SIMON NAVARRO GONZALEZ focuses on international arbitration and litigation, with an emphasis on U.S., Latin America, and Spain.
With over 20 years of experience in the Americas and Europe, Simon has acted as counsel and arbitrator in some of the most complex, high-value commercial, and investment treaty arbitrations, both ad hoc and under the rules of the major arbitral institutions. He has advised in a broad range of industries, including oil and gas, renewable energy, banking and insurance, M&A transactions, construction, maritime, infrastructure, airports, and concession contracts. Simon has extensive experience, as counsel and arbitrator, in cases involving projects or parties from Latin America, under the substantive laws of the U.S., UK, Spain, and most Latin American jurisdictions, including Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panamá, Chile, Perú, Argentina, Honduras, Brazil, Venezuela, and Bolivia. He has led dozens of multi-party arbitrations involving States or State-owned entities.
Simon is currently representing clients in various international arbitrations, including one of the largest oil and gas cases in the world, the largest NAFTA claim against Mexico, and a combined strategy of disputes leveraging investor-state arbitration, commercial arbitration, and international trade claims. He also has ample extensive experience in litigation in support of arbitration, and is currently representing a sovereign State in award enforcement proceedings in the U.S., in what has been reported as one of four international arbitration cases to watch for 2024.
Simon has been honored by Chambers Latin America for his work in International Arbitration - International Counsel (2025). A client praised Simon for his “global outlook with a hands-on approach and attention to detail” (2025). He has been recognized as “Latin America’s Top 100 Lawyers” by Latinvex (2025), a “Future Star” by Benchmark Litigation (2024–2025), and a “Future Leader” by Who’s Who Legal in the U.S. Legal 500 Latin America ranked him a “Next Generation Partner” (2024–2025) and a “Rising Star” (2021–2023). Simon also was named a “Rising Star” at the annual meeting of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.
Simon has dual training in civil and common law, is licensed to practice in New York and Spain, and is bilingual in English and Spanish. He earned law degrees from Instituto de Empresa (IE Law School), where he was ranked first in his class, and Columbia Law School, where he was awarded the James Kent Honors for outstanding academic achievement. Simon is also a professor of Advocacy at the LLM on International Dispute Resolution offered by IE Law School. He regularly participates in panels on current arbitration topics organized by various institutions, including Columbia Law School, Harvard Law School, NYIAC, and others.