Florencia Villaggi

Senior Vice President, Spain

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Florencia Villaggi is a Senior Vice President at Burford Capital with responsibility for assessing and underwriting legal risk, focusing on investor-state and international commercial arbitration. She brings nearly 20 years of experience advising clients across the United States, Europe and Latin America on complex cross-border disputes.

Experience

Herbert Smith Freehills

Counsel, International Arbitration Group
Perez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martinez de Hoz(h)

Associate
Diaz Bobillo, Richard & Sigwald

Associate

Education

Fordham University School of Law

LLM, cum laude
Queen Mary University of London

LLM, with merits
University of Buenos Aires School of Law

Postgraduate degree, oil & gas law, honors
University of Buenos Aires School of Law

Abogado
Languages

Spanish

Professional affiliations

North America Representative

ICC YAAF
Co-Chair, Client Representative Committee

ABA DR Section
Member

ITA Advisory Board

Notable news and publications

Burford Quarterly As arbitration in Spain evolves, legal finance gains ground

Burford Quarterly Nuevas Tendencias: Arbitraje en las Américas en Una Época de Cambio

Blog Con el crecimiento del arbitraje en los sectores energéticos y mineros en América Latina, se dispara el interés por la financiación de tales disputas

Burford Quarterly As energy and mining arbitration heats up in Latin America, so does legal finance

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Experience

Herbert Smith Freehills

Perez Alati, Grondona, Benites, Arntsen & Martinez de Hoz(h)

Diaz Bobillo, Richard & Sigwald

Education

Fordham University School of Law

Queen Mary University of London

University of Buenos Aires School of Law

University of Buenos Aires School of Law

Languages

Professional affiliations

North America Representative

Co-Chair, Client Representative Committee

Member

Notable news and publications

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