Joseph Tirado
Partner, Head of international arbitration and ADR
Joseph Tirado is Head of International Arbitration and ADR and is based in London. The team is “considered one of the ‘best in the industry” and “is praised for its ‘spot-on’ advice” (Legal 500 UK, 2010), being “extremely efficient and quick” (Legal 500 UK, 2011) and comprising a “stable of hard-working and dedicated lawyers” (Chambers UK, 2012).
With over 20 years experience, Mr Tirado has been involved in a wide variety of contested matters in the U.K. and other countries including Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Botswana, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Cyprus, Ecuador, Equitorial Guinea, France, Georgia, Germany, Haiti, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Thailand, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America and Yemen.
Mr Tirado has handled often very high-value matters in a wide range of industry sectors including oil and gas, technology, petrochemical, construction, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, investment, power generation, telecommunications, banking, mining, food services and professional services.
Mr. Tirado is a solicitor-advocate with full rights of audience before all civil courts, a CEDR accredited mediator and panel member of a number of leading arbitration and mediation panels. He has experience sitting as an arbitrator, mediator and expert determiner.
Mr. Tirado is fluent in Spanish and also conversant in Portuguese and French.
Mr Tirado is recognised as a ranked individual for international arbitration and ADR in leading legal directories, where he is described as “first class” (Chambers UK, 2011) and “good and experienced” (Legal 500, 2009), as well as having “an excellent grasp of clients' needs” (Chambers Global The World's Leading Lawyers, 2007) and praised as a “thoroughly solid performer” (Chambers UK Guide to the Legal Profession, 2008) and as a “practical and legally sound lawyer who goes beyond lawyering to give good commercial advice” (Legal 500 UK, 2010), offering “…practical guidance that is always vested in the client’s best interests" (Chambers UK, 2010) and “out-of-the-box solutions to very complex problems” (Legal 500 UK, 2011)’. He is “best known for his work on energy-related disputes, but is also recognised for his financial services and public international law expertise” (Chambers UK, 2011). He is "a great guy to have on your side…He is quick on the uptake and able to think laterally across different issues." (Chambers UK, 2012). Joe "fantastic to work with due to his knowledge of the law and his understanding of our business" (Chambers Asia Pacific, 2012).
Before joining us in April 2007, Mr Tirado was a partner at a leading US law firm.