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Torre Avalanz, Piso 17, Batallón de San Patricio 109, Col. Valle Oriente, San Pedro Garza García, 66260, N.L., Mexico Tel. +52 8181333748 www.3-ct.com
James A. Graham
Senior Equity Partner, 3CT
Tenured professor, UANL
+52 8180888255
Experience excerpts:
Favorable litigation of a shareholders dispute of an US-Mexican company (460 M USD)
Favorable litigation of an international sales contract (20 M USD)
Favorable defense against a 211 M euros letter of credit against a Swiss company Co-counsel in a foreign investment dispute between an European company and an Asian State (237 M USD). Chairman of a tribunal in a dispute of a financial guarantee between an European and a Latin American company (123 M EUROS) Co-arbitrator in a dispute of heavy machinery between an Mexican and Italian company under the CISG (30M USD).
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Expert Witness before federal US Courts on Mexican Private International Law in a class action (360M USD)
Expert Witness before federal US Courts on a parallel NAFTA arbitration (100 M USD)
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Favourable recourse before the Federal courts for a foreign hedge fond (856 M USD)
Favourable recourse before the Mexican Supreme Court in regard to the foreign applicable law in a telecommunication case (685 M USD).
Graduated, University of Paris
Law Degree, University of Paris 2
LLM, University of Paris 1
Doctorate, University of Paris 1
Academic tenure, UANL:
Head of the International Business & Law Department
Head of the International Law College
Head of the Corporative Law LLM
Main Publications:
Teoría general de Derecho internacional
Tratado de Arbitraje comercial internacional mexicano
Born in Luxembourg in 1970, James Graham studied Law in Paris. Once he obtained his JDS cum magna laude from the University of Paris II (1996), he has been awarded a doctorate cum magna laude in International Law, Private International Law and Arbitration Law from the University of Paris I (2001, under the direction of Pierre Mayer). Furthermore, he counts with a degree cum magna laude in Political Sciences from the University of Paris II (1996) and a degree cum magna laude in International Relations from the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales de Paris (1996) and visited The Hague International Law Academy (Private International Law and International Law, 1996).
He started his career practising for the Luxemburgish Justice Department, participating in various sessions of The Hague Conference on Private International Law. Afterwards, he taught law at the University of Saarland (Germany) and the University of Luxembourg. In that time, he counselled as a National Researcher (CRPGL-LDE) the Luxemburgish Government, various chambers of commerce, the Luxemburgish Banking Association and the 100 Ranked Computer and IT Companies (IBM, Toshiba, Tango, etc…) in matters of International Business Law, E-commerce, and Arbitration.
In 2001, he moved to Mexico, where he first worked as Full Professor at the Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey. One year later, he founded the law firm Lobo & Graham, which in 2011 merged with a law firm in New York and several other Mexican firms to give raise to DeForest, where as an international partner he headed the International Law and Arbitration Practice Group, and at one time was its CEO.
Afterwards, in order to escape the too many conflict of interests inherent to any large firm, he decided to found 3CT with all the members of its former office joining him.
As Lawyer, he acts on a regular base in international arbitral proceedings, as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator or Chairman. He represents various clients in judicial recognition and enforcement of international awards. His experience ranges from ICC and AAA
proceedings to UNCITRAL ad hoc arbitrations, in English, Spanish, and French. Furthermore, he manages international business cases including investment arbitration.
Among his experience, one may cite his practice as counsel and lawyer in various international transactions like sales, telecommunication, franchising, stand-by letters, cross-border bankruptcies, international payments, international sport cases, as well as his pro bono work in Child Restitution cases, and in favour of various Mexicans in Death Row in the frame of the ICJ’s Avena Ruling. Recently, his services are more and more required in the field of foreign investment cases where international law problems are involved.
Presently, he also is a member of the consultative board of the Mexican Center for Arbitration (CAM). As a mediator, his experience ranges from legislative work (drafter of the Mediation Law of Nuevo Leon), to certification, and commercial mediation, in particular in US-Mexican and European-Mexican cases. He was a founding member and legal advisor to the Mediation Bar Association of Nuevo Leon.
As a Tenured Professor at the second largest university in Mexico (Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León) he headed the International Law and Business Department, the Business Law LLM and the College of International Law.
He teaches International Law, Arbitration, and Supranational Constitutional Law in the Law School’s Doctorate Program.
