Latin America
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, Construction Law, Projects
Career
Alex is the department the co-head together with Rodrigo Urrutia. Alex has more than 25 years of experience.
He has broad experience in local and international arbitration cases. He also specializes in construction disputes related to road infrastructure, energy infrastructure (power plants and power lines), port infrastructure, sports facilities, sanitation facilities, and buildings, among others. Alex is also experienced in commercial disputes.
He has been able to handle complex cases arising from construction contracts and public-private partnership contracts (concessions) regarding time extensions, cost overruns, order variations, stand-by costs, force majeure, disruption, construction acceleration, contract termination, breach of contract, and damages.
He's also an infrastructure project specialist, giving legal advice in all project development stages which complement his arbitration expertise. He has been consistently ranked in the “Dispute Resolution: Arbitration” category since 2008. His experience includes legal advice during direct pre-negotiation and other alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, such as Dispute Boards.
Currently, Alex is a registered arbitrator at the arbitration Center of the Lima Chamber of Lima (LCC), the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), and the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP).
Professional Memberships
Former president of the Sociedad Peruana de Derecho de la Construcción (SPDC).
Lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú,
LL.M. from New York University (NYU).
Personal
Postgraduate professor at Universidad del Pacífico and Gerens Escuela de Posgrado in Construction Law courses.
His practice in projects, construction and arbitration has been recognized in different rankings, such as Chambers & Partners, Leaders League, Who’s Who Legal, among others.
Industry Sector Expertise
Mining and Oil
Energy
Transportation
Health
Education
Water
Clients
Acciona Construccion S.A. (Spain)
Ferrovial Construccion S.A. (Spain)
Sacyr Construccion S.A. (Spain)
Hydro Global Peru S.A.C. (Peru)
Cumbra Perú S.A. (Peru)
Cementos Pacasmayo S.A.A. (Peru)
Rubika Proyectos S.A.C. (Peru)
Icafal Construcción S.A.C. (Chile)
Makiber S.A. (Spain)
Saceem S.A. (Uruguay)
Lombardi Ingeniería Perú S.A. (Switzerland)
Afry Perú S.A.C. (Sweden)
Abengoa Perú S.A. (Spain)
Nexa Resources (Brazil)
Compañía Minera Kolpa S.A. (Peru)
Milicic (Argentina)
COSAPI (Peru)
De Vicente Constructora (Chile)
IBT Group (Peru)
Más Errazuriz (Chile)
Languages Spoken
Spanish
English
