Paul Baez primarily provides consulting services in international arbitration cases. He is a native Spanish speaker and specializes in projects within Latin America. Mr. Baez has worked on projects spanning various industries, including financial services, energy, telecommunications, food processing, agriculture, oil & gas, infrastructure concessions, real estate, airport services, and mining. 

Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) highlights Mr. Baez a Future Leader in their “Arbitration Expert Witnesses” category, noting the high praise he has received from his global clients: 

• “Paul is a collaborative and competent expert”
• “He provides valuable insight into how the expert report fits into the bigger picture of the case”

Before joining Secretariat, Mr. Baez was a principal at Versant Partners, a specialized dispute consulting firm focused on the financial and economic aspects of arbitration and litigation. He has more than ten years of experience advising clients on issues involving business valuation, finance, accounting, and economics. Mr. Baez has worked on numerous international arbitrations for corporations, foreign nationals, and sovereign nations in Central America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, East Asia, and Africa.

Mr. Baez also holds a Graduate Certificate in Financial Management from Johns Hopkins University.