Néstor Armando is a Mexican lawyer and LL.M. candidate at the MIDS 2025-2026. He holds an LL.B. from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), where he wrote his thesis on counterclaims in investor-State arbitration. He previously served as Deputy Director of Regulatory Impact Analysis at Mexico’s Ministry of Digital Transformation and Telecommunications, where he contributed to the drafting of secondary regulations, reviewed regulatory impact assessments with implications for international trade, and prepared analyses on the consistency of national legislation with WTO and USMCA obligations. Earlier, at RRH Consultores, a boutique firm specialized in international economic law, he assisted in antidumping proceedings and investment arbitration cases.
He has been an oralist and international semifinalist, as well as a judge, in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, and he coached UNAM’s team for the John H. Jackson Moot Court on WTO law. He also served as a teaching assistant at UNAM’s Faculty of Law in courses on international trade, dispute settlement, telecommunications, and energy law. He remains active in the arbitration community by attending international conferences, including the Washington Arbitration Week and World Arbitration Update, where he also collaborated in organizing the Mexican chapter in 2023.
Néstor was selected for a merit-based mentorship program with a counsel at ICSID and is a member of Young ICSID, Young ITA, Young ICCA, and CIArb. His main interests include investment arbitration, international trade law, commercial arbitration, and public international law.
Nationality
Mexican
Working Languages
English
Spanish
Areas of Expertise
International trade law
Investment arbitration
Telecommunications
Good Regulatory Practices
Bar Information
Mexico City, Mexico, 2024
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