Personal bio
Elisabeth Eljuri sits as arbitrator in major energy, natural resources, infrastructure and M&A arbitrations related to Latin America, filed under the rules of the ICC, ICDR, LCIA, UNCITRAL and ICSID. Ms. Eljuri is a member of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and sits on the Board of the Miami International Arbitration Society (MIAS).
Elisabeth has published extensively in the areas of energy, oil and gas, investment protection and political risk management. She has presented at over one hundred industry conferences around the world. Likewise, she has held numerous senior positions in organizations such as President worldwide of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN).
In parallel to her arbitrator appointments, Ms. Eljuri has been a co-founder and executive with two private-equity backed oil and gas companies over the past decade. Westlawn Americas Offshore, a Houston-based oil company that acquired assets in the Gulf of America and Latin America, and Sierra Oil & Gas, a Mexico-based oil company that held a number of significant offshore assets in the Gulf of Mexico. Before venturing into the executive arena, she spent 27 years in legal practice at two global firms. Until 2015, Ms. Eljuri was the Head of Latin America of Norton Rose Fulbright and senior partner in the areas of international arbitration and energy/natural resources.
She graduated from Universidad Católica in Venezuela and thereafter attended Harvard Law School. She is admitted to practice law in New York and Venezuela. She is a member of the Young President’s Organization (YPO) and is currently completing YPO Presidents’ Gold Program at Harvard Business School. Ms. Eljuri is based in Miami, Florida.