Gilbert K. Squires
Dual citizen US - Panama, Arbitrator, Mediator, Special Magistrate | Native Business Spanish Speaker, Fluent in Portuguese, French, Italian | Arbitrate and Mediate in Spanish and Portuguese | 45 plus years in Global Business and Law, Board Certified Specialist International Law and International Litigation & Arbitration, Registered Professional Engineer | Nearly 25 years on AAA and ICDR rosters, now at JAMS
Full-time Arbitrator, Mediator, and Special Magistrate | The former President of Conoco Mexico Ltd. | Former Offshore Drilling and Production Engineer at Exxon | Former Director Content Management Universal Music Latin America | Licensed Texas Professional Petroleum Engineer | US-qualified attorney (Florida, [Washington] District of Columbia, New York) | Double Board Certifications in International Law and International Litigation & Arbitration | Multicultural, Multilingual, and Multidisciplinary background, offers extensive expertise in resolving Complex Disputes across Business, Oil & Gas, Energy, Construction, and Maritime sectors | Banking Litigation | Special Magistrate City of North Miami Beach | Zoom proficient. https://www.jamsadr.com/squires/ https://www.youtube.com/@gilbertk.squires3360 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnAbMUo42pg
Experience
Chair over 75 international and domestic arbitrations with multiple international and domestic parties, multimillion-dollar commercial, energy, and construction disputes | high rise and home construction | Wing arbitrator over 200 arbitrations | Aviation Arbitration and Litigation | Complex International Litigation and Business | Hague, UN, and Inter-American (Panama) Conventions | Federal and State Cross-Border Litigation, Transactions, and Negotiations | Crossborder Bankruptcy Subject Matter: Oil & Gas: Offshore and Onshore Drilling, Production, Exploration | Mergers, Acquisitions, Dispositions | Drilling Contracts | Onshore, Offshore Leases Deep Water, Ultra-Deep Water | State Oil Company, AMIs, MOUs, LOIs, Pooling and Forced Pooling Agreements | Texas Railroad Commission; Geologic and Energy Management Division (California Division of Oil & Gas); Oklahoma Corporation Commission; Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Oil, Gas, and Minerals Division (OGMD); Alaska Oil & Gas Conservation Commission; Florida Department of Environmental Protection Oil and Gas Program; Louisiana DNR; State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama; Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; OSHA, BLM | Energy, Maritime, Other: Power Plants | Eolic, Thermoelectric, Biofuels | Complex Maritime: Cargo Damage, Demurrage, Indemnity and Responsibility to Third Parties; Seafarers | Complex Business | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, OSHA, BLM | Construction: General and Complex Construction Projects Major Structures Oil & Gas Refineries Natural Gas Processing Plants Offshore Oil & Gas Platform Design, Installation, Decommissioning, Abandonment, Removal | Real Estate and Title Disputes | Museum Art Disputes and Litigation
Work History
JAMS | Squires International Law, PLLC | SquiresBenson, PL | Gilbert K. Squires, PL | Universal Music Group | SKG Consulting | Conoco Mexico, Ltd. | Cooco Overseas Oil Company, Ltd. | Conoco, Inc. (\"85 - \"96) | Exxon Company, USA (\"80 - \"85)
Cases
• International and Domestic Power Generation Disputes involving Natural Gas and Eolic Generation • International and Domestic Oil & Gas Contracts • International Environmental Oil & Gas • Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Personal Injury • International Construction Contract • Real Estate Contract • Music and Entertainment Contract • Internet Technologies and Social Media • Museum Art • Maritime • Interim Measures • Consolidation and Joinder
Training
• Chartered Institute Diploma in International Arbitration • Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses’ Alumnus • Faculty and training from numerous AAA, ICDR, CCA, and other Arbitration and Law programs. • Strategic Dynamics of Negotiations Executive Development Center, the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign • Leadership Development Program, Center for Creative Leadership • Numerous Power Generation and Evaluation Economics Courses • Numerous Reservoir Engineering Economics and Evaluation Courses • Numerous Petroleum Geology and Geophysical Evaluation Courses
License(s)
BAR ADMISSIONS AND LICENSES • Florida • District of Columbia • New York • Supreme Court of the United States • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit • United State District Court for the Southern District of Florida • United State District Court for the Southern District of Texas • Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida • Professional Engineer (Petroleum) — The State of Texas
Education
Juris Doctor, Oklahoma City University School of Law, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1993. (evening studies) | Numerous Corporate Finance, Engineering, Operations, and Safety Courses while at Exxon and Conoco | Bachelor of Science Mechanical Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 1980.
