Jay Alexander is an independent arbitrator with over 30 years of experience in international dispute resolution, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Reports by Chambers have described him as "candid, intelligent, thorough and well versed in arbitration" (2021), "a compelling communicator in all environments" (2019), "one of the best international litigators" (2018), and someone who "grasps complex matters very quickly" (2017).

Mr. Alexander is experienced as an arbitral chair, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator. He has acted as an arbitrator, and as a lead arbitration counsel, in a wide variety of disputes. He has worked under many sets of rules, including AAA, ICC, ICDR, ICSID, ICSID Additional Facility, KCAB, LCIA, and UNCITRAL. Matters have arisen in the commodities, construction, energy, finance, franchise and distributorship, insurance, investment, manufacturing, technology, and telecommunications sectors.  Those matters have been governed by the law of many common law jurisdictions (including New York law and the law of England and Wales), the law of many civil law jurisdictions (including the laws of Brazil, Cameroon, France, Korea, Qatar, Russia, Sweden, and Venezuela), and public international law.

Throughout his career, Mr. Alexander has been involved in a broad range of arbitrations, litigations, and criminal investigations arising throughout the world, including in Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, China, Ecuador, Egypt, England, India, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Venezuela. The wide-ranging nature of the work that Mr. Alexander has performed throughout his career gives him both a broad perspective and an appreciation for the legal, commercial, and cultural aspects of the disputes he is asked to decide.

Prior to becoming an independent arbitrator, Mr. Alexander was a senior partner at Baker Botts LLP, where he chaired the international arbitration and dispute resolution practice. He spent a decade in that firm’s Washington D.C. office and then over a decade in its London, England office. Prior to joining Baker Botts, Mr. Alexander was a partner at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, a boutique trial law firm in Washington D.C. that merged into Baker Botts. 

Mr. Alexander served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg following his graduation from Stanford Law School. He has served as a guest lecturer at various universities in the United Kingdom and the United States on international arbitration and comparative law topics. He has also served as a judge on the International Court of Appeal of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile.

Mr. Alexander is a member of the ICC’s USCIB Arbitrator Nominations Commission, the USCIB/ICC USA Task Force on DEI, the LCIA User’s Council, the SIAC User’s Council, the ITA Advisory Board, and is included on various institutional databases for arbitrators.

EXPERIENCE

Representative International Arbitrator Experience

• Chair in cross-border distributorship and franchising dispute (ICDR Rules)

• Chair in cross-border distributorship and franchising dispute (AAA Commercial Rules)

• Chair in cross-border investment dispute (AAA Commercial Rules, including Procedures for Large, Complex Commercial Disputes)

• Co-arbitrator in cross-border oil and gas dispute involving ownership of concession rights (ICC Rules)

• Co-arbitrator in cross-border sale of goods dispute implicating issues under U.S. sanctions regime (AAA Commercial Rules, including Procedures for Large, Complex Commercial Disputes)

• Co-arbitrator in cross-border equipment leasing dispute involving issues of force majeure and performance (ICC Rules)

• Co-arbitrator in cross-border commercial and intellectual property dispute involving major entertainment project (ICC Rules)

• Co-arbitrator in cross-border political risk insurance dispute (LCIA Rules)

• Sole arbitrator in cross-border intellectual property dispute arising out of software development (AAA Employment Rules)

• Sole arbitrator in cross-border e-commerce dispute (AAA Commercial Rules)

• Sole arbitrator in cross-border development project dispute (ICDR Rules)

• Emergency arbitrator in crypto-currency dispute (AAA Commercial Rules)

Representative Investment Treaty Experience (Counsel)

• International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) arbitration regarding BIT dispute in the construction sector

• ICSID Additional Facility arbitration regarding BIT dispute in the telecoms sector

• UNCITRAL arbitration regarding Energy Charter Treaty dispute in the oil and gas sector

• Stockholm Chamber of Commerce arbitration regarding BIT dispute in the oil and gas sector

• UNCITRAL arbitration regarding BIT dispute in the electricity sector

• ICSID Additional Facility arbitration under NAFTA in the waste management sector

Representative Commercial Arbitration Experience (Counsel)

