Investor-State Arbitration

Investment disputes are aired in the complex interface between public and private international law, substantive and procedural domestic laws of the State in which the dispute arose, and the experience and expectations of practitioners and stakeholders from both civil and common legal systems.

Windrose brings strategic expertise in this area to support clients facing or considering claims before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), ICSID Additional Facility, and under the UNCITRAL rules.

Commercial Arbitration

International commercial disputes mean arbitration. Successful representation in these matters requires an ability to master both the substantive law applicable to the dispute as well as the procedural maneuvers available to the parties in the applicable arbitral system. Windrose brings strategic expertise on both fronts.

Windrose represents corporate, nonprofit, and State-owned enterprises in international commercial arbitrations conducted under both common law and civil law rules presented in various fora, such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the American Arbitration Association International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA).

Mediation

Parties to international disputes increasingly face the possibility of mediation: arbitration institutions have increasingly developed mediation procedures, and international contracts increasingly include mediation provisions.

Given the right conditions, mediation can provide a useful and efficient way to resolve potentially costly disputes. Given the wrong conditions, mediation simply adds another costly and time-consuming layer to an already costly and time-consuming dispute resolution process. Bringing experience as counsel as mediator, Windrose provides the experience needed to navigate clients through these shoals.

Pro Bono

Windrose is committed to placing skills and expertise in the service of others in need. Pro bono projects include assistance with citizenship applications for U.S. permanent residents, the representation of indigent clients seeking the recovery of funds lost through an online loan scam, the creation and teaching of U.S. citizenship courses designed for older Latin American immigrants, and representation of amici curiae civil rights organizations before U.S. federal courts.

About

Windrose founder Bonard Molina García, FCIArb, has focused his legal career on international dispute resolution and prevention. Bonard began his legal career practicing in the international arbitration practice groups of Arnold & Porter and Winston & Strawn. Bonard has represented foreign sovereigns as well as corporate and nonprofit clients in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations, including in various high-profile ICSID and UNCITRAL matters.

Bonard has advised sovereign clients on investment dispute preparedness and prevention and has conducted training seminars for officials at all levels of government.

Bonard is also a trained mediator with experience in single as well as co-mediator structures under various mediation models.

Bonard is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.), the School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America (M.A.), and Loyola College (B.A., biology/philosophy).

Bonard is a native speaker of both English and Spanish and a dual national of the United States and Mexico.