People

⬅ Back

Jaime Gallego

Partner

Admission

Spain, 1999
England and Wales, 2002

Nationality

British, Spanish

Languages

English , Spanish , French

Geneva

35, Rue de la Mairie
P.O. Box 6569
1211 Geneva 6
Switzerland

Contact

+41 58 105 2000 jgallego@lalive.law

Download vCard

Practices

Areas of focus

Jaime Gallego exclusively practises in the fields of international commercial arbitration and international investment arbitration since 2004 with a particular focus on Latin America and Spain. He has acted in some thirty arbitrations primarily in the energy (including oil & gas), mining, telecommunications, arms, transport, real estate and infrastructure/construction sectors. These were conducted under ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, SCAI/Swiss, LCIA and CIAC rules, among others, and the applicable laws, both substantively and procedurally, originated from common law and civil law traditions. He acts both as counsel and arbitrator.

Jaime Gallego is dual-qualified as an English Solicitor and a Spanish Abogado and continuously handles arbitrations in both English and Spanish, both of which are his native languages. He is also fully professionally proficient in French. He is an officer of the Mining Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) and also a member of various arbitration associations.

Before joining LALIVE, Jaime Gallego worked at Dechert LLP in Paris in the international arbitration team (2004-2009) and at SJ Berwin LLP in London where he trained and qualified into the corporate department (2000-2003).

He holds an LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution (with honours), University College London, England (2003-2004) as well as a Degree in Law and a Master in Tax Law, both from ESADE, Spain (1994-1999).

Future leader in arbitration

Who’s Who Legal: Future Leaders in Arbitration, 2020

One of the most complete arbitration lawyers of his generation “with an “encyclopaedic knowledge” of the facts of a case and great cross-examination skills.

Client comment in GAR 30, 2019

Listed among the Future leaders in Arbitration.

Who’s Who Legal: Future Leaders in Arbitration, 2018

Listed among the Future leaders in Arbitration.

Who’s Who Legal: Future Leaders in Arbitration, 2017

array(3) { [0]=> object(WP_Post)#9426 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(529) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 00:07:49" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2017-12-31 23:07:49" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(12) "Marc D. Veit" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(11) "veit-marc-d" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 14:17:30" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 13:17:30" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(56) "https://newsite.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=529/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [1]=> object(WP_Post)#9431 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(480) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 00:46:44" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2017-12-31 23:46:44" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(13) "Jaime Gallego" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(13) "gallego-jaime" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 14:19:24" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 13:19:24" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(56) "https://newsite.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=480/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [2]=> object(WP_Post)#9430 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(37145) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2022-03-08 10:50:57" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2022-03-08 09:50:57" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(26) "Luis Miguel Velarde Saffer" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(26) "luis-miguel-velarde-saffer" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 14:15:54" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 13:15:54" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(53) "https://www.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=37145" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }

Reciente laudo mejora las perspectivas de reclamación de inversores en proyectos mineros

Marc D. Veit, Jaime Gallego, Luis Miguel Velarde Saffer, 2023

In: Rumbo Minero, issue 158, pp. 110-112

Note On Professor Pierre Lalives’s Article, “Arbitration – The Civilized Solution”, 1998

Jaime Gallego, 2022

In: 73rd issue of Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem

Case summary: Continental Casualty Company v. Argentine Republic. (2020). ICSID Reports, 18, 155-198

Jaime Gallego, 2020

ICSID Reports Volume 18 on Defence Arguments in Investment Arbitration, January 2021

array(3) { [0]=> object(WP_Post)#9441 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(515) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 00:19:16" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2017-12-31 23:19:16" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(16) "Noradèle Radjai" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(15) "radjai-noradele" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-07-24 09:58:38" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-07-24 07:58:38" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(56) "https://newsite.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=515/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [1]=> object(WP_Post)#9444 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(480) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 00:46:44" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2017-12-31 23:46:44" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(13) "Jaime Gallego" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(13) "gallego-jaime" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 14:19:24" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 13:19:24" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(56) "https://newsite.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=480/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [2]=> object(WP_Post)#9445 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(5415) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 00:26:22" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2017-12-31 23:26:22" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(18) "Emilie McConaughey" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(20) "mcconaughey-emilie-2" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-04-27 16:01:39" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-04-27 14:01:39" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(56) "https://newsite.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=5415" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }

Wholesale electricity trading contracts: Calculation of damages from non-performance – An increasingly relevant issue

Noradèle Radjai, Jaime Gallego, Emilie McConaughey, 2020

LALIVE Blog, May 2020

array(2) { [0]=> object(WP_Post)#9454 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(7626) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 01:13:11" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 00:13:11" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(17) "Domitille Baizeau" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(17) "baizeau-domitille" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-10-16 15:57:39" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-10-16 13:57:39" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(57) "https://newsite.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=7626/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [1]=> object(WP_Post)#9447 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(480) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 00:46:44" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2017-12-31 23:46:44" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(13) "Jaime Gallego" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(13) "gallego-jaime" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 14:19:24" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 13:19:24" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(56) "https://newsite.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=480/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }

