Profile: Stanimir Alexandrov

Commercial Arbitration

Biography: Commercial Arbitration

Stanimir A Alexandrov practises in the areas of international dispute resolution (including international arbitration) and disputes before the World Trade Organisation, as well as international business transactions and trade and investment policy. He has advised and represented private and sovereign clients in arbitration under investment treaties, and private parties and governments in WTO disputes. In addition, Mr Alexandrov has advised foreign clients on capital markets transactions, trademark protection and expanding distribution and sales networks. Drawing on his knowledge of European Union law, institutions and procedures, he advises clients on the impact of EU law on business and trade.

Mr Alexandrov has been appointed to the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) panel of arbitrators and panel of conciliators, and has served as an arbitrator.

Mr Alexandrov was vice-minister of foreign affairs of Bulgaria, where he managed Bulgaria's relations with the European Union, the United Nations, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and NATO. He also had responsibility for the legal work of the Foreign Service as supervisor of the legal counsel's office. Prior to that, he served as deputy chief of mission of the Embassy of Bulgaria in Washington, DC, where he negotiated trade and investment agreements and worked closely with the World Bank and the IMF on technical assistance projects.

Mr Alexandrov is a professor at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches courses on international law, and is a senior fellow at the International Rule of Law Institute. Mr Alexandrov's publications have been cited by parties to disputes before the International Court of Justice and by Judges of the Court.

His articles include: 'The Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice: How Compulsory Is It?' 5(1) Chinese Journal of International Law 29 (2006); 'The 'Baby Boom' of Treaty-Based Arbitrations and the Jurisdiction of ICSID Tribunals: Shareholders as 'Investors' under Investment Treaties,' 6(3) The Journal of World Investment & Trade 387 (2005); 'The 'Baby Boom' of Treaty-Based Arbitrations and the Jurisdiction of ICSID Tribunals: Shareholders as 'Investors' and Jurisdiction Ratione Temporis,' 4 The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals 19 (2005); 'Breaches of Contract and Breaches of Treaty: The Jurisdiction of Treaty-Based Arbitration Tribunals to Decide Breach of Contract Claims in SGS v Pakistan and SGS v Philippines,' 5(4) Journal of World Investment and Trade 555 (2004); 'The Vivendi Annulment Decision and the Lessons for Future ICSID Arbitrations - The Applicants' Perspective,' in Annulment of ICSID Awards (Gaillard and Banifatemi, Eds) 2004; 'Inducing Compliance in WTO Dispute Settlement,' in The Political Economy of International Trade: Essays in Honor of Robert E. Hudec (Kennedy and Southwick, Eds), Cambridge University Press 2002, with David Palmeter; and 'Accepting the Compulsory Jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice with Reservations: An Overview of Practice with a Focus on Recent Trends and Cases,' 14 Leiden Journal of International Law 89, 2001.

Mr Alexandrov, a Bulgarian national, holds both Russian and US law degrees and is well versed in the economic and legal issues of Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe. In addition to English and Bulgarian, he is fluent in French, Russian and Spanish.