DLA Piper Mexico

Litigation, Arbitration, and Investigations

Partner

Gabriela Alvarez Avila focuses her practice on international arbitration as well as international and investment law. She is experienced in complex and high-stake transactions related to infrastructure projects, banking, electricity, telecommunications, and oil and gas.

Gabriela has represented investors, states, governmental entities and state-owned companies in international arbitrations under the arbitration rules of the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). She has also acted as president of tribunals and co-arbitrator in arbitrations under the UNCITRAL Rules, the ICC Rules and the Arbitration Center of Mexico Rules (CAM).

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Mexican Bar Association • Dispute Resolution Committee and Former Co-Chair, US-Mexico Bar Association (USMBA) • International Bar Association, London • International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration • ICC International Court of Arbitration for Mexico • Arbitration Commission, Mexican Section • President, Investment Arbitration Committee – Mexico • Working Group on Investor-State Arbitration • ICC Task Force on Maximizing Probative Value of Witness Evidence • International Law Association, Mexican Branch • Editorial Board, Revista de Derecho Económico Internacional • Advisory Board, Institute for Transnational Arbitration • Latino American Arbitration Association (ALARB) • Mediation and Arbitration Center of the National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (CANACO) • General Council, Arbitration Center of Mexico (CAM) • Mexican Institute of Arbitration • Member of Panel of Arbitrators, Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliación de Panamá (CeCap) • Panel of Arbitrators, BAC/BIAC Panel of Arbitrators for International Investment Arbitration

University of Geneva Graduate Institute of International Law, Ph.D. Studies University of Geneva, LL.M. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, J.D