Alvaro Castellanos

Partner, Consortium Legal - Guatemala

• Columbia University, Law School. New York. Master of Laws (LLM) (October 1990) with specialisation in international and comparative law. (Fulbright-LASPAU).
• A founding partner of the law firm Rodriguez, Archila, Castellanos, Solares & Aguilar, SC (May 1991) and Consortium Legal (2005).
• Primary practice of commercial law, commercial arbitration and international contracts.
• Dean of the School of Law and Social Sciences; Rafael Landívar University (2002–2006).
• Member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce based in Paris (2006–2018).
• Chairman of the board of the Dispute Resolution Committee of the Industrial Chamber of Guatemala. CRECIG (initials in Spanish) (2011–present).
• Member of the editorial board of IURISTEC (collection of commented publications on judicial judgments) (2013 to date).
• Ad hoc judge, Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Tiu Tojin Case v Guatemala (2009).
• Arbitrator appointed by the state of Guatemala in regard to investment disputes under the Dominican Republic and Central America Free Trade Agreement with United States of America; List of Arbitrators and Conciliators to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
• Weekly column in newspaper El Periódico Guatemala, 2007–present.