Alvaro Castellanos

Alvaro Castellanos Director
LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation

Alvaro joined the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation Board of Directors on June 3, 2024. Alvaro also serves as president of the regional firm and partner in Consortium Legal - Guatemala. With 37 years of experience in the financial services and fintech, insurance and insurtech, and aviation sectors, he specializes in banking, arbitration, foreign investment, and mergers and acquisitions.

During his career he has served as president and member of several ad hoc committees in annulment proceedings under the ICSID Convention; president of the Board of Directors of the Dispute Resolution Commission of the Chamber of Industry of Guatemala; participated as ad hoc Judge in the Tiu Tojin vs. State of Guatemala of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, was Member for Guatemala before the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce -ICC- (2006-2018), member of the Editorial Board of IURISTEC (Compilation of Publications of Annotated Judicial Judgments), University Professor, Columnist in El Periodico and former Dean of the Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences of Rafael Landivar University.

Education

  • Candidate for Doctorate in Law, Universidad San Carlos de Guatemala
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.), specialization in Comparative and International Law (Fulbright-Laspau Scholarship), Columbia University Law School, New York (1990)
  • Degree in Legal and Social Sciences, Universidad Rafael Landivar, Guatemala (1986)
  • Languages
    Spanish, English

    Associations
    Member, College of Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala
    Member, IBA Poverty and Social Development Committee
    Member, American Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala (AMCHAM)
    Member, Latin American Arbitrage Committee, International Commerce Chamber (ICC)
    Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
    Member, Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB)

    Recognitions