People
Agustina Álvarez Olaizola
Senior Associate
Madrid
Senior Associate
Biography
Agustina specializes in commercial and investment treaty arbitration
She has acted for a broad range of clients in disputes across multiple jurisdictions, under arbitration rules including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, SCC and UNCITRAL, and spanning sectors such as energy, oil and gas, mining, infrastructure and financial services.
Agustina has also advised at the pre‑contentious stage and during settlement negotiations in complex cross‑border litigation, and on matters relating to risk management, investment structuring, the setting aside and enforcement of awards, and the acquisition of contentious assets.
She has been recognised as a leading female arbitration lawyer in the 2025 Jus Connect Power List.
Practice areas
- Disputes
- International arbitration
- Administrative and public law
- Sanctions and international trade
Sectors
- Energy
- Infrastructure and transport
- Oil and gas
- Power
- Renewables
- Financial institutions
Selected experience
- More than 30 different international investors in 10 separate ICSID and UNCITRAL arbitration claims against the Kingdom of Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty relating to the regulation of the Spanish renewable energy sector and involving claims worth in excess of EUR3.5 billion.
- An EU Member State in an UNCITRAL investment treaty arbitration relating to EU restrictive measures adopted in the context of the Russia–Ukraine conflict.
- Ukraine in an SCC arbitration brought by VEB.RF concerning sanctions and other measures allegedly imposed on Russian financial entities.
- The Republic of Peru in two related UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings against The Renco Group concerning a mining facility.
- China National Petroleum Corporation International (CNPCI) in an LCIA dispute with a Latin American state‑owned company concerning an oil refinery.
- A Czech transport company in an ICC arbitration seated in Madrid regarding breaches of competition clauses.
Education
- LL.M in International Dispute Settlementm MIDS, Geneva, 2014
- Law Degree, National University of La Plata, Summa cum laude, 2012
Admissions
- Abogado, Argentina, 2015
Languages
- Spanish
- English
- French