Jaime practices exclusively in international commercial arbitration and international investment arbitration with a particular focus on Latin America and Spain.

He has acted in a large number of international arbitrations primarily in the energy, mining, telecommunications and construction sectors, and in infrastructure project related disputes. He has experience with all the main international arbitration rules, including ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, Swiss Rules, LCIA and CIAC, and a wide range of applicable laws (common law and civil law). He also serves as arbitrator.

Hailed as “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” GAR 30, 2019, Jaime is dual-qualified in Spain and England & Wales and handles arbitrations in English, Spanish and French.

Recognition

Ranked Future Leaders – Partners
Who’s Who Legal Future Leaders, Arbitration, 2017 – 2022

Recent publications

La responsabilidad del Estado por los actos de las comunidades rurales que perjudiquen las inversiones extranjeras. Perú: ¿un caso singular?
LUIS MIGUEL VELARDE SAFFER, JAIME GALLEGO
In: Libro homenaje a Miguel Ángel Fernández-Ballesteros (CEIA), 2024

Recent award improves prospects for investor claims in mining projects
(original title in Spanish: Reciente laudo mejora las perspectivas de reclamación de inversores en proyectos mineros)
MARC VEIT, JAIME GALLEGO, LUIS MIGUEL VELARDE SAFFER
In: Rumbo Minero, issue 158, pp. 110-112, October 2023

Wholesale electricity trading contracts: Calculation of damages from non-performance – an increasingly relevant issue
NORADÈLE RADJAI, JAIME GALLEGO, EMILIE MCCONAUGHEY
In: LALIVE Blog, May 2020

Recent conferences

UIA – Bilbao Seminar ‐ International Arbitration, Current Perspectives ‐ 7th Edition
Privilegio en arbitraje internacional
JAIME GALLEGO, Speaker
Bilbao, 24 May 2024

CEIA Capítulo Suizo
Enforcing awards against States – the French, Swiss and English perspectives
JAIME GALLEGO, Speaker
Geneva, 21 September 2023

IEA: XIV Conferencia de Arbitraje Internacional
Commercial and investment arbitrations with State parties
JAIME GALLEGO, Speaker
Specificities of commercial arbitrations with the State: evidence
Quito, 7 June 2023

Current memberships

  • Officer of the Mining Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Board member of the Arbitration Club (Club de Arbitraje), ESADE
  • Member of the SIAC panel of arbitrators
  • Member of the commission for the scrutiny of awards of the Centro Internacional de Arbitraje de Madrid (CIAM)
  • Member of the subcommittee on energy and natural resources of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Arbitraje (ALARB)

Career history

  • Partner, LALIVE, 2020 – present
  • Counsel, LALIVE, 2017 – 2019
  • Associate, LALIVE, 2009 – 2016
  • Associate, Dechert LLP, Paris, 2004 – 2009
  • Trainee & Associate, SJ Berwin LLP, London, 2000 – 2003

Academic qualifications

  • LLM International Dispute Resolution, University College London, 2003 – 2004
  • Degree in Law and a Master in Tax Law, ESADE, Spain, 1994 – 1999