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Francisco Orrego Vicuña has had a distinguished International academic and professional legal career with extensive experience as an International arbitrator. He has presided over arbitration panels in Venezuela, Spain, Egypt, Hungary, Argentina,Turkey and Chile.The cases he has heard include disputes involving Commercial Law, Investments, Maritime Law, Environmental Protection Law, International territorial boundaries and International Trade.These have included both ad hoc and Institutional arbitrations under the rules of LCIA, UNCITRAL and ICC.
He is a member of the Panels of Conciliators and
of Arbitrators of the International Center for the
Settlement of Investment Disputes by appointment
of the Chairman of the Administrative Council of
ICSID and has presided over 10 ICSID tribunal
panels.
He is a member of panels of most leading
arbitration organisations including the LCIA, the ICC
and UNCITRAL.
Born in Santiago, Chile in 1942, he was educated in
Madrid, Cairo and Santiago. He attended Law School
at the University of Chile and was admitted to legal
practice in 1965. He gained his Ph.D. in International
Law at the LSE. Francisco has taught general courses
on International Law and specialised courses on
International Environmental Law, International Economic
Law, Settlement of Disputes in Trade and Investments,
and the Law of the Sea. He was Director of the Institute
of International Studies of the University of Chile, is
Professor of the Institute and won the National Award
of the Government of Chile for Humanities and Social
Sciences in 2001.
Has lectured or participated in conferences at the
invitation of numerous institutions around the world
and has participated in research programs or advisory
functions with institutions such as the Latin American
Free Trade Association, Central American Common
Market, Organization of American States, Inter-American
Development Bank, Inter-American Council on
Commerce and Production and the United Nations.
Francisco Orrego Vicuña was President of the World
Bank Administrative Tribunal from 2001 to 2004 and has
been a Judge at this Tribunal since 1992. He is currently
Professor of International Law at the Law School of
the University of Chile and is the co-Director of the
University of Chile-University of Heidelberg joint LL. M.
Program on International Law,Trade and Investments.
Francisco has published extensively. He is the author and
co-author of over 60 books on international arbitration,
dispute resolution and maritime law, as well as over 70
articles in major international law journals and
publications. Five of his books have been published by
Cambridge University Press.