PARTNERWTO/International trade lawUSMCA lawPublic international lawMANUEL.SANCHEZ@DEMINIMISLAW.COMGENEVA +41 78 694 1216
Dr. Manuel Sanchez Miranda
WTO/International trade lawUSMCA lawPublic international lawMANUEL.SANCHEZ@DEMINIMISLAW.COMGENEVA +41 78 694 1216Dr. Manuel Sánchez Miranda is a highly experienced attorney specializing in international trade law, with a focus on WTO, USMCA, and related legal frameworks. He advises governments, multinational corporations, and dispute settlement panels on a wide range of high-level trade issues, including trade remedies (antidumping, countervailing duties, and safeguard measures), market access and domestic regulations, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, and customs matters. He has extensive experience in international dispute resolution, having advised or represented clients in numerous WTO disputes, NAFTA Chapter XIX cases, and USMCA proceedings. Previously, he led the WTO dispute settlement team at Mexico's trade remedies authority (i.e. Mexico's Unit of International Trade Practices), where he also ensured that all trade remedy investigations complied with Mexico’s obligations under the WTO and regional trade agreements. His international experience includes working with the WTO Legal Affairs Division and a leading international law firm in Geneva.
Dr. Sánchez Miranda also offers training services to governments and organizations on international trade law, dispute resolution, and related topics. He has taught at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva and regularly conducts tailored training programs for clients.
He holds a Ph.D. in International Law with magna cum laude distinction from the Graduate Institute. He also earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) and a Certificate in WTO Studies from Georgetown University Law Center, as well as a law degree from the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM).
Dr. Sánchez Miranda also offers training services to governments and organizations on international trade law, dispute resolution, and related topics. He has taught at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva and regularly conducts tailored training programs for clients.
He holds a Ph.D. in International Law with magna cum laude distinction from the Graduate Institute. He also earned a Master of Laws (LL.M.) and a Certificate in WTO Studies from Georgetown University Law Center, as well as a law degree from the Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM).
PRACTICE AREAS AND INDUSTRIES
- PRACTICE AREAS
- WTO/International trade
- Investor-state arbitration
- Public international law
- INDUSTRIES
- Steel, aluminum and metals in general
- Food and beverages
- Financial services sector
- Technology sector
- Life sciences and healthcare
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
- WTO
- Morocco - Definitive AD Measures on Exercise Books (DS578)
- Saudi Arabia - IPRS (DS567)
- Canada - Commercial Aircraft (DS522)
- US – Large Civil Aircraft (2nd complaint) (DS353)
- Argentina – Import Measures (DS438, DS444, DS445)
- USMCA and NAFTA
- US - Softwood Lumber CVD AR
- Mexico – Genetically Modified Corn
- Mexico – San Martin Mine (RRLM Mechanism)
- Mexico - Large Residential Washers from Mexico (NAFTA)
- Mexico - Ammonium Sulphate from the U.S. (NAFTA)
- Mexico - Chicken Legs and Thighs (NAFTA)
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND LICENSES
- Ph.D. in International Law. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies magna cum laude
- LL.M. in International Legal Studies, Georgetown University Law Center
- J.D. equivalent, Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology (ITAM)
PUBLICATIONS
- Jorge Miranda & Manuel Sánchez Miranda, How the WTO Appellate Body Drove Itself Into a Corner, Journal of International Economic Law, Volume 26, Issue 3, September 2023..
- Manuel Sánchez Miranda, Liberalization at the Speed of Light: International Trade in Electricity and Interconnected Networks, Journal of International Economic Law, Volume 21, Issue 1, March 2018.
- Manuel Sánchez Miranda, When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going: Advancing Development Through Governance Indicators at the WTO, (2019), 53, Journal of World Trade, Issue 2.
- Manuel Sánchez Miranda, Rules of Evidence in Public International Law: A Case Study of WTO Dispute Settlement, Ph.D. thesis, February 2022.
- Manuel Sánchez Miranda & Chanya Punyakumpol, New Evidence and Bayesian Probabilities: Predicting Factual Determinations in WTO Dispute Settlement (upcoming).