Publications
• Faculty Maritime Arbitration Symposium; • Faculty Florida Bar Arbitration Institue; • Faculty International Construction Arbitration 9th, 10th Construction Law Conference, MIami Florida; • Faculty, CCA Managing your Arbitration from A to Z; • Florida Bar: International Law Section presentations in Brazil; • Florida Bar: Faculty, View from the Arbitration Panel; • Florida Bar: Faculty, Managing Your First Arbitration.
Awards
• Circle of Excellence in ADR 2024 Miami-Dade Bar Association • Certificate of Recognition City of Miami Beach and Proclamation 2010 and 2019 • Person of Distinction Temple Adath Or of South Florida 2018 • Outstanding Alumnus of 1993, Oklahoma City University Law School 2014. Selected by Super Lawyers — Florida (since 2014, Rising Star 2012). The South Florida Business Journal selected SquiresBenson as One of the “Top 25 Alternative Dispute Resolution Firms .’ The Firm received the “2012 Put Something Back Pro Bono Small Firm of the Year Award” from the Joint Pro Bono Project of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami Dade County, Florida, and the Dade County Bar Association (Miami-Dade County, Florida).
Panels
JAMS post-October 2024 AAA and ICDR 2003 to 2024 • Energy Arbitrators’ List • Complex Business • Construction • Municipalities and First Responder Unions • Construction Panels • Maritime Seafarers’ List
Associations
Florida Bar | District of Columbia Bar | New York Bar | Federal Bar Association | Past-President Miami-Dade Bar Association | Past-President Miami Beach Bar Association
Miscellaneous
SELECTED MEMBERSHIPS, PRESENTATIONS, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT • Federal Bar Association; • Florida Bar: 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida Grievance Committee; • Florida Bar International and Business Law Sections; • Florida Bar: International Law Section presentations in Brazil; • Florida Bar: Faculty, View from the Arbitration Panel; • Florida Bar: Faculty, Managing Your First Arbitration; • District of Columbia Bar: International Law Section; • Appointed by the Chief Judge of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, to serve on the Complex Business Court Committee; • Executive Committee, Dade County Bar Association, 2013; • Director, Dade County Bar Association, 2011 – 2014; • Broward County Bar Association; • Past President, Miami Beach Bar Association, 2009 - 2010; • Co-Founding Member, Miami International Arbitration Society— MIAS; • South Broward Bar Association; • Wilkie D. Ferguson Bar Association; • American Bar Association: Litigation, International, Real Property & Trust Law; • AAJ (former Association of Trial Lawyers of America); • Past, Vice Chairman of the Board of AHEAD Energy Corporation; • The International Energy Law Center’s Advisory Board; • World Energy Congress ’98 Rapporteur; • Past Chair, the Natural Gas Project in Mexico Conference ’97; • Other Arbitration presentations and seminar Faculty; • Board, Equitable Origins; • Past, Chairman of the City of Miami Beach Community Relations Board; • Leadership Miami’s Outstanding Community Service Project Award ’96; • Past, Miami-Dade Juvenile Detention Center Advisory Board; • Past, Douglas Gardens Community Homes Board; • Past, Screening-Nomination Committee for Miami-Dade County School Board Attorney (served twice); • Past Chair, Society of Petroleum Engineers Economics and Evaluation Committee; • Co-Founder, International Aikido Alliance; • Associate National Commissioner, Anti-Defamation League; • Florida Executive Committee, Anti-Defamation League; • Hispanic-Jewish Initiative, Anti-Defamation League; • Career Awareness and Mentorship Programs for Miami Beach Schools; • Numerous Radio and Television appearances and Newspaper interviews in English and Spanish media regarding global oil & gas and domestic political issues; • Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; • Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity; • Numerous other awards and community organizations.