Victoria Cadiz focuses on international commercial arbitration, high-stakes construction matters, and investor-State proceedings. Educated in the United States and qualified in New York, Victoria has spent her career in Paris, practicing at major U.S. and European law firms. Her experience in common law and civil law jurisdictions enables her to provide clients with tailored, cross-border advice and advocacy in complex, multinational disputes.
Victoria regularly represents companies, sovereign States, and State-owned entities across a spectrum of industries, including oil and gas, energy, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, infrastructure, and telecommunications. Her experience encompasses disputes relating to the supply and transport of natural gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) under long-term supply contracts, including take-or-pay obligations and price review mechanisms, as well as post-M&A liability, infrastructure and refinery construction, and adjudication before dispute review boards. Victoria has a particular focus on disputes originating in Latin America.
Her practice has included proceedings governed by a variety of substantive laws and conducted under the auspices of major arbitration institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR).
Prior to joining Jones Day in 2026, Victoria acquired experience in international arbitration at leading law firms in New York and Paris, as well as at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).
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The following represents experience acquired prior to joining Jones Day.
Represented the Latin American subsidiary of a European energy company in an ICC arbitration with its seat in Paris against a European LNG supplier, applying New York law. The dispute arose from an LNG sale and purchase agreement and concerned failure to deliver, repudiation, and force majeure claims.
Represented a leading Central American energy provider in an ICDR arbitration with its seat in New York against another Central American energy off-taker, applying New York law. The dispute concerned contractual breaches of the applicable power purchase agreement.
Represented French pharmaceutical group Sanofi in an ICC arbitration with its seat in Geneva against German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, applying Swiss law with significant U.S. law aspects. The dispute arose from a business swap and concerned pre- and post-acquisition liability to indemnify third-party claims after one of the pharmaceutical products acquired by Sanofi became the subject of a multidistrict litigation (MDL) in the United States.
Represented a multinational joint venture in an ICC arbitration with its seat in Paris against an oil fields services provider. The dispute arose from an EPC contract for the construction of upstream facilities in Africa, applying Algerian and French law.
Represented a European EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) contractor against an owner in an Eastern Europe country in an ICC arbitration with its seat in the State of the project site, applying the law of that State. The dispute arose from a contract for the revamp of an oil refinery.
Represented the Republic of Georgia in an ICSID arbitration and in annulment proceedings against two U.S. investors under the Georgia-U.S. BIT (bilateral investment treaty). The dispute arose from the alleged mistreatment of two holding companies of Magticom, Georgia's leading telecommunications company.
- Stanford University (J.D. 2018); Princeton University (B.A. cum laude 2013)
- New York
- English, Spanish, and French