Biography: Arbitration

Henri Alvarez is the co-chair of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP's international arbitration practice group. He has over 25 years of experience and has acted as arbitrator or counsel in over 100 institutional or ad hoc international arbitration proceedings in North and South America, Europe and Asia. He has conducted arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, AAA, LCIA, JCAA, CAM Santiago, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute, as well as the ICSID, the Swiss Rules of Arbitration and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. He has also appeared as counsel in Canadian courts in disputes relating to international arbitral awards and arbitration agreements and their enforcement.

Henri's arbitration experience includes serving as chairman, sole arbitrator or party-appointed arbitrator in a broad range of disputes relating to joint venture agreements, international investment, energy, technology, telecommunications, long-term commercial agreements, mergers and acquisitions, insurance, franchise, distributorship, and construction.

Henri is a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and acted as a member of the ad hoc panel of arbitrators at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010. He is a member of the board of directors of the AAA, a former co-chair of the arbitration committee of the International Bar Association and a former member of the London Court of International Arbitration.

Henri is an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia where he has taught international commercial arbitration since 1985. He is also a frequent lecturer and author in the areas of international arbitration and dispute resolution.

Henri is fluent in English, French and Spanish and regularly conducts arbitrations in those languages.

Other Practice Areas

Henri Alvarez QC also features in the following practice areas:

• Oil and Gas