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Gabriela Alvarez-Avila
galvarez@curtis.com
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Mexico City Office
Practice
Gabriela Alvarez-Avila is Counsel 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
Articles and Speaking Engagements
- 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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