Stewarts Law LLP

International Arbitration

Partner

Alejandro has 20 years of dispute resolution experience. His practice focuses on international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. Alejandro is recognised as a “global leader” in international arbitration (Who’s Who Legal) and a leading directory describes him as a “brilliant mind [who] always finds a way around a problem”.

Alejandro acts as counsel in complex international arbitrations. As such, Alejandro has acted under many applicable laws, including those of major common law and civil law countries, and public international law. He has acted under the rules of the major arbitral institutions (including ICC, ICSID, LCIA and SCC) as well as in ad-hoc arbitrations (including under the UNCITRAL Rules).

These arbitrations have encompassed disputes in a number of sectors, including renewable energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, defence, intellectual property, mining and foreign direct investment.

Over the last decade, Alejandro has developed significant expertise in litigation financing, securing third party funding for a large number of his arbitrations.

Together with his counsel work, Alejandro also sits as an arbitrator and, amongst others, is a member of the CIETAC Panel of Arbitrators, HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators for intellectual property disputes and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center’s list of neutrals.

Alejandro's experience includes

• Representing a Chilean company in a breach of contract claim against a Scandinavian company (English law/ICC).
• Representing the claimants, acting in subrogation, in relation to US$50 million dispute against one of Europe’s largest industrial companies (Peruvian law/ICC).
• Representing a European company in a patent arbitration against one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies (Belgian law/LCIA).
• Representing a UAE company in its breach of contract claim against one of Asia’s largest manufacturers of household appliances (UAE law/ICC). Damages awarded to Alejandro’s client were in excess of US$100 million.

Alejandro has worked in England for 14 years at leading law firms, including Herbert Smith Freehills. Prior to joining Stewarts, he was a partner at Clyde & Co (September 2017 to April 2022). Alejandro has also practised in Switzerland, the USA and Chile.

Alejandro obtained law degrees in the USA (LLM, Harvard Law School (Fulbright Scholar)) and Chile (LLB, University of Chile Law School (summa cum laude/first-class honours)).

Alejandro sits as an arbitrator and as a panellist at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). In particular, he has sat as sole arbitrator in two complex media disputes.

Alejandro is a member of the WIPO Mediation and Arbitration Advisory Committee. He is also included on the intellectual property panel of HKIAC, comprised of members who have demonstrated extensive experience and strong expertise in resolving intellectual property disputes. Alejandro has Higher Rights of Audience (Civil).

Alejandro enjoys running, reading, listening to audiobooks and spending time with his family.