Sofía Klot
Founding Partner · Counsel and Arbitrator
Sofía Klot is the founding partner of Klot Arbitration. She acts as counsel in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations, and sits as arbitrator in international commercial disputes, in proceedings conducted in English and Spanish under the ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICDR and other rules.
Her practice covers the Americas and Spain, with a focus on Latin America, and spans more than fifteen industries, including technology, telecommunications, infrastructure and construction, energy and renewables, mining, financial services and public concessions. She has represented investors and States in some of the region's most significant investment disputes, and has acted in matters involving States in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.
Before founding the firm in 2024, she practiced international arbitration for more than a decade in New York at the world's leading arbitration firms, and earlier as corporate counsel in Montevideo.
She is recognized internationally for her work at the intersection of arbitration and artificial intelligence. She is a co-author of the SVAMC Guidelines on the Use of AI in Arbitration and of the CIAM-CIAR Principles on the use of AI in arbitral proceedings, Co-Secretary of the New Technologies Committee of ALARB, and Professor of International Arbitration at the Universidad de Montevideo.
Recognitions
- —Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal): Arbitration Future Leader and Most Highly Regarded (2023 to 2026); Global Elite Thought Leader, Under 45 Partners (2026)
- —The Legal 500 Latin America (2024)
- —The Legal 500 US (2023)
- —Euromoney Expert Guides: Rising Star, Arbitration (2022)
- —IFLR Women in Business Law Awards, The Americas: Rising Star, Arbitration (2022)
Education & Admissions
Education
- —LL.M., Harvard Law School
- —Doctor of Law (J.D. equivalent), Universidad de Montevideo
- —ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy for Latin America
Admissions
- —Uruguay
Languages
- —English and Spanish (bilingual); Portuguese (working knowledge)
Teaching
- —Professor of International Arbitration and Vis Moot coach, Universidad de Montevideo
- —Professor, DELOS Remote Oral Advocacy Program (ROAP) Latin America
- —Professor, International Commercial Arbitration and Cross-Examination courses, ARBANZA Escuela de Arbitraje
Other Professional Activities
- —Co-author, SVAMC Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Arbitration
- —Member, Digital Economy and Intellectual Property Working Group, CIAM-CIAR
- —Co-author of the CIAM-CIAR Principles and Recommendations for the Use of AI Systems in Arbitral Proceedings
- —Co-Secretary, New Technologies Committee, Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB)
- —Delegate for Uruguay, ITA Americas Initiative
- —Collaborator, IBA Arbitration Committee, trainings on the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration
- —Founder and former Co-Chair, Young Practitioners Subcommittee, Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA) Pledge; former Secretary, ERA Pledge Latin America Subcommittee
- —Former Vice-Chair, International Arbitration Committee, New York State Bar Association (International Section)
Selected Publications
- —Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence in International Arbitration, Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (co-author, 2024)
- —Arbitration and AI: Principles and Recommendations for the Use of AI Systems in Arbitral Proceedings, CIAM-CIAR Digital Economy Working Group (co-author, 2025)
- —Enforcement of Investment Treaty Arbitration Awards: A Global Guide, chapter on Bolivia, Globe Law and Business (co-author, 2nd ed. 2021 and 3rd ed. 2026)
- —Artificial Intelligence and the Arbitrator's Role, Digital Journal of the Conciliation and Arbitration Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce (co-author, 2021)
- —International Arbitration in 2023, Top Trends: Data Protection and Cybersecurity in International Arbitration (co-author, 2023)