Personal bio
Jay Alexander is an independent arbitrator with over 35 years of experience in international dispute resolution. He serves as an arbitral chair, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator. Jay is frequently asked to serve in complex arbitrations. He accepts a limited number of appointments to ensure that he is always available to the parties who appear before him and so that he can render prompt, thorough awards to them.
Over the course of his career, Jay has addressed an extensive array of legal issues arising throughout the world under many legal regimes. For several decades, his focus has been on commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, particularly in the oil & gas, joint venture, project development, technology and telecommunications sectors.
Prior to becoming an independent arbitrator, Jay was a senior partner at Baker Botts LLP, where he helped found, and then chaired, that firm’s international arbitration practice. In addition to practicing for many years in the United States, Jay was based in London, England from 2010 through 2021.
A graduate of Dartmouth College (BA, summa cum laude, 1983) and Stanford Law School (JD, with Distinction, 1986), Jay began his legal career in 1986 as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He has guest lectured on arbitration and comparative law topics at various universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. Jay has also served as a Deputy Judge on the International Court of Appeal of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, the governing body for motorsports racing.