Romeo A. Rojas, FCIArb

Professional Experience

• Secretary-General, Vancouver International Arbitration Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia (2025 - Present)

• Independent Arbitrator, Rojas ADR Services Inc., Calgary, Alberta (2021 - Present)

• Partner, Bennett Jones LLP, Calgary, Alberta (2019 - 2021)

• Associate, Bennett Jones LLP, Calgary, Alberta (2016 - 2019)

• Associate, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, Calgary, Alberta (2007 - 2016)

• Foreign Service Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Various Locations (2000 - 2007)

Education

• Licentiate in Law (LLL), University of Ottawa (2022 - Present)

• Master of Laws (LLM), University of Calgary (2015)

• Juris Doctor (JD), University of British Columbia (2000)

• Bachelor of Arts (BA (Hons.)), University of Alberta (1997)

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of Upper Canada (2007 - 2016)

• Law Society of Alberta (2008 - Present)

• Law Society of British Columbia (2010 - 2021)

Administrative Boards and Tribunals

• Alberta Land and Property Rights Tribunal (Member) (2022 - 2025)

• City of Calgary Subdivision and Development Appeal Board (Member) (2021-2023)

Panel Appointments

• Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC), Expedited Procedures Panel, Domestic Panel, International Panel

• International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), Canada Expedited Panel

• International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), International Expedited Panel

Memberships

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow)

• Western Canada Commercial Arbitration Society

• ADR Institute of Canada (2021 - Present)

• ADR Institute of Alberta (2021 - Present)

• ICC Canada Arbitration Committee (2015 - 2016, 2019 - 2023)

• ICC Canada Arbitration Committee, Executive Committee (International Outreach Committee) (2020 - 2023)

• Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners (Member, 2009 - 2015; Director, 2011 - 2015; Treasurer, 2013 - 2015; Advisory Board, 2015 - 2021)

• International Bar Association (2008 - 2021)

• Canadian Bar Association (2007 – 2021)

• American Bar Association (2016 - 2021)

• Calgary Bar Association (2007 - 2021)

Publications

• Co-author, “When Consolidation Fails: Challenges of Parallel Arbitral Proceedings” in Energy Arbitration, 4th Ed. (Global Arbitration Review, 2020)

• Co-author, "Canada" in International Comparative Legal Guide on International Arbitration (London: Global Legal Group, 2016)

• Co-author, "Canada" in Arbitration World, 5th ed., (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2015)

• Co-author, "Canada" in The International Arbitration Review, 1st to 3rd eds., (London: Business Law Research, 2010- 2012)

• Co-author, "Arbitrating International Energy Disputes", BDP Energy Newsletter (Spring, 2014)

• Co-author, "You Don't Really Expect Me to Pay This: The Problem of Stale Billings in the Energy Industry", Oil Sands Review (April 2012)

• Editor, Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners Newsletter (2013 - 2015)

Presentations

• Panelist, ICC Canada Arbitration Conference, Tour d’Horizon Panel (presenting on arbitration developments in Latin America and the Middle East) (September 2020)

• Adjunct Professor, University of Calgary Faculty of Law, Law 557: Commercial Arbitration (2020 - 2023)

• Presenter, Arbitration for Litigators (Bennett Jones Academy) (November 2019)

• Presenter, Petroleum Joint Venture Association – Revisions to dispute resolution provisions of NAFTA/USMCA (October 2018)

• Substitute Lecturer, University of Calgary Faculty of Law, Law 557: Commercial Arbitration, (2016-2017)

• Presenter, "The Keystone Claim - Investment Disputes under the NAFTA", Petroleum Joint Venture Association (Calgary, 2016)

• Co-Presenter, "Drafting Effective and Cost-Effective Arbitration Clauses", Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners Spring Symposium (Calgary, 2016)

• Roundtable Facilitator, "Smart Disagreements", CBA Alberta Law Conference (Calgary, 2016)

• Faculty Member, "A Debate and Discussion of investor-State Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector", Annual Juris Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference (Washington, DC, 2013)

• Co-Presenter, "Limitations Periods and Joint Venture Billings", Petroleum Joint Venture Association (Calgary, 2011 and 2013)

• Presenter, "Alberta Case Law Update", Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners Fall Symposium (Montreal, 2011)

Directorships

• Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners (2011 - 2015)

• PaceKids Programs for Children with Motor Disabilities (2009 - 2013)

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Canada Branch (2024 - Present)

Industry Recognition

• Who’s Who Legal – Future Leader, Arbitration (2021- 2024)

• Chambers and Partners – Canada – Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Up and Coming (2021)