Rafael T. Boza is Special Counsel in the International Arbitration Group of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw and Pittman LLP.  Rafael focuses his practice on all aspects of international arbitration and dispute resolution. He also practices in transactions and corporate matters.

Rafael provides his clients with both early identification and mitigation of business risks and a successful plan of action should a dispute occur.  Since the beginning of his career, Rafael has been involved in the arbitration field as arbitrator, counsel, and publisher.  As arbitrator Rafael joined the Arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Commerce in 2003 and AMCHAM Peru soon thereafter.  He has conducted several ad hoc and administered arbitrations.  As counsel he has represented several clients in arbitrations.  As publisher, he has been involved with the Institute for Transnational Arbitration since 2009, where he was editor of the World Arbitration and Mediation Review—WAMR, and now is Co-Editor in Chief of ITA in Review.  As a former “mootie,” Rafael was also editor of the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration.

Rafael attended the Universidad de Lima in Peru where he received his Bachelor in Law in Political Science and Law Degree.  He then obtained an LLM from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium and a JD from South Texas College of Law in Houston.

Prior to joining Pillsbury, Rafael served as in-house counsel in the international crane and engineered transportation services sector.  In addition to day-to-day legal operations, litigations and arbitrations, Rafael oversaw transactions, compliance, intellectual property, and employment matters, and negotiated insurance claims.  Rafael has worked in Peru, Chile, and the US as counsel for banks, governmental entities, and large corporations and has extensive experience in Latin America, including in Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela.

Charles (“Chip”) Rosenberg is a partner in the International Dispute Resolution practice at Squire Patton Boggs. He is a specialist in public international law and international arbitration, focusing on both investment treaty arbitration and international commercial arbitration. He also specializes in US and international enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards.

Chip has created and taught seminars on investment treaty arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and international investment law at the American University Washington College of Law in Washington DC and The Hague University of Applied Sciences in The Hague, Netherlands. Prior to joining the firm, Chip spent two years clerking for The Honorable Charles N. Brower, who was ranked the “world’s busiest arbitrator” by The American Lawyer in terms of large investment treaty and international commercial arbitrations, in London, and at the Iran-US Claims Tribunal in The Hague. As a law clerk, he also served as tribunal secretary in multiple ICC arbitrations.

Chip was recognized as a Global Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2023, due to his “vast expertise and experience advising on some of the world’s most significant and cutting-edge legal matters,” as well as his “ability to innovate, inspire, and go above and beyond to deliver for [his] clients.” He previously had repeatedly been recognized as a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2017-2022, which focuses on selecting outstanding lawyers aged 45 or under. In its 2022 edition, Chip was named one of the eight Most Highly Regarded non-partners in the Americas, with published client and peer interviews confirming that Chip “has an ambitious outlook and works hard to win and deliver results for his clients,” and is commended for his “intellect and original approach to arbitration issues,” as well as his “encyclopedic knowledge of investor-state disputes.” In its 2021 edition, Chip was described as a “very talented, collaborative and responsive lawyer” who is considered to be “a true heavyweight in the arbitration arena” thanks to his “remarkable experience in international investment disputes.” In its 2019 edition, he was recognized as “‘a brilliant writer and tactician’ who peers note ‘really gets it’ when it comes to complex arbitration proceedings and is ‘one to watch.’”