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Toronto Ontario
Canada M5C 1K9
Tel: (001) 416
362-8555
Fax: (001) 416 362-8825
Canada/USA
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www.adrchambersinternational.com
e-mail:
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Chairman
Claude
R. Thomson, Q.C., FCIArb.
President
L.
Yves Fortier, C.C., Q.C.
Executive
Director
Brian H. Wheatley, Q.C.
Registrar
Marjorie Coe
International
Arbitration
Mediation
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Henri C. Alvarez, FCIArb.
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Areas of Practice
International Commercial
Arbitration; Alternative Dispute Resolution; International; Employment and
Labour Law.
Education
B.A., The University of British Columbia, 1976
LL.B. University of Ottawa, 1980
Doctoral Candidate - Graduate Institute of
International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
The Hague Academy of International Law, Special
Workshop on State Contracts and International Commercial Arbitration
Advanced Arbitration and Mediation Training
Called to the Bar
Admitted to the British Columbia Bar, 1981
Practice
Henri Alvarez articled at the firm
now known as Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP and was admitted to the British
Columbia Bar in 1981. After spending two years studying International Law and
arbitration at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva,
Switzerland, he rejoined the firm and practices in the Litigation and Dispute
Resolution Department.
Henri has expertise in the field of
international commercial arbitration and dispute resolution, in which he has
taught a course at the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia
since 1985. He is an experienced arbitrator and has acted as an arbitrator and
as counsel in international and domestic commercial arbitrations involving
investments, trade, franchising,
licensing, distributorship,
construction, forestry and general commercial disputes. Henri also appears as
counsel in mediations and has acted as a mediator in both international and
domestic matters on a number of occasions. He is a Chapter 19 Panelist under
the North American Free Trade Agreement. Henri is the leader of the firm’s
Latin American and International Dispute Resolution Practice Groups.
Professional Activities
- Chapter 19 Panelist under the North American Free
Trade Agreement
- NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial
Disputes
- Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
(FCIArb)
- Chairman, North American Branch of the Chartered
Institute of Arbitrators, (1998-2000)
- Chartered Arbitrator, ADR Institute of Canada
Inc., 1988
- Arbitrator, British Columbia International
Commercial Arbitration Centre, the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the
Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Centre for the Americas (CAMCA), the
Canadian National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and
the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Hong Kong International
Commercial Arbitration Center (HKICAC); Singapore International Arbitration
Center (SIAC), eResolution
- Member, Task Force on International Commercial
Arbitration for the Attorney General of British Columbia, (1985-1986)
- Adjunct Professor in International Commercial
Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, Faculty of Law, University of British
Columbia, (1985-to date)
- Frequent lecturer and author in the areas of
International Commercial Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
- Tutor for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
and various other training courses on International Commercial Arbitration in
North and South America
Publications
- “Un aperçu de la nouvelle
législation canadienne sur l’arbitrage commercial
international” (1986) “Revue de l’arbitrage”, 529;
- “The Role of Arbitration in Canada - New
Perspectives” (1987), 21 UBC Law Review 247;
- “International Commercial Arbitration - Its
Current Use, Advantages and Dis-advantages” in “Commercial
Arbitration” (Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia,
1986);
- “Choice of Law - Issues and Problems in
International Commercial Arbitration” in “International Maritime
Arbitration” (Continuing Legal Education, 1988);
- “The Concept of Arbitration” and
“Enforcement of Arbitral Awards” in “Commercial Arbitration:
Advanced Practice” (Continuing Legal Education, 1989);
- “Enforcement of Commercial Arbitral
Awards” in “Conflicts of Law in Commercial Disputes” (Continuing
Legal Education, 1990);
- “Enforcement of Arbitral Awards” in
“Commercial Arbitration: Advanced Practice -1996” (Continuing Legal
Education, 1996);
- “Arbitration under NAFTA” in
Arbitration in Latin America (Kluwer, 2001);
- “El Desarrollo de los Métodos
Alternos de Solución de Controversias en el Siglo XXI” in El
Fortalecimiento de los Métodos Alternos en América Latina
Comercio de Bogotá, 1999);
- “Where Do I Start? ADR Information Sources
and Organizations” in Commercial Mediation and Arbitration in the NAFTA
Countries (JurisNet, 1999);
- “Arbitration Under the North American Free
Trade Agreement” (2000), 16 Arbitration International, 393; and numerous
book reviews, notes and conference papers on various aspects of arbitration and
mediation.
Representative Alternative Dispute Resolution
Experience
- Design and drafting of arbitration and mediation
clauses, dispute resolution systems and institutional arbitration rules.
- Advice and assistance to clients on strategy and
preparation for arbitrations and mediations.
- Counsel or mediator in mediations dealing with a
variety of disputes Arbitrator in a broad range of international disputes
including institutional (AAA, ICC, LCIA, ICSID, and BCICAC) and ad hoc
and UNCITRAL arbitrations
- Sole arbitrator in international distributorship,
joint venture and sale of goods disputes.
- Counsel in international commercial arbitrations
dealing with distributorship and construction, long-term supply and commercial
agreements and disputes.
- Chairman of a three person arbitral tribunal in
an international sales dispute.
- One of three jointly-selected arbitrators in
large international licensing and intellectual property disputes.
- Chair of arbitral panels in various domain name
disputes
- Mediator in an international construction dispute
involving a large hydro electric project in Latin America.
- Various appointments, including chairmanship of
tribunals, have been conducted entirely in Spanish or French.
- Counsel to the British Columbia International
Commercial Arbitration Centre before the B.C. Supreme Court in applications
relating to its jurisdiction and rules.
- Counsel in applications to recognize and enforce
international and foreign arbitral awards in Canadian Courts.
- Member of five person bi-national panels under
Chapter 19 of the NAFTA dealing with disputes regarding the alleged dumping of
products and material injury determinations.
Languages
Fully fluent in English, French and Spanish
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