Joe Tirado an English lawyer based in London, England.
Joe has over 30 years of dispute resolution experience and has handled hundreds of cases across a broad range of industry sectors as counsel, arbitrator, mediator, and expert determiner in over 60 jurisdictions worldwide.
Joe is recognized as a ranked individual for international arbitration and ADR in leading legal directories. Most recently Joe has been acknowledged in The Legal500 UK Hall of Fame which highlights the top arbitration practitioners who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence and who are at the pinnacle of the profession.
Since 2016 Joe has been Co-Head of International Arbitration and ADR at leading Spanish and Latin American firm, Garrigues.
Joe is a solicitor-advocate with full rights of audience before all civil courts in England & Wales. He is also an accredited commercial and Investor-State mediator, an ICSID conciliator and panel member of a number of leading arbitration and mediation panels.
He has represented sovereign governments, multi-national corporations and high net worth individuals. He has handled high value cases in a number of sectors and industries including banking and finance; commodities; construction and engineering; energy (oil & gas, renewable and power generation); food and beverage; information and communication technology (ICT); mining; petrochemical; pharmaceutical; professional services; sport; transport (automobile, aviation and shipping) and travel.
Joe has also conducted and advised on international commercial and investment arbitration under all the major international arbitration rules before the leading international arbitration institutions as well as “pure” ad hoc and UNCITRAL arbitration. He has been appointed arbitrator in over 30 international commercial and investment arbitrations, including serving 8 times as Sole Arbitrator, 2 times as Emergency Arbitrator and 7 times as Presiding Arbitrator.
Joe has also conducted and advised on over 40 mediations and other alternative dispute resolution processes, including 3 expert determinations, acting as standing Expert on electoral voting services for London Mayoral Elections 2008 and a rare ICSID conciliation in which Joe acted as the Presiding Commissioner. He was also appointed Expert consultant by the World Bank to advise a Latin American state on ADR reform.
Joe is also actively involved in arbitral and mediation institutions and prestigious international arbitration and ADR associations and committees. He is a past Co-Chair of the IBA Mediation Committee.
Joe is a native English speaker, fluent in Spanish, has a good working knowledge of French and understanding of Portuguese.