Alberto Fortun Email & Phone Number

Madrid, Es

Madrid

Mr. Fortún specializes in international arbitration, crossborder litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR). He advises Spanish and foreign companies involved in international arbitrations related to international energy and construction projects. He has represented private investors against public authorities, particularly in Africa and Latin America.Mr. Fortún has been recommended by several legal directories such as Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, which recognize him in Dispute Resolution; Global Arbitration Review, which considers him one of the Top 21 Spanish arbitration practitioners; and Who’s Who Legal, which recognizes him in Dispute Resolution and Arbitration. In 2009, he received the '40 under 40' award, which the prestigious publication Iberian Lawyer Review grants to the top 40 lawyers under 40 years of age on the Iberian Peninsula.He is recognized nationally and internationally as a promoter of arbitration in Spain, and has ample experience and specializes in resolving commercial disputes relating to energy law, joint ventures, engineering and construction. He has participated in more than 100 arbitrations and ADRs (adjudication, expert determination or dispute boards). In recent years, he has represented football clubs, sports federations and athletes, and has appeared before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland.Mr. Fortún is Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration of Madrid, the European Arbitration Association, the Hispanic-Moroccan Court and the Dubai International Arbitration Center. He was foreign counsel to the US firm Fullbright & 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 at the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía, lecturing in its Master in International Sports Law and its Master of International Law.