Joseph Tirado

Joe Tirado is Co-Head of International Arbitration and ADR at leading Spanish and Latin American firm, Garrigues, and is based in London. Joe Tirado has over 30 years of dispute resolution experience and has handled hundreds of cases across a broad range of industry sectors as counsel, arbitrator, mediator, conciliator and expert determiner in more than 65 jurisdictions. Joe is recognised as a ranked individual for international arbitration and ADR in leading legal directories, where he is described as 'first class' and 'best known for his work on energy-related disputes, but is also recognised for his financial services and public international law expertise'. Joe has Joe has represented sovereign governments, multi-national corporations and high net worth individuals in a wide variety of contested matters in the U.K. and other countries. Joe has conducted and advised on international commercial and investment arbitration under all the major international arbitration rules before the leading international arbitration institutions as well as “pure” ad hoc and UNCITRAL arbitration. He has also conducted and advised on a number of mediations and other alternative dispute resolution processes. Joe is a solicitor-advocate with full rights of audience before all civil courts in England & Wales, an accredited mediator and Investor-State mediator, an ICSID conciliator and panel member of a number of leading invitation only arbitration and mediation panels, including the European Union and the United Nations. He is a native English speaker, fluent in Spanish and has a good working knowledge of French and understanding of Portuguese.