He lectured, among others, at the Tec of Monterrey, UNAM, La Salle University (Mexico), the San Simon University of Cochabamba (Bolivia), the Universitarian Institute of Luxembourg, Facultad de Derecho de La Habana (Cuba), Complutense (Madrid), El Rosario (Bogota), Universidad de San Francisco (Quito), Universidad Rio Grande (Brasil), etc…, as well as with various professional associations.
He is a Lifetime Fellow of the Mexican Academy of Private International Law and Comparative Law and of the Mexican Sports Law Academy; Honorary
Member of the Bolivian Academy of Criminal Sciences; Member of the Center for Studies and Diffusion of Law in Latin America (CEDDAL); Honorary Member of the Institute of International Studies, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Honorary Member of the Association of Attenders and Alumni, Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Paris.
He was a Vice Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the US-Mexico Bar Association, a Chair of the Mexican Corporate Lawyer Association (Chapter Nuevo Leon) and presided the International Arbitration Club of Monterrey; the Mexican Football Law Association; the Litigation and Arbitration Committee of the Mexican Bar Association (Chapter Nuevo Leon); the Litigation and Arbitration Committee; of the Mexican Corporate Lawyer Association (Chapter Nuevo Leon); the Bar Association of the Doctors in Law of Nuevo Leon which he presided; and the Mexican Bar Association of Certified Lawyers. He is currently the president of the Mexican Academy of Sports Law and a member of the Board of the US-Mexican Bar Association.
He is a member of the French Committee of Arbitration, American Society for International Law, French Society for International Law, International Law Association, among else.
Among his most important publications, one may quote:
§ Teoría general del Derecho internacional, 2nd ed., Zamanga editores, 2014
§ Tratado de Derecho mexicano del arbitraje comercial internacional, 2nd Ed., Limusa, 2012 (with Pereznieto Castro)
§ El Derecho internacional privado de Nuevo León, UANL, 2011
§ La Convención de Viena sobre Relaciones Consulares y los Nacionales Mexicanos condenados en los Estados Unidos, Vice ministerio de Justicia, Bolivia, 2008
§ Guía práctica para la ejecución de sentencias y laudos comerciales internacionales, Lazcano, 2007
§ Lectures on the Legal System of the United States, 3. ed, UDEM, 2007
RESUME
Prof. James A. Graham
EDUCATION
• Doctorate in International Law, Private International Law, and Arbitration, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2001
• Master in International Law & Arbitration, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1997 • Degree in Law, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 1996 • Degree in Political Sciences, University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 1996 • Degree in International Relations, Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Paris, 1996 • Visiting Fellow, The Hague Academy of International Law, 1996 • Admission to the Bar School of Paris, 1996
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
• TenuredProfessor,UniversidadAutónomadeNuevoLeón(2008-)o Teachings:
§ International Law, Arbitration (degree level); § International Litigation (master level); § The Art of Teaching Law (doctorate level); § International Investment Arbitration (doctorate level),
o Head of the International Law and Business Department (2009-) o Chair of the International Law College (2009-) o Director of the Corporate Master (2010-)
• Invited Professor in International Trade Law, Master University of Monterrey-University of Paris 2, 2008-
• Full Professor, University of Monterrey, 2007-2010 o Teachings:
§ Private International Law and International Arbitration (degree level) § US Law (master level)
o Chair of the International Law Academy (2007-2009; 2010-2012) • Lecturer in Private International Law (master level), Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, 2002-
2008 • Visiting Professor in International Law and Investment Arbitration, University San Simon,
Cochabamba, Bolivia (2005-2007) • Lecturer in Comparative Law, University of Monterrey (2002-2004) • Tenured Professor, Facultad Libre de Derecho, Monterrey, Mexico (2001-2003)
o Teachings: § International Law, Private International Law, International Arbitration (degree
level), o Director of the ADR Center (2002-2003)
