Litigation & Arbitration

Sergio Escobar

Senior Associate - Nicaragua

“Sergio Escobar provides great client service and a commercial vision when handling complex matters.”

Chambers & Partners

Sergio is a Senior associate at Consortium Legal Nicaragua, specialized in litigation and arbitration with 10 years of experience. Leads negotiations, judicial and arbitration proceedings arising from disputes in the retail, food and beverage, packaging, construction, pharmaceutical, medical device, hydrocarbon, and insurance sectors, including environmental disputes. His professional hallmark is the design and implementation of rigorous procedural strategy, effective negotiation, and risk management aligned with business objectives.

He is currently a trial lawyer, responsible for coordinating and monitoring the portfolio of judicial and arbitration proceedings of the Litigation & Arbitration Department of Consortium Legal – Nicaragua.

He advises and represents companies with a strategic vision in the prevention, management, and reduction of risks associated with conflicts and potential contingencies. He has represented domestic and foreign companies in significant civil and corporate litigation before the Judicial Branch of the Republic of Nicaragua and in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings, both local and international. Similarly, she has advised on the structuring and formalization of commercial transactions with a focus on the prevention and reduction of risks associated with the sector of interest, considering the challenges posed by situations of non-compliance with complex agreements that escalate into judicial or arbitration disputes.

Former fellow of the Access 2010 and TEIP 2019 programs of the U.S. Department of State. He has taught undergraduate and graduate programs in Civil Procedural Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua and Paulo Freire University, and has been a speaker at National Congresses on Civil Procedural Law.


 

Practice Areas

  • Litigation & Arbitration
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
  • Member of the legal team representing a hydrocarbons company in a damages action exceeding US$150,000,000; co-developed the evidence strategy and negotiated client-favorable settlements.
  • Trial counsel defending a major international retail company in a construction arbitration involving claims exceeding US$10,000,000; obtained a final award in the client’s favor.
  • Trial counsel for a leading seller of construction machinery in an asset recovery action against a major domestic construction company, with claims exceeding US$15,000,000; secured a favorable ruling.
  • Trial counsel defending the distributor of a foreign principal in court proceedings that resulted in the lifting of an attachment over inventory valued at more than US$5,000,000.
  • Counsel in an arbitration concerning the supply of modified asphalt on behalf of a hydrocarbons company; obtained a favorable award exceeding US$370,000.
  • Co-counsel to a foreign investor in the sale of a tourism-development company; led due diligence and structured the closing instruments for a transaction exceeding US$5,000,000.
  • Lead advisor on the structuring of instruments supporting revolving purchase-and-sale arrangements for products valued at more than US$3,500,000.
  • Advisor on the structuring of instruments for the acquisition of assets intended for the commercialization of hydrocarbons, valued at more than US$2,500,000.
  • Master’s in Arbitration and Mediation in Commercial Practice, University of Salamanca, Spain (2025)
  • Master’s Degree in Civil Procedural Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua (UNAN), Nicaragua (2019)
  • Law Degree (máxima cum laude), Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), Nicaragua (2016)
  • Member, World Services Group (WSG)
  • Member, Young MIAS (Miami International Arbitration Society)

Recognitions

Articles

The test, friend or foe?

By: Sergio Escobar The evidence ideally constitutes the soul or essence of a process, allowing the...