Borja Álvarez

Borja Álvarez has expertise in arbitration and litigation cases related to the energy and telecoms sectors, and in disputes involving M&A, construction and real estate.

He also participates in international arbitration cases brought under investment protection treaties (the Energy Charter Treaty and other bilateral investment treaties), and in international commercial arbitration cases. He represents clients before the ICSID, ICC, SCC, AAA, the Court of Arbitration of Madrid and the Madrid International Arbitration Center (CIAM), and in ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitrations. He has experience in proceedings to recognize and enforce international decisions and requests for interim measures, including enforcements of investment arbitration awards.

Borja also specializes in private international law, including choice-of-law issues, dispute resolution clauses in all types of contractual documents, and requests for international judicial cooperation (e.g., obtaining of evidence abroad and notifications in foreign countries).

Between 2017 and 2018, he completed secondments at the New York offices of US law firms Hughes Hubbard & Reed and Alston & Bird.

He is a member of the Madrid Bar Association (2011) and the New York State Bar (2018).

He is a member of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club (CEIA) and was coordinator of CEIA-40 (the CEIA’s under 40 group) in 2023 and 2024. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association, NYSBA (International Section), co-chair of the Spanish chapter and a member of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) and Young EFILA where he is part of the steering committee.

He is an associate lecturer of international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution in the Master in International and European Business Law at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas–ICADE in Madrid. He also lectures at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and Universidad de Alcalá (UAH).

He speaks regularly at conferences on international arbitration and is the author of several publications and articles on international investment arbitration.