District of New York
  • State Superior Court - New York

  • ArbitralWomen - President
  • Vice Chair of the International Arbitration Committee of the ABA International Law Section (2023 – 2024)
  • Member of the Review Committee for the Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Arbitration from the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center
  • Redacting committee member, Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB) Arbitral Glossary
  • Member of the American Chamber of Commerce Panama
  • New York Arbitration Week 2022, Organizing Committee
  • ICC YAF Representative North America
  • American Bar Association
  • International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), Member
  • The Rising Arbitrators Initiative (RAI), Membership Task Force

Awards & Recognition

  • Included in the Jus Connect 2023 Powerlist of Most Active Female Arbitration Lawyers
  • Selected through peer review for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© "Ones to Watch" list for Commercial Litigation, 2023
  • Who’s Who Legal, Listed for ‘Most Highly Regarded’ international arbitration non-partner in the Americas, 2022
  • New York Law Journal Rising Star, 2021.
  • Who’s Who Legal, Listed for Arbitration Future Leaders - Non Partners, 2020, 2021, 2022.
  • Latinvex, Listed as one of Latin America’s Top 100 Female Lawyers for Arbitration & Litigation, 2019-2023
  • Human Rights’ 2019 Human Rights Volunteer Award and the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s 2019 Arthur C. Helton Memorial Human Rights Award, 2019.