Alfonso Gómez-Acebo

Practice Areas

Partner. Alfonso Gómez-Acebo specializes in international arbitration; advising on cross-border acquisitions, financial services, shareholders disputes, construction, energy, oil & gas, telecommunications, insurance and sports. He has acted as counsel in over 70 international arbitrations, both institutional and ad hoc, involving private parties, states and state-owned entities with interests in Europe, Latin America, North America, Africa and Western Asia. He also serves as arbitrator.

He advises and represents clients in state court proceedings relating to arbitration, including setting aside, recognizing and enforcing arbitral awards, interim measures and liability of arbitrators.

Career

He lectures on international arbitration at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Universidad Carlos III, Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE) and Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles (IEB).

Professional Memberships

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), he is a member of the Madrid Bar Association (1998), of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.

Personal

Bachelor of Laws (1994) and Bachelor of Economics (1995), Universidad Pontificia de Comillas-ICADE, Madrid. Master of Laws (LLM), IE Business School, Madrid, 1997. Phd (Schmitthoff Scholar), Queen Mary University of London, 2013.