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Alejandro M. Garro

Address: 

School of Law, Columbia University
435 West 116th Street
New York, NY 10027
U.S.A.

Phone Number: 
(1-212) 854-2692
Fax Number: 
(1-212) 854-7946
Email: 
garro@law.columbia.edu
Born: 
1950, La Plata
Languages: 
Spanish English French
Nationalities: 
Argentinian
USA
Education: 
J.D. 1975, National Univ. of La Plata; LL.M. 1979, Louisiana State Univ.; J.S.D. 1990, Columbia University.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Buenos Aires bar 1975, New York bar 1982, Madrid bar 1983
Present Position: 
Adjunct Prof. of Law; Senior Research Scholar, Parker School of Foreign and Competitive Law, Columbia Univ
Professional Experience: 

Adjunct Professor of Law and Senior Research Scholar, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University (1994-); Lecturer in Law, Columbia Univ., New York (1981-94); Collaborateur scientifique, Swiss Inst. of Comparative Law (1982-1983); Asst. Professor of Law, Louisiana State Univ. (1979-1980)

Professional Associations: 

ABA; Assoc. of the Bar of the City of New York; Inter-American Bar Assoc.; AAA

Areas of Specialization: 
Comparative Law
International Business Transactions
International Commercial Arbitration
Latin American Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Argentina - Arbitration Law and Practice in Latin America - Second Edition
Consensual Justice: Challenges and Promises - Chapter 1 - Pro-Arbitration Revisited: A Tribute to Professor George Bermann from his Students Over the Years
Argentina - Arbitration Law and Practice in Latin America
The Colombian Supreme Court Holds Unconstitutional the Participation of Foreign Arbitrators under New Arbitration Law - ARIA - Vol. 1, No. 4, 1990
Argentina - National Report - World Arbitration Reporter
Quadrant Pacific Growth Fund L.P. and Canasco Holdings Inc. v. Republic of Costa Rica, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/08/1 (Canada/Costa Rica BIT), Order of the Tribunal Taking Note of Discontinuance of the Proceedings and Allocation of Costs
National Grid plc v The Argentine Republic, UNCITRAL (UK/Argentina BIT), Decision of Jurisdiction
National Grid plc v The Argentine Republic, UNCITRAL (UK/Argentina BIT), Award
BG Group Plc v. Argentina, UNCITRAL (UK/Argentina BIT), Award (December 24, 2007)
The UNCITRAL Model Law and the 1988 Spanish Arbitration Act: Models for Reform in Central America - Vol. 1 No. 2 ARIA 1990
Publications: 

Editor, Commercial and Labor Arbitration in Central America(1991); Cuba’s System of International Commercial Arbitration, 15 Lawyer of the Americas 442 (1984); Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements in Latin America, 1J. Int’l Arb. 293 (1984); numerous contributions to the World Arbitration Reporter,Editor of Arbitration in Latin America; Law and Practice of Commercial Arbitration in Latin (editor, Transnational Publishers, 2000).