• Lecturer in Civil Law, University of Saarland, Germany (1999-2001) • Lecturer in Criminal Law, University of Luxembourg (1999-2001) • Researcher in Private International Law, National Research Center G. Lippman (1999-2001)
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
• Senior Equity Partner, 3CT • International Partner and Head of the International Law & Arbitration Practice Group, DeForest,
2011-2015; CEO (2012-2014) • Name Partner, Lobo & Graham, Monterrey, 2002-2011 • Private Of Counsel to various law firms, Luxembourg, 1997-2001
LEGISLATIVE WORK
• Drafter for the Federal Government of the Statute of the Right of Victims for the State of Nuevo Leon, 2012
• Invited Counsel for the Reform of the Extradition Law, State’s Attorney Office of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 2007
• Drafter of the Proposal for the Reform of Provisional Measures Ex Parte in Arbitration, Mexico, 2005
• Invited Expert for the creation of the Virtual Tribunal, Congress of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 2005 • Drafter of the Cybercrimes Section of the Procedure Code, Congress of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 2003-
2004 • Invited Counsel for the draft of the ADR Law, State’s Attorney Office of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 2004 • Expert for the E-commerce Law, Congress of Mexico, 2001-2002 • Member of the Legal Commission, Media & Communication Department of Luxembourg, 2001 • Member of the ad hoc Commission for Domain Names Policies, Government of Luxembourg, 2001 • Member of the Drafting Committee for the Luxemburgish E-commerce Act (1999-2000)
PROFESSIONAL and ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
• Mexican Academy of Private International Law and Comparative Law: Lifetime Member; Member of the Board, Treasurer (2013-2015), Secretary (2015-2017)
• US-Mexico Bar Association: Former Vice-President of the Arbitration Committee; member of the Board (2013-2015; 2015-2017)
• National Corporate Lawyers Association: Former President of the Nuevo Leon Chapter (2007-2009); former member of the National Board; Chair of the Litigation & Arbitration Committee, and Member of the Board of the Nuevo Leon Chapter (2013-2015)
• Mexican Bar Association: former member of the Board of the Nuevo Leon Chapter; former Chair of the Litigation & Arbitration Committee of the Nuevo Leon Chapter; Chair of the International Business Law Committee of the Nuevo Leon Chapter (2014-2016)
• Mexican Football Law Association: President (2010-2014)(2015-2016) • Mexican Academy for Sports Law: Liftime Member; President (2014-2016) • College of Doctors in Law of Nuevo Leon: former General Secretary; former President • Memberships: American Society of International Law; London Court of International Law; Swiss
Arbitration Association; French Arbitration Committee; German Arbitration Institute; International Law Association; Société française pour le Droit international.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
• Manuel de Derecho internacional privado (Mexico City, Tirant Lo Blanch, 2016) • Teoria General del Derecho internacional, 2nd ed. (Mexico City: Zamanga Editores, 2014) • Tratado de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional Mexicano, 2nd ed. (Mexico City: Limusa, 2013) (with
L. Pereznieto) • Guía práctica para la ejecución de sentencias y laudos comerciales internacionales, 2nd ed
(Monterrey: Zamanga Editores, 2014) • El derecho internacional del fútbol, 2nd ed (Monterrey: Zamanga Editores, 2014) • El derecho internacional privado de Nuevo León (Monterrey: UANL, 2012) (with E. Ochoa) • Teoria General del Derecho internacional (Cochabamba: Kybus, 2012) • Lectures of the Legal System of the US, 3rd ed. (Monterrey: UDEM, 2009) • Ley de Métodos Alternos de Solución de Controversias de Nuevo León (Monterrey: Lazcano, 2008)
(with C. Treviño) • Guía práctica para la ejecución de sentencias y laudos comerciales internacionales (Monterrey:
Lazcano, 2007) • El derecho internacional del fútbol (Monterrey: Lazcano, 2007)
• El fallo “Avena” de la Corte Internacional de Justicia y la violación de los derechos consulares de
los detenidos extranjeros (La Paz, Viceministerio de la Justicia, 2007) • La Convención de Viena sobre Relaciones Consulares y los Nacionales Mexicanos condenados en
los Estados Unidos (UDEM, 2006) • Guía práctica para el Arbitraje Internacional, (Monterrey: Lazcano, 2005) (with C. Leal-Isla & H.
