Alejandro Garcia

Partner Alejandro has 20 years of dispute resolution experience. His practice focuses on international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration. Alejandro is recognised as a “global leader” in international arbitration (Who’s Who Legal) and a leading directory describes him as a “brilliant mind [who] always finds a way around a problem”. 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. Together with his counsel work, Alejandro also sits as an arbitrator and, amongst others, is a member of the CIETAC Panel of Arbitrators, HKIAC Panel of Arbitrators for intellectual property disputes and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center’s list of neutrals. Alejandro's experience includes Representing a Chilean company in a breach of contract claim against a Scandinavian company (English law/ICC). Representing the claimants, acting in subrogation, in relation to US$50 million dispute against one of Europe’s largest industrial companies (Peruvian law/ICC). Representing a European company in a patent arbitration against one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies (Belgian law/LCIA). Representing a UAE company in its breach of contract claim against one of Asia’s largest manufacturers of household appliances (UAE law/ICC). Damages awarded to Alejandro’s client were in excess of US$100 million. · Stewarts Law LLP