Associates

Julie Nadine Bloch

Julie Nadine Bloch

Memberships

Nueva York, 2020

Education

The London School of Economics and Political Science (Graduate Certificate in Business, International Relations and the Political Economy, 2019) New York University School of Law (LL.M. in International Legal Studies, 2019) Cornell Law School (J.D. with specialization in International Legal Affairs, concentration in Public Law, 2017) Tufts University (M.A., 2013) Tufts University (B.A., magna cum laude, sigma iota rho, high thesis honors, 2012)

Languages

English (native) French (native)
Julie focuses her practice primarily on international investment treaty and commercial arbitration matters, serving both as assistant to the arbitral tribunal and counsel. She works under various institutions and rules, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Julie focuses her practice primarily on international investment treaty and commercial arbitration matters, serving both as assistant to the arbitral tribunal and counsel. She works under various institutions and rules, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Prior to joining B. Cremades y Asociados in November 2019, Julie focused on international human rights and public international law. She has experience in wrongful capital convictions and the post-conviction appeal process of foreign capital defendants. While pursuing her J.D., Julie was a Notes Editor for the Cornell International Law Journal and a student advocate in the Cornell International Human Rights Clinic. She also clerked for the Magistrat de Liaison at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., and worked with the Freedom of Information and Expression practice group of Open Society Justice Initiative.

In addition to her J.D., Julie earned an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University (NYU) School of Law. While completing her LL.M., Julie was a Transitional Justice Scholar, a Graduate Editor for the New York University Journal of International Law and Politics, a student advocate in the Global Justice Clinic, and a member of NYU’s Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court team.

Professional Experience

Julie has worked on several investor-state and international commercial matters, including:

  • Multibillion-dollar ad hoc arbitration concerning a territory dispute in Southeast Asia
  • ICSID arbitration concerning banking investments in an Eastern European state
  • ICSID arbitration concerning several Energy Charter Treaty claims arising out of the building of solar plants in a Western European state
  • ICC arbitration involving an EPC contract for a major infrastructure project in Central Africa
  • ICC arbitration relating to the development of an infrastructure project in South America
  • ICC arbitration concerning a sale and purchase agreement of a bank’s share capital
  • SCC arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty concerning investments in natural gas in a Western European state
  • DIAC arbitration relating to the construction of a resort
  • DIAC arbitration relating to the construction and development of a hotel

Professional Associations

  • Advisory Board, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
  • Editorial Board, ITA in Review
  • American Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • Young ICSID
  • ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
  • ICDR Young & International
  • Young ICCA

Achievements

  • Freeman Award for Civil-Human Rights
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award – International and Foreign Legal Research
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award – International Criminal Law
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Award – Law and Social Change: Comparative Law in Africa
  • Philip C. Jessup Team Award
  • K. Robert and Mary Hahn Scholar

Publications

  • Looking to the Gravamen of the Claim: The Commercial Activity Exception of the FSIA, N.Y.U. J. Int’l Law & Pol. (Issue 51.2, Winter 2019)