Brian Vaca
Associate
Washington, D.C.
Brian Vaca
Associate
Washington, D.C.
Contact details
Brian's practice focuses on advising foreign sovereigns and corporate clients in investment and commercial disputes. Brian's experience includes investment arbitrations before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and under the UNCITRAL Rules, as well as in commercial arbitrations before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
These cases have spanned various substantive areas, including energy, mining, infrastructure, sovereign debt, telecommunications, banking, and trademark disputes, among others.
A native of the United States and Ecuador, Brian is fluent in English and Spanish. Brian has been recognized as a “Future Leader” in arbitration for 2022 in the peer ranked Who’s Who Legal, and has made the “Ones to Watch” list by Best Lawyers in 2021 and 2022.
Brian also has experience in domestic litigation and maintains an active pro bono practice.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: District of Columbia Bar, 2018
Admitted: Florida Bar, 2017
Academic
LL.M., International Arbitration, University of Miami School of Law, 2016
JD, Law, University of Miami School of Law, 2016
BA, Political Science and Psychology, Florida International University, 2013
Related articles
News: 12 December 2023
Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2024 recognises 25 Allen & Overy lawyers as global leaders
The Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration 2024 survey of the world’s leading arbitration lawyers lists 25 Allen & Overy lawyers in its rankings, an increase of six on our 2023 rankings.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted: District of Columbia Bar, 2018
Admitted: Florida Bar, 2017
Academic
LL.M., International Arbitration, University of Miami School of Law, 2016
JD, Law, University of Miami School of Law, 2016
BA, Political Science and Psychology, Florida International University, 2013
Pro bono:
- Advising the Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs and the American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. in a dispute relating to the COVID-19 pandemic and a water crisis, concerning unhygienic conditions and inadequate health protocols at a public psychiatric hospital.
- Representing an undocumented Ecuadorian national in the United States in a petition for U Nonimmigrant status.
Awards & accolades
Ones to Watch in Commercial Litigation
Best Lawyers, 2021-2023
"Future Leader" in Arbitration
Who's Who Legal, 2022