Tijerina) • El derecho internacional privado del comercio electrónico (Mexico City: Themis, 2003) • An Introduction into E-commerce, Cyberbanking and Law (Luxembourg: Bauler, 2000)
Chapters of books
• La no ejecución de un laudo comercial como una medida de expropriación bajo un tratado de protección de la inversión extranjera, Actas del XXXV Seminario de Derecho Internacional Privado (Mexico City: Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2013)
• La implementacion del control de jus cogens en el derecho interno, Actas del I Congreso de Derecho Supranacional (Mexico City: Escuela Libre de Derecho, 2013)
• The compensation of damage as result of the state’s international responsability: an overview, Responsabilidad internacional de los Estados (Argentina: EDUCC, 2012)
• La reparación del daño como resultado de la responsabilidad patrimonial del Estado, Derecho Internacional Público (Mexico City: Porrúa, 2012)
• La problemática de los estándares en Derecho internacional de las Inversiones, Retos y perspectivas del Derecho mexicano en el siglo XXI (Mexico City: BMA, 2012) 1005
• Relectura de la filosofía del derecho internacional de Agustín Basave, Estudios Jurídicos en homenaje al doctor Agustín Basave Fernández del Valle (Monterrey: UANL, 2011)
• El acuerdo arbitral y los falsos “terceros”, Escenarios actuales delarbitraje internacional (Monterrey: UDEM, 2011)
• La factibilidad de instaurar procedimientos arbitrales en materia fiscal, Lex Negotii III (Mexico city: Dofiscal, 2011)
• How case law made Mexico a true International Arbitration place, Liber Amicorum Bernardo Cremades, (Madrid: La ley, 2010)
• La no ejecución de un laudo arbitral comercial como expropiación indirecta, Arbitraje en Materia de Inversiones (Mexico city: UNAM, 2010)
• Guantánamo, ¿símbolo de la injusticia?, Guantánamo y el Imperio del Derecho en el Contexto
Internacional (Argentina: EDUCC, 2010)
• Case concerning the dispute regarding navigational and related rights (Costa Rica v. Nicaragua), Derecho, Reforma del Estado y Gobernabilidad Frente a los Procesos de Integración Latinoamericana (Monterrey: UANL, 2009)141
• Panorama del arbitraje en México, Métodos Alternos de Resolución de Conflictos (Queretaro: Fundap, 2009) 55
• El artículo VII de la Convención de Nueva York y la ejecución de laudos anulados en el Estado del lugar sede del arbitraje, Convención de Nueva York de 1958 (Peru: IPA, 2009)
• Generalidades del arbitraje y el acuerdo arbitral, Mediación y Arbitraje (Mexico: Porrúa, 2009) • La atracción de los no firmantes de la cláusula compromisoria en los procedimientos arbitrales, Obra
en homenaje a Rodolfo Cruz Miramontes (Mexico City: UNAM, 2008)
• La muerte programada del Estado sede del arbitraje?, Estudios de arbitraje. El arbitraje en el Perú y en el mundo, (Lima: Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, 2008) 745
• La muerte programada del Estado sede del arbitraje?, Estudios de arbitraje. Libro homenaje al profesor Patricio Aylwin Azócar (Santiago de Chile: Editorial Jurídica de Chile, 2007) 595
• México, Derechos humanos y Derecho internacional, Derecho, Ética y Política a inicios del Siglo XXI (Monterrey: UANL, 2007) 203
• La Jurisprudencia francesa en materia de responsabilidad médica, in: Gorjón & alii, Arbitraje médico, 2da ed. (Monterrey: UANL, 2006)
• The Cybersecurities' Notion of "Targeting" in General Private International Law, Actos del II Congreso Mundial para el Derecho Informático (Madrid: Universidad Complutense, 2003)
• Le nouveau règlement communautaire sur les procédures d’insolvabilité, Guide des comptes annuels pour le Luxembourg (Bruxelles : Kluwer, 2001)
Papers
• Conocimiento y Cultura Jurídica
o La re-nacionalización rampante del alto mar, 5 (2011) 213 o La introducción del control convencional en el derecho positivo mexicano, 3 (2009) 13 o La Transnacionalización del Arbitraje, 2 (2008) 199 o El principio de la kompetenz-kompetenz en la actualidad mexicana, 1 (2007) 217
• Revista Mexicana de Derecho Internacional Privado y Comparado
o La restitución internacional de menores en algunas tesis de los Tribunales Federales mexicanos, 27 (2010) 71
o Algunos Breves Comentarios a las Disposiciones sobre las Obligaciones Contractuales y Extracontractuales del Proyecto de Código Modelo de Derecho Internacional Privado, 26 (2010) 109
o SCJN: Tesis Jurisprudencial 146/2007: Laudo arbitral. Contra la Interlocutoria que Declara su Nulidad Procede el Juicio de Amparo Indirecto, 24 (2009) 93
