Alejandro Garcia

Practice Areas

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.

Career

Alejandro has practised in London for 15 years at leading law firms, including Herbert Smith Freehills. Prior to joining Stewarts, he was a partner at Clyde & Co.

Alejandro is admitted to practise in England & Wales, New York and Chile.

Publications

Alejandro has written extensively on issues of commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. He is the co-author of the first comprehensive book in the English language on the use of international arbitration for the resolution of intellectual property disputes (“International Intellectual Property Arbitration”, Kluwer Law International, 2010).