Various entries in Enciclopedia del Arbitraje

Domitille Baizeau, Jaime Gallego, 2018

J. L. Collantes González (Ed), Domitille Baizeau, Jaime Gallego et al. (Coord.), Biblioteca de Arbitraje del Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre, Vols. 47-48, Lima, 2018

Book review: The Roles of Psychology in International Arbitration, Kluwer Law International, 2017

Jaime Gallego, 2017

ASA Bulletin, Vol. 35, No. 4, 2017, p. 1028-1030

La expansión del sistema arbitral CIADI: desde el solitario asunto Holiday Inns c/Marruecos en el tribunal constituido en 1972 hasta nuestro días

Jaime Gallego, 2015

In: Jorge Luis Collantes González (Coodinator), Estudios de Arbitraje Internacional (entre la práctica arbitral y la investigación científica), Lima: Thomson Reuters, 2015, Vol. 31 de la Biblioteca de Arbitraje, pp.87-134

array(2) { [0]=> object(WP_Post)#9451 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(480) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 00:46:44" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2017-12-31 23:46:44" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(13) "Jaime Gallego" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(13) "gallego-jaime" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 14:19:24" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-11-08 13:19:24" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(56) "https://newsite.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=480/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [1]=> object(WP_Post)#9457 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(7626) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "5" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 01:13:11" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-01-01 00:13:11" ["post_content"]=> string(0) "" ["post_title"]=> string(17) "Domitille Baizeau" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(17) "baizeau-domitille" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2023-10-16 15:57:39" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2023-10-16 13:57:39" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(57) "https://newsite.lalive.law/?post_type=people&p=7626/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(6) "people" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } }

Various entries in: Diccionario Terminológico del Arbitraje Internacional y Nacional (Comercial y de Inversiones)

Jaime Gallego, Domitille Baizeau, 2012

J.L. Collantes González (Ed), Domitille Baizeau, Jaime Gallego et al. (Coord.) Biblioteca de Arbitraje del Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre, Vol. 18, Lima, 2012

CEIA Capítulo Suizo

Enforcing awards against States – the French, Swiss and English perspectives

21/09/2023 Geneva Jaime Gallego Speaker

For more information, please see the programme

IEA: XIV Conferencia de Arbitraje Internacional

Arbitrajes comerciales y de inversión on partes estatales

07/06/2023 Quito Jaime Gallego Speaker: Particularidades de los arbitrajes comerciales con el Estado: la práctica de la prueba en los arbitrajes comerciales con partes estatales

For more information, see the programme

Open de Arbitraje, novena edición

11/05/2023 Madrid Jaime Gallego Panelist: Incentivos y desincentivos para negociar o arbitrar (según cada parte y situación

XVII Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje IPA

28/04/2023 Lima (Peru) Jaime Gallego Panelist: ¿Cómo se viene desarrollando el Arbitraje en el sector Minería?

Los 100 primeros volumenes de la colección Biblioteca de Arbitraje del Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre

10/05/2022 Lima, Peru Jaime Gallego Speaker: La diversidad entre los protagonistas del arbitraje internacional (abogacía, árbitros, género, nacionalidades, idiomas, etc.)

For more information, see the programme

X Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje, ADR, DABS, Mediación, Construcción, Abastacimiento y Compliance

28/03/2022 Zoom Jaime Gallego Speaker: “La creciente regulación en materia ambiental por los Estados: ¿qué derechos tendrán los inversores extranjeros en el sector energético que se vean impactados negativamente?”

For more information, see the programme

Gaining protection under international investment treaties as part of estate planning

STEP Conference

10/02/2022 Geneva Sandrine Giroud, Jaime Gallego Speakers

Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación de Quito-Ecuador (AMCHAM) y el Instituto Ecuatoriano de Arbitraje

XIII Conferencia de Arbitraje Internacional de Ecuador 2021 edición online

13/05/2021 Online Jaime Gallego Speaker: Temas salientes del arbitraje comercial internacional y de inversión

For more information, see the programme.

SCAI - Swiss Chambers' Arbitration Institution

Arbitraje en España y en Suiza bajo el Reglamento suizo de arbitraje internacional

04/07/2019 Madrid Jaime Gallego Speaker: Temas claves a considerar en la elección de la sede del arbitraje

For more information, see the programme.

Sociedad Boliviana de Arbitraje (SBA)

Novenas jornadas internacionales de arbitraje

07/06/2019 Santa Cruz Jaime Gallego Speaker: Arbitraje en materia de hidrocarburos y minería: últimos desarrollos

Section of Lawyers from Foreign Bars of the Geneva Bar Association (SABE) y Club Español del Arbitraje (CEA)

WTO Litigation and investment arbitration: converging views?

04/05/2018 Geneva Jaime Gallego Co-organizer and speaker

Club Español del Arbitraje, CEA-40, ASA-40, SABE

Environmental Law and Investment Arbitration

19/02/2018 Geneva Jaime Gallego Co-organizer

Section of Lawyers from Foreign Bars of the Geneva Bar Association (SABE)

Conflicts of interests in law firms: can Geneva resist advance waivers

20/10/2016 Geneva Jaime Gallego Moderator

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF)

Challenges in representing Parties to Investor-State Arbitration

18/02/2016 Paris Jaime Gallego Speaker: Investor’s and State’s perspective

For more information, see the programme.