• Swiss rules arbitration regarding a US$ 6.5 billion claim under a civil law governed oil supply agreement in Eastern Europe

• ICDR arbitration regarding a US$ 3.5 billion telecommunications dispute under a New York law governed supply and services agreement

• ICC price review arbitrations (multiple) under New York law governed sale and purchase agreements

• LCIA arbitration regarding validity of an English law governed US$ 3 billion financial guarantee

• ICC arbitration regarding a US$ 650 million joint venture dispute in the financial services sector under a civil law governed contract

• ICC arbitration regarding construction of an LNG facility in Africa under New York law governed supply and services contracts

• Korean Commercial Arbitration Board arbitration regarding a technology transfer dispute under Connecticut and Korean law

• LCIA arbitration regarding an East African offshore drilling dispute under an English law governed drilling contract

• ICC arbitration regarding a joint venture dispute in the manufacturing sector under a civil law governed contract

• ICC arbitration regarding rights of first refusal in an English law governed joint venture agreement

• ICC arbitration regarding construction of offshore pipelines in the Middle East under a civil law governed EPC contract

• Ad hoc arbitration regarding a post-closing purchase price adjustments dispute under New York law

• LCIA arbitration regarding a charterparty dispute under English law

• UNCITRAL arbitration regarding breach of a civil law governed operating agreement for a West African onshore gas project

• UNCITRAL arbitration regarding rights and obligations under a civil law governed exploration and production sharing agreement in the Middle East

• ICC arbitration regarding interpretation of a Texas law governed joint operating agreement

Representative International Criminal Investigations Experience

• Representation of South American financial institution in multi-national financial crimes investigation

• Representation of various U.S. defense contractors in (multiple) FCPA and false statement investigations

• Representation of environmental consultant in environmental crimes prosecution arising out of international pipeline project

• Representation of defense industry executive in U.S. export control investigation

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

• “GAR Live Question Time with Arbitrators,” GAR Live New York (2024) (panel with Jean Kalicki, Eric Schwartz, and Todd Weiler)

• “Poacher Turned Gamekeeper: Going Full-Time Arbitrator,” NYLON Arbitration (2023)

• “Interview with the Umpire - Arbitrators Discuss Best Practices and the Future of Dispute Resolution,” Qatar & MENA 7th Annual International Arbitration Virtual Summit (2022)

• “Can Arbitrations Be Done Quickly and Fairly: Understanding Expedited Procedures, Emergency Arbitration & Mediation,” Qatar & MENA 6th Annual International Arbitration Virtual Summit (2021)

• “Ethical and Legal Issues in Preparing and Handling Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation,” UK/Europe Global Legal ConfEx (2020)

• “Price Review Renegotiation,” SIA Conference (2020)

• “Japanese Antitrust Scrutiny of LNG Supply Agreements,” (2017; Winner, Concurrences Writing Awards, 2018) (Paul Lugard, co-author)

• “In Defence of Take or Pay,” Gastech Conference (2017)

• “Japanese Antitrust Scrutiny of LNG Supply Agreements,” Gastech Daily Exhibition & Conference Newspaper (2017)

• “Protecting Your IP Assets in A Technology Divorce” (2017)

• “Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards,” UK/US Cross-Border Litigation Summit, Inner Temple (2017)

• “Comparative Tort Law,” Lecture, Univ. of Houston Law Center (2017)

• “Disruption in International Arbitration,” Legal Business International Arbitration Summit (2016)

• “Arbitral Proceedings in the United Kingdom,” Lexology Navigator (2016)

• “Q&A With Baker Botts’ Jay Alexander,” Law360 (March 21, 2016)

• “Subconscious Influences in International Arbitration,” Annual ITA Workshop (2015)

• “Price Review in Europe – What’s Changing,” Flame (2013)

• “The Cost of Obsession with Time and Cost,” GAR Live Brazil (2013)

• "International Arbitration in Africa: Advantages, Constraints, Procedures and Enforcement," Lex Mundi and the Association of Corporate Counsel (2013)

• “Guerilla Tactics and Other ‘Monkey Business’ in International Arbitration,” Corporate Counsel Institute (2011)