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Jose I. Astigarraga (MIAS Vice-Chairman)
Profile Described as "a major figure for Latin American litigation and arbitration [who] represents large U.S., European and South American corporations" by Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Business Lawyers, Astigarraga has accumulated broad experience in international business disputes in his 30 years of practice. Recently given the "Lawyer of the Americas" award by the University of Miami School of Law Interamerican Law Review for distinguished contribution to the field of international law, Astigarraga has handled business disputes emanating from most countries in Latin America. The U.S. Government appointed him as one of 10 representatives to the tri-partite committee advising the NAFTA commission on international arbitration and alternative means of resolving private commercial disputes as well as an expert to the international law conference of the Organization of American States. His experience goes beyond Latin America - he serves as vice president of the 35-member London Court of International Arbitration. Recently he was recognized as one of the year's "Most Effective Lawyers" by a legal journal for leading the team that won an arbitral award of U.S. $52 Million plus attorneys' fees in a claim over international licensing rights in the Mercosur region that included parallel litigation proceedings in the U.S. , Brazilian and Argentine courts. As Vice Chairman of the Board of the National Law Center for Interamerican Free Trade, he is active in efforts to promote commercial law reform and modernization in the Americas.
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