Borja Álvarez
Senior Associate
Spanish
English
French
He specializes in complex litigation with an international dimension, investment arbitration and commercial arbitration.
Borja Álvarez has extensive experience assisting clients in high-profile cases related to the energy and construction sectors, as well as sports law disputes and cases arising from M&A transactions.
He has participated 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 ICSID, ICC, SCC, AAA, the Court of Arbitration of Madrid (CAM) and the International Arbitration Center of Madrid (CIAM), and in ad hoc UNCITRAL arbitrations. Besides, Borja regularly participates in proceedings to recognize and enforce international decisions, including enforcements of investment arbitration awards.
Between 2017 and 2018, he completed secondments at the New York offices of US law firms Hughes Hubbard & Reed and Alston & Bird. He is admitted to the New York State Bar (2018).
Borja is also co-chair of the Iberoamerican Arbitration Club (CEIA) under 40 group, CEIA -40, co-chair of the of the Spanish chapter of the New York State Bar Association or NYSBA (International Section), and member of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA).
He lectures on international arbitration in the Master in International and European Business Law at Universidad Pontificia de Comillas–ICADE in Madrid.
Borja speaks regularly at conferences on international arbitration and is the author of specialized publications on several topics of investment arbitration.
Specialties
Education
LLM in International Business Regulation, Litigation and Arbitration (Fulbright Foreign Student Program and NYU School of Law Dean’s Graduate Award)
New York University School of Law, 2017Bachelor of Laws, and Political Science and Public Administration (dual degree; special graduation award)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2011
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Publications and News
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January 15, 2024Cuatrecasas Arbitration Highlights
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November 1, 2023The ICSID Enforcement Architecture and Compliance with the International Commitments assumed (...)
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May 11, 2023Green flag for Márquez: Court of Appeal rules in favor of racer and annuls penalty
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April 19, 2023OperaFund and Schwab succeed with ICSID dismissal of Spain’s application for award annulment
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April 18, 2023MotoGP Court of Appeal grants stay of execution on penalty for motorcycle racer Marc Márquez
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October 19, 2022Spain announces it will withdraw from ECT
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July 5, 2022InfraRed successful in obtaining ICSID’s rejection of annulment of award against Spain
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March 24, 2022ICSID reviews and approves new regulations and rules
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June 23, 2021Comentario a las SSTSJ Madrid (2019) de anulación de laudos por prejudicialidad penal (vulneración orden público ex artículo 41.1.f LA)
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November 30, 2020The Yukos Appeal Decision on the Role of Arbitral Tribunal’s Secretaries
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November 15, 2020Country Report on Local Requirements for the Validity of the Arbitral Award: Spain
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July 8, 2020Capítulo 9 "Financiación por parte de terceros (TPF) y Arbitraje Internacional”
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January 29, 2020Minimum Standard of Treatment (MST)
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May 11, 2019The Yukos Saga Reloaded: Further Developments in the Interplay between Domestic Legislations and Provisionally Applied Treaties
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January 23, 2019Spanish renewable energy policy
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July 4, 2018Fourth award issued declaring Spain liable under ECT in renewable energy case