Rene Irra de la Cruz

Practice Areas

René Irra is an expert in court proceedings and international arbitrations carried out under institutional and ad hoc rules, acting as lawyer, arbitrator and expert in Mexican law in proceedings outside of Mexico. His expertise also covers sectors such as M&A, foreign investment, international trade, investor-state dispute settlement, energy (electricity, oil and gas), construction and infrastructures, real estate, logistics, transport, port activities, health, sports, and leisure and entertainment.

Career

He is a guest lecturer of foreign investment and investment arbitration at Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, in the dual degree master with Universidad de Monterrey. He regularly gives seminars as part of the Diploma in Business Arbitration, the Diploma in Letters of Credit and Financing and the Diploma in International Business, organized by the International Chamber of Commerce of Mexico.

He lectured on arbitration and international law in the postgraduate course in law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

He has written articles on arbitration and international trade published in Costa Rica, El Salvador, France, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Spain.

He regularly participates as a panelist at international arbitration conferences.

Professional Memberships

He is deputy chair of the Mexican Society of Construction Law.

Previously, he was regional coordinator for Latin America in the International Chamber of Commerce's Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF) and chair of the ICC’s Young Arbitrators Committee in Mexico.

Personal

Master of Laws (with honors), Universidad de Estudios de Posgrado en Derecho, Mexico.

Master in Arbitration and International Trade, Université de Versailles, Paris.

Bachelor of Laws (with meritorious academic achievement), Universidad La Salle, Mexico.

Specialization course in commercial law (with honors), Universidad Panamericana, Mexico.

Eighteenth Diploma in International Business Arbitration, Escuela Libre de Derecho, Mexico City.

Attended Advanced Arbitration Academy for Latin America, International Chamber of Commerce.