o Poderes Otorgados en el Extranjero. Alcance de la Apostilla Cuando son Validados por un Funcionario Público, 24 (2009) 97
o Juicio Arbitral. No Puede Absolver Litigios Correspondientes a los Tribunales Judiciales, 24 (2009) 99
o Ley Aplicable a la Forma del Matrimonio Celebrado al Extranjero: comentarios a la Tesis CXIV/2006 de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, 22 (2008) 99
o Reconocimiento y Ejecución de Laudos Extranjeros, Observaciones a la Tesis CXIX/2005 de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, 19 (2006) 43
o ¿Dónde se queda la legítima expectativa de los Estados en los arbitrajes en materia de inversiones extranjeras?, 15 (2004) 147
• Revista Latinoamericana de Mediación y Arbitraje:
o La tercerización de la financiación del arbitraje internacional, XII (2012) 3 o La previsibilidad en materia de arbitraje sobre inversión extranjera: criterios jurídicos
contradictorios y los casos CMS y LG&E, VII (2007) 122 o Some observations on the kompetenz-kompetenz principle and related issues, VI
(2006) 131 o Mexico: UNCITRAL Model Law Related Case Law, IV (2004) 190 o ¿Dónde se queda la legítima expectativa de los Estados en los arbitrajes en materia de
inversiones extranjeras?, III (2003) 96 o Saptadhikaranasamatha, arbitraje restaurativo y reconciliación explicativa, II (2002)112 o El procedimiento de la UDRP no es definitivamente un procedimiento arbitral, II
(2002) 6 o Grundlegung y lex contractus en los contractos estatales, I (2001) 18
• Revista Internacional de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales, UDEM: o The international watercourse case Costa Rica vs Nicaragua, 18 (2011) 49 o Crónica de jurisprudencia en materia arbitral 2006-2008, 14 (2009) 83 o Hacia una verdadera justicia arbitral transnacional del siglo XXI, 11 (2007) 31 o El reglamento de la Unión Europea sobre procedimientos de insolvencias
transfronterizas, 9 (2006) 67 o Breves observaciones sobre el contrato sin ley en materia internacional, 8 (2006) 74 o La práctica de la revisión de los laudos en materia de arbitraje institucional, 6 (2005)
79 o La fase post-arbitral en materia de controversias comerciales internacionales, 5 (2004)
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• Boletín informativo, CAM: o La negación por parte de la SCJN del atributo de definitividad a los laudos arbitrales,
January 2013 o Un nuevo paso adelante en materia de arbitraje comercial en México, No 32, February
2008 o Supreme Court denies the kompetenz-kompetenz principle, September 2006
• Revue de l’arbitrage o Chroniques de jurisprudence Mexicaine 1(2012) o Jurisprudence Étrangère, 1 (2011) 201 o Chroniques de jurisprudence Étrangère, 1 (2010) 147 o Jurisprudence Étrangère, 4 (2006) 1039 o Jurisprudence Étrangère, 3 (2005) 775
• Newsletter Arbitration – International Bar Association o Awards are no longer mandatory without prior judicial recognition, 2013 (to be published) o Mexican Supreme Court decisions on the authority of courts over arbitration agreements
and the enforcement of awards, 2008 • Revista de arbitraje comercial y de inversiones
o Las decisiones arbitrales en derecho y en amigable composición en búsqueda de su carácter obligatorio y final ante la Suprema Corte mexicana
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o El arbitraje comercial internacional latinoamericano, en busca de una doctrina propia 4 (2011) 455
• Revista de Derecho Privado
o La ley aplicable a los contratos arbitrales, 2 (2012) 281 • Transnational Dispute Management
o Available Recourses in Mexico to Challenge the Result of an Arbitration (2011) • Revista Ecuatoriana de Arbitraje
o La no ejecución de un Laudo Arbitral Comercial Internacional como expropiación directa, (2010) 225
• Arbitration o Mexican Supreme Court rejects the principle of kompetenz-kompetenz, 72 (2006) 388
• Lima Arbitration o El principio de la competencia-competencia en la actualidad mexicana, 2 (2007) 240
• Revista Peruana de Arbitraje o La “falsa” extensión el acuerdo arbitral a terceros 7 (2008) 155
• El Acuerdo o La utilidad del Acta de misión en los procedimientos arbitrales, #70, 2005
• Revista Brasileña de Arbitraje o La figura del amparo y la ejecución de los laudos en México, (2004)100
• Suplemento de Derecho Internacional Privado - el Dial o Breves observaciones sobre la noción de “conflicto” en el derecho internacional
privado moderno, 30/5/2005 • The International Commercial Practitioners' Newsletter, ABA
o International Aspects of Distribution Agreements in Mexican Law, #2, 2006.2
