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Alvaro R. Castellanos

Address: 

Diagonal 6, 10-01 Z. 10 C.G. Las Margaritas Torre II Of. 1101
Guatemala 01010

Phone Number: 
(502) 22793939
Fax Number: 
(502) 22793938
Email: 
acastellanos@consortiumlegal.com.gt
Born: 
Guatemala 8/21/1961
Languages: 
Spanish English
Nationalities: 
Guatemalan
Education: 
LL.M (Fulbright Scholar). School of Law. Columbia University, NYC, NY, USA, (1990).
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Guatemalan Bar Association, Lawyer and Notary, Guatemala 1986
Present Position: 
Founding Partner
Professional Experience: 

Dean, School of Law and Social Sciences, Universidad Rafael Landivar. Guatemala, Guatemala (2002-2006)

Professional Associations: 

Guatemalan Bar Association
INTA
ASIPI
IBA

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Resolution Committee of the Industrial Chamber of Guatemala. CRECIG (initials in Spanish). (2011-present).

Arbitration and Conciliation Centre, Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala CENAC (initials in Spanish).

National arbitrator appointed by the Ministry of Economy of Guatemala for treaties: Free Trade Agreement between Dominican Republic, Central America and United States (General); Free Trade Agreement between Dominican Republic, Central America and United States (Investment); Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras (Investment); Free Trade Agreement between Guatemala and Republic of China (Taiwan); General Treaty for Central American Economic Integration.

Arbitration Experience: 

Member by Guatemala in the International Court of Arbitration,–ICC-; Paris, France, (2006- to date.)

President. Arbitration and Conciliation Center. Chamber of Commerce of Guatemala, CENAC Guatemala, (1996–1997).

8 appointments in local arbitrations. Guatemala, Guatemala

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Banking & Finance
Intellectual Property
International Contracts
Mergers & Acquisitions
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

“El Arbitraje Interno e Internacional en Latinoamérica”, Colombia, Colombia, August, 2010

“Fundamentación Jurídica del Arbitraje Agrario,” 2007. Guatemala, Guatemala.

“Los Árbitros y el Ius Imperium ¿Compatibles o Incompatibles?”, Santiago Chile and Mexico, 2006

“Introducción al Derecho Constitucional”, Guatemala, 1998

“Ponencia sobre el Arbitraje como Mecanismo Alternativo para la Solución de Conflictos”, Guatemala, November, 1995.