Clara Elena Brillembourg
Clara Elena Brillembourg is uniquely positioned to advise governmental and private sector clients on a diverse array of international matters involving both dispute resolution and corporate social responsibility.
In her International Litigation and Arbitration practice, she has represented sovereign governments in proceedings before international courts, such as the International Court of Justice, as well as U.S. federal courts. Clara also has extensive experience representing sovereigns in arbitral proceedings involving investment disputes and maritime delimitation.
In her Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice, Clara advises clients, particularly multinational corporations, on corporate social responsibility issues involving global business activity. This includes helping clients develop, implement and review codes of conduct and institutional CSR policies, internationally, as well as in specific industries or countries. She advises corporate clients on the international standards and context-specific risks related to human rights, social, and political issues, thereby promoting the company’s operational policies to best practice standards.
Before entering law school, Clara served from 2001 to 2003 as a Junior Professional Associate with the World Bank’s Environment Department and African Human Development Department, working on the Bank’s legal policies on the environment and indigenous peoples, and implementing development projects in Africa. Prior to joining Foley Hoag, she was associated with two global law firms.
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Practice Areas- International Litigation and Arbitration
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Sovereign Representation
- Litigation
- American Arbitration Association (AAA), 2009 A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Program Fellow & Member
- American Bar Association, International Section, Member
- American Society of International Law, Member
- District of Columbia Bar Association, International Section, Member
- New York Bar Association, International Section, Member
- Arbitral Women’s Group, Member
- Yale Law School, J.D., 2006
- Harvard College, B.A., magna cum laude with highest honors, 2001
- District of Columbia
- New York
- American Arbitration Association (AAA) 2009 Higginbotham Fellow
- Yale Journal of International Law, Managing Editor
- Two World Bank Spot Awards for exceptional work
- Georgia v. Russia: The Use of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination as a Means To Redress or Ameliorate Ethnic Cleansing Carried Out in the Course of Armed Conflict, ABA International Section 2009 Annual Conference.
