Christian Vidal Leon

Independent arbitrator Counsel inter-State Arbitration

Advisory Centre on WTO Law ACWL

Christian Vidal-León is an International lawyer, national of both Mexico and Spain, with over 15 years of experience in arbitral dispute resolution as advisor to international tribunals and also as party counsel. Appointed as arbitrator in rosters of international and domestic arbitration centres, and of regional trade agreements. Author of several academic articles on international legal issues.

Christian Vidal-León joined the ACWL as Counsel in May 2016. He previously worked as a dispute settlement lawyer in both the Legal Affairs Division and the Appellate Body Secretariat of the World Trade Organization, as well as a legal officer in the Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission, where he was involved in a number of WTO disputes and in trade negotiations.

In addition, Mr. Vidal-León has also served as manager of the international trade and investment department for Southern Africa of a global consulting firm in Johannesburg, and as legal associate in a prominent Brussels-based law firm dealing with international and European trade- and investment-related issues. Moreover, Mr. Vidal-León has assisted arbitrators in a number of international investment tribunals under the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

Mr. Vidal-León is currently a visiting senior research fellow in the Mandela Institute, in the School of Law of the University of the Witwatersrand. He is fluent in Spanish, English and French.

Events

01:30 PM 03:00 PM [Closed]

02 February, 2026

Managing Treaty Claims Before They Arise Practical Strategies for States and Investors in the OIC Region

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Arbitration Centre

English

By request

Free

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