Alberto Fortún
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Specialist in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, particularly involving international energy and construction projects.
Alberto Fortún has represented private investors against public authorities, particularly in Africa and Latin America.
He is recognized nationally and internationally as a promoter of arbitration in Spain, and is an expert in resolving commercial disputes relating to energy projects, joint ventures, engineering and construction. He has participated in over 100 arbitrations and alternative dispute resolutions (including mediation, adjudication and dispute resolution boards).
He is a fellow and an approved trainer of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He has acted as arbitrator at the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the LCIA, the Court of Arbitration of Madrid and the European Arbitration Association. He is a listed arbitrator in the ICDR roster of the AAA, in the Hispanic-Moroccan Court and the Dubai International Arbitration Center. He is a member of the LCIA, AIPN, ABA (International Law Section, international litigation and arbitration committees) and an affiliate member of the Inter–American Affairs Committee of the New York City Bar. He was foreign counsel to the US firm Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston (Texas) from 1999 to 2000.
He is also a member of Georgetown University's European Law Advisory Board. He is an associate lecturer in the Master in International Law and Sports Law at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE), and he lectures on international conflicts management in the Corporate Diplomacy & Public Affairs Program at Schiller International University. He also lectures and organizes courses on international construction disputes. He regularly contributes to publications and collective works on arbitration.
Specialties
Education
Bachelor of Laws (with special distinction)
Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, 1996Master of Laws in Common Law Studies (with honors)
Georgetown University, Washington D.C., 1999Diploma of Advanced Studies in Constitutional Law
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2005
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Publications and News
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April 16, 2024顾博仲裁观察
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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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July 7, 2023Cuatrecasas Arbitration Highlights 2023
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June 6, 2023In International Commercial Arbitration, please do not underestimate Procedural Order #1
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June 1, 2023Spain – GAR Know How Commercial Arbitration 2023
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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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March 6, 20232023 litigation trends
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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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May 1, 2022Spain – GAR Know How Commercial Arbitration 2022
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September 1, 2021Spain - The View From Europe: What's New in European Arbitration?
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June 1, 2021Construction and projects in Spain overview
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March 2, 2021Spanish Constitutional Court vacate Madrid Court decision to set aside award for (...)
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July 8, 2020Spanish Constitutional Court finds Madrid Superior Court violated parties' (...)
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May 13, 2020Madrid International Arbitration Center issues Arbitration Rules
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July 23, 2019Spanish Arbitration Club publishes 2019 Code of Best Arbitration Practice
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May 1, 2019Spain – GAR Know How Commercial Arbitration 2020
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January 23, 2019Spanish renewable energy policy
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January 1, 2019Mediation and Other ADR in International Construction Disputes
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July 4, 2018Fourth award issued declaring Spain liable under ECT in renewable energy case
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June 27, 2018Award set aside on public policy grounds for arbitrators’ failure to consider relevant evidence
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January 15, 2018Spain's most prominent courts of arbitration agree to create single court (...)
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June 1, 2017Spain - Dispute Resolution Journal 2017
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May 24, 2017ICSID tribunal orders Spain to pay EUR128 million for changes to renewable energy sector regime
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April 13, 2017Emergency arbitrator decision under the Rules of Arbitration of the Madrid Court of Arbitration
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February 1, 2017Partial awards set aside for lack of impartiality of arbitrator and arbitral institution
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September 16, 2016Madrid Superior Court of Justice sets guidance on arbitrators' duty to (...)