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Practice
Gabriela Alvarez-Avila is a partner in the Firm’s Mexico City office and a member of the International Arbitration Group. Her practice focuses on arbitration, international law and investment law. She has extensive experience in transactions involving a wide range of sectors, including infrastructure projects, electricity, telecommunications and oil and gas.
From 2000 to November 2007, Ms. Alvarez-Avila was a counsel with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington, D.C., where she administered arbitration cases as secretary of tribunals hearing cases in English, Spanish and French. The arbitration proceedings in which she participated included claims based on bilateral investment treaties, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), national investment laws and international contracts.
Prior to joining ICSID, Ms. Alvarez-Avila worked as an associate for a Swiss law firm in Geneva, principally on international trade matters. From 1994 to 1996, she was an in-house counsel for Banco Mexicano Santander in Mexico City.
Education
Candidate for PhD, International Relations with specialization in International Law, Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales, Université de Genève, 1998-Present
Master in Law with specialization in International Law, Université de Genève, 1998
Degree of Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1995
Associations
Barra Mexicana del Colegio de Abogados A.C., Mexico City
Asociación Nacional de Abogados de Empresa, Mexico City
World Trade Law Association, London
Arbitration Commission of the Mexican Section of the ICC International Court of Arbitration
Articles and Speaking Engagements
Mapping the Future of Investment Treaty Arbitration, Roundtable Meeting of the American Society of International Law to be held in Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2009)
Advanced Training Course on Managing Investment Disputes, Montevideo, Uruguay (November 2007)
ICSID Proceedings and BITs, Secretariat of ICC Court of Arbitration (January 2007)
Advanced Training Course on Managing Investment Disputes, Puebla, Mexico (October 2006)
Advanced Training Course on Managing Investment Disputes, American University, Washington College of Law (November 2005)
Advanced Training Program for Negotiators of International Investment Agreements, Universidad de Lima, Peru (October 2003)
Training Program for Negotiation of International Investment Agreements, Université Senghor, Egypt (June 2002)
The Characteristics of ICSID Arbitration, Anuario Mexicano de Derecho Internacional, vol. II (2002)
Languages
Spanish, English, French
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