Alberto Fortún has represented private investors against 
public authorities, particularly in Africa and Latin America.
He is recognized nationally and internationally as a 
promoter of arbitration in Spain, and is an expert in 
resolving commercial disputes relating to energy projects, 
joint ventures, engineering and construction. He has 
participated in over 100 arbitrations and alternative dispute 
resolutions (including mediation, adjudication and dispute 
resolution boards).

He is a fellow and an approved trainer of the Chartered 
Institute of Arbitrators. He has acted as arbitrator at 
the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the LCIA, the 
Court of Arbitration of Madrid and the European Arbitration 
Association. He is a listed arbitrator in the ICDR roster of 
the AAA, in the Hispanic-Moroccan Court and the Dubai 
International Arbitration Center. He is a member of the 
LCIA, AIPN, ABA (International Law Section, international 
litigation and arbitration committees) and an affiliate 
member of the Inter–American Affairs Committee of the 
New York City Bar. He was foreign counsel to the US firm 
Fulbright & Jaworski in Houston (Texas) from 1999 to 
2000.

He is also a member of Georgetown University's European 
Law Advisory Board. He is an associate lecturer in the 
Master in International Law and Sports Law at the Instituto 
Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE), and he lectures 
on international conflicts management in the Corporate 
Diplomacy & Public Affairs Program at Schiller International 
University. He also lectures and organizes courses on 
international construction disputes. He regularly contributes 
to publications and collective works on arbitration.