Dr. Patricia Nacimiento leads the German dispute resolution team and the EMEA international arbitration team of Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer. She specialises in Public International Law and investment disputes, with over 25 years of experience. She has extensive experience both as counsel under the rules of numerous arbitration institutions – including ICC, ICSID, SCC, CIETAC, DIS, LCIA, ICDR, Swiss Chamber of Commerce, Indian Council of Arbitration, and the Danish Institution of Arbitration as well as ad hoc proceedings. She has been appointed by the German government to the ICSID list of arbitrators since 2007. She has also vast experience in arbitration related court proceedings and leads multi-national teams in enforcing or defending against enforcement of international awards.

She is a native German speaker and is fluent in English, Spanish, French and Italian. She teaches investment disputes at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg and Saarland, and is as an editor of a leading commentary on Arbitration in Germany and on the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. For years, she has been listed as a leading disputes expert in renowned rankings and directories globally.