Dr. Roberto Rios Herran

Practice Experience

Dr Roberto Rios Herrán has been practising law for more than twenty-five years. Prior to joining Appleton Luff, Roberto was director of legal studies and research at the World Trade Institute in Bern, Switzerland.

After qualification, Dr Roberto Rios Herrán worked as a lawyer for a major oil and engineering construction company in Mexico after which he joined Baker & McKenzie. Working in both the firm’s Warsaw office and its European law centre in Brussels, Roberto’s practice was focused on infrastructure projects, mergers and acquisitions, energy, EU and World Trade Organization matters, and has worked in more than 30 countries in Africa, Europe, the CIS, the Middle East and Latin America.

Dr Roberto Rios Herrán is an outside expert of the US Department of Commerce. Roberto has been recognised in the International Who’s Who of Trade and Customs Lawyers since the year 2007. In addition to work for clients, Dr Roberto Rios Herrán writes and lectures internationally on energy, competition law and WTO related issues. He is a visiting professor at HEC in France, Instituto de Empresa and IELPO in Spain, WTI in Switzerland, TRAPCA in Arusha, Tanzania, and Capital University in the USA.

He is also a member of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), the European Society of International Law, the International Economic Law Interest Group, the International Bar Association, the Polish Competition Law Association, and a registered international lawyer at the Warsaw Chamber of Legal Advisors.

Dr Roberto Rios Herrán specializes in international trade matters, EU Competition Law (with emphasis on State Aid) and government procurement.

Education

He is a graduate of the University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico where he studied law and holds a masters degree in Public Administration from the American University, Washington D.C. and a LLM and a Ph. D in law from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

Languages

English, French, Polish and Spanish

Membership of Professional Bodies

He is a member of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), the European Society of International Law, the International Economic Law Interest Group, the International Bar Association, the Polish Competition Law Association, and a registered international lawyer at the Warsaw Chamber of Legal Advisors.

Languages

English, French, Polish and Spanish

• Energy Trade and Investment under the North American Free Trade Agreement. In Regulation of Energy in International Trade Law. Edited by Yulia Selinova. Kluwer Law International. 2011
• WTO – Trade Remedies. Commentaries on Art. 4, 7, 8, 9, 29 and 31 of the WTO Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Agreement and on Art. 3 of the WTO Safeguards Agreement.
  in Max Planck Commentaries on World Trade Law, Vol. 4 Trade Remedies, Rudiger Wolrum, Peter-Tobias Stoll, and Michal Kobele. Koninklijke Brill NV. The Netherlands. (2008).
• Effects of Rules of Origin on the European Union – Africa Economic Partnership Agreements: Summary of Issues
  In Nordik Afrika Institute Policy Notes: Trade. Sweden. 2008.
• The Principle of Good Faith in the Law of the World Trade Organization
  In Justice in Particular: Festschrift in honour of Professor P. J. Kozyris. Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers. Athens, Greece. 2007.
• A Reference Paper on Energy Services: The Best way Forward?
  Manchester Journal of International Economic Law. Vol. 3 Issue 1. 2006.
• “El acceso de Rusia a la Organizacion Mundial de Comercio (OMC) y su impacto potencial sobre los mercados de energía de los países del Grupo de Visegrado y de la Union Europea” Cuadernos de energia No. 7. 22 July, 2005. Club Espa?ol de la Energía.
• WTO Dispute Settlement System and the Issue of Compliance: Multilateralizing the Enforcement Mechanism.
  Manchester Journal of International Economic Law. Vol I. Issue 3. 2004
• The Reform of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding: A Closer Look at the Mexican Proposal
  Manchester Journal of International Economic Law. Vol I. Issue 2. Spring 2004.
• China-Mexico y las maquiladoras: promocion de inversions o subsidios ilegales? Revista Exportador. Mexico. July 30, 2002.
• A WTO Guide for Global Business
  Cameron May. 2002
• The EU’s Internal Electricity Market European Legal Developments Bulletin. Volume 12 Issue 4. October 2000.
• Renewable Sources of Energy European Legal Developments Bulletin. Volume 13. Issue 3. July 2001.
• Amending the Commission’s Proposal for a Renewable Energy Electricity Directive and Commission’s Decisions Concerning Stranded Costs in the Energy Sector European Legal Developments Bulletin. Volume 13. Issue 4. October 2001.
• The Barcelona European Council and the Energy Industry European Legal Developments Bulletin. Volume 14 Issue 3. July 2002.
• Energy Services in the Millennium Round: Participation of Private Enterprises in the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism. Baker & McKenzie Central European and CIS Legal Update, summer 1999.
• Power Sector Privatisation in Poland, Baker & McKenzie, Warsaw, Poland, May 1999.
• Polish Oil Industry Privatisation. Russia/Central Europe Executive Guide, February 1999.
• Privatisation of the Polish Refining Sector. Baker & McKenzie Central European and CIS Legal Update, Winter 1998.
• Poland’s New Energy Act. Bureau of National Affairs’ Eastern Europe Reporter, Washington, D.C. May, 1998.
• The Polish Act on Energy of April 10, 1997 – Energy Law. Baker & McKenzie, Warsaw, Poland, July, 1997.
• Revision y solucion de controversias. Capitulo XIX del TLCAN. Quid Juris? Revista de Derecho Internacional Privado. A?o 7. No. 20 UNAM-McGraw Hill. México. Mayo – Agosto 1996.

Dr. Rios writes and lectures internationally on energy, competition law and WTO related issues. He is a visiting professor at HEC in France, Instituto de Empresa and IELPO in Spain, WTI in Switzerland, TRAPCA in Arusha, Tanzania, and Capital University in the USA.