Rodrigo Macin

Senior Associate

Rodrigo is a Senior Associate with more than 13 years of experience in dispute resolution. His practice focuses on commercial arbitration, investor-state, and public works arbitration. Although he has considerable experience in court litigation mainly related to arbitration proceedings.

He has ample experience advising leading multinational clients, both foreign and Mexican in complex, international high-profile matters. Rodrigo has participated in over 50 top-level and highly regarded international arbitrations in various sectors and jurisdictions. He has participated in arbitrations under various rules, including ICC, LCIA, CAM, ICDR, AAA, ICSID and PCA. Rodrigo also has significant experience assisting arbitral tribunals in their duties. Prior to joining Asali, Rodrigo worked for a GAR100 firm based in Mexico City and as a foreign associate at Freshfields Backhaus Deringer, D.C., where he focused his practice on representing foreign investors in investment arbitration against Latin American countries.

Rodrigo graduated top of his class from the Escuela Libre de Derecho and received an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, where he attended on a full scholarship granted by the Mexican Government to study dispute resolution in the energy sector and served as the Vice President of the Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association. Rodrigo also holds a M.A. in legal philosophy from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.

All major legal directories have recognized his arbitration practice, including Chambers and Partners, GAR 100, Who’s Who Legal Future Leaders, the Legal 500, and Best Lawyers.

Rodrigo is a professor of Roman Law, Legal Philosophy, and Contemporary Theory of Justice at the Escuela Libre de Derecho.