Claudia Garcia
Infrastructure Contracts | Commercial Strategy | Dispute Resolution
Toronto, Canada
Bridging legal frameworks across borders for successful project execution in the Americas and globally.
Languages
Multilingual professional bridging legal frameworks across jurisdictions.
About
I bring over a decade of international experience working on complex infrastructure programs, with a focus on contract management, negotiation, and dispute resolution in high‑stakes project environments. My work spans large, multi‑party delivery settings across the Americas, where I support sound commercial decision‑making, manage contractual risk, and help teams navigate complexity with clarity and pragmatism. As a multilingual professional, I bridge legal and commercial perspectives across cultures and jurisdictions, and I value collaborative learning and knowledge‑sharing within diverse teams.
"Clarity early, fewer issues later."
— Claudia Garcia
Experience Highlights
Infrastructure Program Delivery (3+ years)
Contract management and negotiation support across complex infrastructure programs, contributing to clearer scope definition, risk allocation, and issue management during project delivery.
Dispute, Litigation & Escalation Risk Insight (4+ years)
Experience across civil litigation and commercial disputes in Peru (civil law) and Canada (common law), including exposure to investor‑state infrastructure arbitration under the ICSID rules, informing a resolution‑first, delivery‑oriented approach to disputes.
Regulatory Oversight (4+ years)
Public‑sector experience in Peru's environmental and electricity regulatory frameworks, including on‑site compliance assessments, enforcement coordination, and training programs for government bodies and private operators.
Cross-Border Commercial Practice
Work spanning multiple jurisdictions and legal systems (Peru civil law, Ontario common law), with practical experience in international commercial transactions, investor-state mechanisms, and multi‑party stakeholder coordination.
Strategic Risk & Commercial Advisory
Supporting executive-level decision-making through risk analysis, contract strategy, and commercial positioning in high-value, time-sensitive project environments with competing technical, legal, and business priorities.
Education
Global Professional Master of Laws (LLM)
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
- Business Law Focus
- Guest speaker at the Graduate Law Students Association
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Universidad de Piura, Faculty of Law
- Graduated in the top five students
- Admission award for academic merit
Credentials
Bar admissions, professional memberships, and certifications.
Bar Admissions
Barrister & Solicitor
Law Society of Ontario
Professional Memberships
Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation
Hispanics in Mining
Certifications
Construction Project Management
Columbia University
Construction & Infrastructure Disputes
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