Club Español del Arbitraje / ICC Spain

Los métodos alternativos de resolución de controversias

22/01/2016 Madrid Jaime Gallego Speaker: Peritos y resolución de conflictos (la obligación de imparcialidad)

For more information, see the programme.

Sociedad Boliviana de Arbitraje (SBA)

6tas Jornadas Internacionales de Arbitraje

16/10/2015 La Paz Jaime Gallego Speaker: Nuevos Límites al Arbitraje de Inversión en Europa

For more information, see the programme.

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF)

Investment Arbitration in Practice: A view from the inside

26/09/2015 Geneva Jaime Gallego Moderator: Getting to the end of the process: issues, strategies and challenges

For more information, see the programme.

Centro de Analisis y Resolución de Conflictos / Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

IX Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje

24/09/2015 Lima Jaime Gallego Speaker: Procedencia y criterios para la cuantificación de los daños y perjuicios en el arbitraje

For more information, see the programme.

Camara de Comercio, Industria, Servicios, Turismo y de la Producción de Cusco / Asociación Zambrano

III Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje en Contrataciones Públicas

28/03/2015 Cusco Jaime Gallego Speaker: El árbitro de emergencia/urgencia en el arbitraje comercial internacional

Section of Lawyers from Foreign Bars of the Geneva Bar Association (SABE)

Hot topics in dispute resolution – Third party funding: enforcement

22/01/2015 Geneva Jaime Gallego Co-organiser and Moderator

Comunitat Valenciana and Microcluster VLC/Campus of International Excellence Valencia TICs

I Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje Comercial y Electrónico en Valencia: Ubicación geopolítica valenciana en las transacciones comerciales: El arbitraje como alternativa en la resolución de conflictos << inter partes>>

31/10/2014 Valencia Jaime Gallego Speaker: El árbitro de emergencia//urgencia en el arbitraje comercial internacional

For more information, see the programme.

Camara de Comercio, Industria, Servicios, Turismo y de la Producción de Cusco / Asociación Zambrano

II Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje en Contrataciones Públicas

03/04/2014 Cusco Jaime Gallego Speaker: Algunas reflexiones sobre la corrupción en la contratación pública y su incidencia en el arbitraje internacional / Moderator, presided the following panel: Visión General de las Contrataciones Públicas y del Arbitraje

For more information, see the programme.

Comisión de Arbitraje del Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona

Post-grado en Derecho de las Inversiones Internacionales y Arbitraje

15/11/2013 Barcelona Jaime Gallego Co-speaker: El sistema arbitral CIADI III: Recursos contra el laudo. Ejecución de un laudo deslocalizado, problemas planteados y alternativas a esos problemas

For further information see the programme.

Comisión de Arbitraje del Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona

Post-grado en Derecho de las Inversiones Internacionales y Arbitraje

19/06/2013 Barcelona Jaime Gallego Speaker: El sistema arbitral CIADI III: Recursos contra el laudo. Ejecución de un laudo deslocalizado, problemas planteados y alternativas a esos problemas

For further information see the programme.

Sociedad Boliviana de Arbitraje

Cuartas Jornadas Internacionales de Arbitraje

07/06/2013 La Paz Jaime Gallego Moderator: La reestructuración de inversiones y el alcance de su protección bajo los TBIs

For further information see the programme.

Sociedad Boliviana de Arbitraje

Terceras Jornadas Internacionales de Arbitraje

19/06/2012 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Jaime Gallego Speaker: Judicial intervention in arbitration

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum

19/06/2012 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Jaime Gallego Speaker: The concept of “investment” in investment treaty arbitration

Union Internationale des Avocats

Introductory course to arbitration

19/05/2012 Barcelona Jaime Gallego Speaker: On the award and its enforcement

Club Español del Arbitraje

El Reglamento de Arbitraje de UNCITRAL revisado en 2010 y su incidencia en Iberoamérica

15/09/2011 Madrid, Caracas, Geneva (by videoconference) Jaime Gallego Speaker: Consolidación de arbitrajes e incorporación de partes

Swiss Arbitration Association - ASA Below 40

The interface between arbitration and criminal law: a selection of issues

29/10/2010 Zurich Jaime Gallego Speaker: Investigations or criminal proceedings prior to the arbitration: impact on the arbitration agreement and on the arbitration proceedings

See the programme and the presentation.

Jaime Gallego Course Mentor: Jurisdiction and admissibility

2014

UNITAR E-learning Course
Introduction to Investment Arbitration. A joint LALIVE/UNITAR e-learning initiative

Jaime Gallego Course Mentor: Jurisdiction and admissibility

2011

UNITAR E-learning Course
Introduction to Investment Arbitration. A joint LALIVE/UNITAR e-learning initiative
See the Course outline. More information at UNITAR's website.