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Biography

Henri Alvarez is an internationally recognized Canadian arbitrator who practices as an independent neutral at Vancouver Arbitration Chambers (VAC). Before establishing an independent arbitration practice (effective 1 December 2016), Henri was a partner of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. With over 30 years of experience, Henri has acted as both an arbitrator and as counsel in international and domestic commercial arbitrations involving investments, trade, franchising, licensing, distributorship, construction, forestry, oil and gas, energy, banking, corporate and general commercial disputes. He has served as sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator and Chairman under the auspices of several international arbitral institutions (ICC, LCIA, ICSID, AAA, HKIAC) and regularly conducts arbitrations in English, Spanish and French. As a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Henri has served on several panels in anti-doping and eligibility cases. He has also acted as counsel in Canadian courts in disputes over challenges and enforcement of arbitral awards. Henri is a former member of the SIAC Users Council and the Council of the HKIAC, a former Chapter 19 Panellist under NAFTA, a former Alternate Member (Canada) of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, a former member of the LCIA Court and a former co-chair of IBA’s Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Committee. He served as an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia from 1985 to 2011. Henri was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2008 and was called to the British Columbia Bar in 1981.