Luis Capiel

Dispute resolution

Luis Capiel is a partner at Arias SLP with 20 years of experience in international arbitration, working with leading law firms across Europe and Latin America. He has served as both counsel and arbitrator in numerous international arbitrations under a variety of applicable domestic laws, administered by the major arbitral institutions in Europe and the Americas, including the ICC, ICSID, PCA, ICDR and the Swiss Arbitration Centre. He has focused his practice on complex disputes in the engineering & construction, infrastructure and energy (renewables and Oil & Gas) industries.

He is a member of the Arbitration Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre and its Special Committee. He serves on the board of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club and is the deputy director of its journal, Iurgium. He was admitted to the Munich Bar in 2007 and the Madrid Bar in 2008.

He has contributed to academia as an honorary professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and has been a guest lecturer and speaker at various universities and conferences. He holds a law degree from the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and LL.M. (First Class Honours) from The University of Auckland.