Yine Rodríguez Pérez
Partner | Litigation
Chair, Latin America
yine.rodriguezperez@pierferd.com
+1.561.876.3056 cell
+1.786.584.2246 office
Miami
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About
Yine Rodríguez Pérez focuses on complex international arbitrations with special emphasis on state-investor disputes and international public law in Latin America. She has represented major state-owned oil companies, and its subsidiaries, in international disputes from inception to enforcement of the awards. She also represents multinational companies in a wide range of industries from mining and oil & energy to hospitality, real estate and securities. She represents clients before all major international arbitration institutions including, ICSID, ICC, LCIA, and AAA/ICDR, and in post-arbitration proceedings before U.S. federal courts in English and Spanish.
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Yine’s core practice areas are State-Investor Disputes, International Arbitration and Mediation, International Public Law, Sovereign Immunity, Section 1782 Discovery, and Latin America.
As a native Spanish speaker and a licensed Spanish and Florida attorney, Ms. Rodríguez Pérez routinely practices in both English as well as Spanish in formal and informal legal writing. Ms. Rodríguez Pérez has travelled extensively throughout Latin America to represent her clients which has allowed her to understand and be familiar with the traditions, customs, and political landscape of that region.
She is also a frequent speaker in arbitration related conferences and has been a guest lecturer at colleges of law including University of Miami, Florida International University, and Cornell.
Practices
International Disputes
Arbitration and Mediation
Commercial Litigation
Latin America
Admissions
Florida
District of Columbia
Spain
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Education
Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, J.D., 2010
University of Barcelona, School of Law, LL.B., 2008
Recognition
Included in the 2025 edition of the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America for Commercial Litigation
Ranked as one of Latin America’s Top 100 Female Lawyers (Arbitration, 2025)
Professional Memberships
Vice-President, Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje – Texas Chapter
Former Chair of the Foreign Legal Consultant of The Florida Bar
Languages
Spanish
Catalan
Experience
FisherBroyles, LLP
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Shutts & Bowen LLP
Representative Experience
Represented a Central American country in a US $100 million investment arbitration dispute related to the expropriation of real estate assets for an ecotourism project from initial investigation to post hearing briefs, including traveling to the site with the experts which lead to the discovery of key information favorable to the case.
Represented a Latin American country in a US $750 million investment arbitration dispute related to a mining concession.
Represented a Central American country in a US $100 million investment arbitration dispute related to the expropriation of a trading house in violation of securities law.
Represented a major South American oil company in federal court proceedings involving the enforcement of a US $465 million arbitration award.
Represented a Venezuelan state-owned oil company in a US $90 million litigation dispute in federal court in Miami.
Represented a South American client in the negotiation of an oil and specific services contract as well as complex ancillary agreements (US $4.9 billion) with multiple government agencies in a transaction selected as the Deal of the Year by Latin Lawyer magazine as the largest investment in the upstream sector in that country.
Represent Latin American clients in cross-border transactions and contract negotiations.
Review compliance programs and company policies for U.S. clients to minimize risk and prepare for potential audits and investigations.
Advised on Cuban law and related issues for multinational companies doing business in Cuba.
Presentations and Teaching Experience
2026: Speaker at the Latin American Summit of the New York City Bar Association on the panel “Central America and the Caribbean: Growth Opportunities and Risk Strategy.” New York City Bar Association.
2025: Speaker at the International Congress of the Arbitration Library between Academia and Professional Practice on the panel “Investment Protection Treaties in Historical-Evolutionary Perspective: From the BIT between Germany and Pakistan to the Most Recent Ones.”
2022: Speaker at a seminar titled “Possible Forums for the Recovery of Damages Caused by the Russian Aggression in Ukraine.” CEO Club, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2021: Speaker on a panel titled “The Use of Discovery in International Commercial Arbitration.” University of Miami School of Law, Miami, Florida.
2021: Speaker on a panel titled “CEA Chapter Talk on the Code of Good Arbitration Practices of the Spanish Arbitration Club.” Virtual.
2019: Gave lecture on “International Commercial Arbitration from the U.S. Perspective.” Florida International University College of Law, Miami, Florida.
2019: Speaker on a panel titled “Major Law Firms and International Arbitration.” University of Miami School of Law, Miami, Florida.
2019: Speaker on a panel titled “Investment Arbitration and Government Contracting.” Costa Rica Bar Association, San José, Costa Rica.
2018: Gave lecture on “The Rise of International Arbitration in the United States and Beyond: A Motion to Enforce Arbitration Agreements.” Florida International University College of Law, Miami, Florida.
2017: Speaker on a panel titled “Challenges of Working at Major Law Firms.” Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York.
2017: Speaker on a panel titled “How Can My Client Invest in Cuba, and What Can We Do If It Becomes an ‘Arroz con Mango’?” iLaw Conference 2017, Miami, Florida.
2016: Participated in the International Arbitration Mastery Series “How to Persuade a Tribunal,” which discussed the most effective strategies for cross-examining witnesses in international arbitration. Miami International Arbitration Society, Miami, Florida.
2016 and 2017: Gave lectures on “The Regulation of Foreign Lawyers in the United States and the Florida Bar’s Foreign Legal Consultants Program.” Florida International University College of Law, Miami, Florida.
Publications
“The Development of the Cuba-United states relationship,” international Law Quarterly, Florida Bar, Special Cuba Edition (Fall 2016, vol. XXXII, no.3).