Professor Pablo T. Spiller Joins BRG’s Expanding International Arbitration Practice in New York City

BRG today announced the further expansion of its international arbitration and cross-border disputes team with the appointment of Pablo T. Spiller, one of the world’s leading experts in the field.

Prof. Spiller joins BRG’s team of financial economists led by International Arbitration practice co-chair and Managing Director Daniela Bambaci. He also rejoins his former colleague Dr. Manuel A. Abdala, who joined BRG last month.

The Jeffrey A. Jacobs Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Business and Technology at the Haas School of Business, University of California (UC), Berkeley, Prof. Spiller joins BRG as a managing director in its New York office. His consulting and expert testimony experience extends to over 180 litigation and international arbitration cases involving contractual and treaty disputes, in which he has offered opinions on damages, economic interpretation of contracts and regulatory issues.

Prof. Spiller said: “I am excited to be launching this next stage of my consulting career at BRG in the company of my former colleagues Daniela and Manuel.

Bambaci said: “Welcoming Pablo to BRG cements our position as one of the world’s foremost International Arbitration practices, and we are delighted to have him on board. Our continued growth ensures our clients can access an unrivalled bench of testifying experts and the skills and talent of our global team of professionals.”

“Pablo’s remarkable research record on regulatory and institutional economics at UC Berkeley, coupled with his extensive experience as researcher, advisor and testifying expert, fits perfectly with our firm’s DNA. International expansion is a critical element of BRG’s projected growth. Our International Arbitration practice is going from strength to strength, and, with the addition of Professor Spiller, we can count on significant synergies within the practice and the rest of the firm,” concluded David Teece, BRG’s cofounder and executive chairman and a Professor of the Graduate School at UC Berkeley.

BRG’s International Arbitration practice includes 24 experts listed in Who’s Who Legal, of whom seven are Global Elite Thought Leaders. The practice has experts and staff around the world, including in Beijing, Boston, Buenos Aires, Chicago, Dallas, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Paris, Perth, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Singapore and Washington, DC.