10th ITA-IEL-ICC Joint Conference on International Energy Arbitration

Elisabeth Eljuri Related Seminars and Products

Elisabeth Eljuri, P.A.

Elisabeth Eljuri is an Independent Arbitrator and Energy Consultant. She practiced law for nearly three decades with a focus on Latin America, and is considered a leading authority in the areas of energy, natural resources and major projects. Her experience covers an extensive international disputes practice as well as a world-class transactional practice, which she rounded up with close to four years as an executive in an oil company. This provides her with an integral and sophisticated understanding of the industries and cases she is involved in at the highest level that can be achieved in legal practice.

Immediately prior to her current role as arbitrator and consultant, Ms. Eljuri was with Sierra Oil & Gas until 2019 where she was the Vice President, Chief Negotiator and Chief Legal Counsel. Sierra was a private equity- backed oil upstream company which was created by three major US funds to capture opportunities in the Mexican energy market.  She remained there until the successful exit and sale of the company to a large European energy company. Ms. Eljuri was one of two lead negotiators of such sale.

Before venturing into private equity and her executive role, she spent 27 years in legal practice at two of the world’s largest law firms. Until December 2015, Ms. Eljuri was the Head of Latin America of Norton Rose Fulbright where she was a senior partner of the Firm focusing in the areas of international arbitration, energy and natural resources and projects/infrastructure for nearly 18 years.

Cynthia Martinez Related Seminars and Products

Assistant General Counsel - Renewable Energy

TotalEnergies

Cynthia is a business lawyer focused on transactions and projects in the energy industry, particularly in renewable energy.  As Assistant General Counsel- Renewable Energy to TotalEnergies, Cynthia manages all legal aspects of TotalEnergies’ renewable power generation businesses in the U.S., including a multi-gigawatt portfolio of solar projects in development and operation and the U.S. offshore wind business which launched earlier this year. 

Cynthia began her career in the global law firm Vinson & Elkins, where her practice focused in transactions and projects in the energy industry.  Cynthia then served as General Counsel to Meridian Solar, Inc., a leading solar integrator and development firm, where she managed all legal aspects of solar project development, construction and finance.  Prior to joining TotalEnergies, Cynthia was one of the founding lawyers of a successful boutique law firm, Griffin Frey, where she represented a broad spectrum of clients in corporate and M&A matters and often served as their “outside general counsel”.  Cynthia earned her B.A. at Georgetown University and her J.D. and M.B.A. at the University of Texas. 

Benjamin T. Sweet Related Seminars and Products

Counsel

Chevron

Ben Sweet serves as Counsel – Chevron Upstream Law, North America Litigation Management in Houston, Texas.  He currently works with a team of lawyers that handles all litigation involving Chevron’s upstream assets and operations in Canada, the United States, and Mexico, as well as offshore US.  Ben’s work focuses primarily on royalty matters, environmental disputes, and offshore decommissioning.  Prior to joining Chevron in 2019, Ben worked at the Houston office of Baker Botts L.L.P. for nine years. Ben is a graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D.) and Vanderbilt University (B.A.).