Aníbal Sabater is a licensed lawyer in the United States (California), England and Wales (solicitor), and Spain, where he obtained his Ph.D. and practiced law in the field of international dispute resolution between 1997 and 2003. Later that year Aníbal Sabater joined the Houston office of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, where he specializes in international arbitration.

Aníbal Sabater usually serves as counsel in complex cases conducted in English and/or Spanish under major international arbitration rules such as the AAA/ICDR, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.

Additionally, Aníbal Sabater is frequently appointed to serve as an arbitrator in international cases. He is a member of the ICDR international list of arbitrators, the Register of Arbitrators of the Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association, the Madrid Court of Arbitration, and the Panel of Arbitrators of the Central America - Chile Free Trade Agreement.

Aníbal Sabater has worked on international arbitration cases involving, among others, construction, energy, project finance, foreign investment, intellectual property, joint ventures, and software disputes.

The seats of the international arbitration cases on which Aníbal Sabater has worked include Bogota, Cairo, Houston, Geneva, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Montevideo, New York, Paris, The Hague, Washington DC, and Zurich. 

The laws applicable to resolve the arbitration cases on which Aníbal has worked include international law and the laws of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, England, Egypt, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and Venezuela, as well as the laws of the United States and some of its jurisdictions.

Aníbal Sabater’s transnational legal experience extends to advising parties on pre-dispute matters (including the choice of dispute resolution methodologies) and conflict of foreign laws. He has also been involved in cross-border litigation, mediation, and conciliation matters, as well as in cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 

A frequent speaker on his field, in 2007 and 2008 Aníbal Sabater taught as an adjunct professor a course on the International Law of Foreign Investment at the University of Houston Law Center.

Aníbal Sabater's recent representative experience includes:

• Chairman of the arbitral tribunal in a software agreement dispute between Latin American companies (ICDR arbitration)
• Representing a North-American corporation in an investment dispute against a Latin American government (UNCITRAL arbitration)
• Representing a North-American energy company in a contractual dispute against a Latin-American state-owned entity (UNCITRAL Arbitration; the case also involved 28 USC 1782 applications for discovery and depositions filed by the Latin-American state-owned company)
• Representing a US oil services company in a dispute against an Eurasian oil company (ICDR arbitration; as part of this representation, Aníbal Sabater successfully requested and obtained emergency interim relief for the U.S. company under Article 37 of the ICDR International Arbitration Rules; this was the third application of this nature ever granted)
• Sole arbitrator in a construction dispute involving companies from Europe and the Americas (ICC arbitration)
• Representing a European construction company in an investment dispute against a Latin American government (ICSID arbitration)
• Representing a U.S. energy company in investment disputes against two Latin American governments (two ICSID arbitrations)
• Representing a European company in financial disputes against two other European companies (two ICC arbitrations)
• Representing a Latin American company in a construction dispute against a consortium of U.S. companies (ICC arbitration)
• Representing a U.S. company in a dispute against a European company arising out of a distribution agreement (ICDR arbitration, plus subsequent enforcement proceedings before European courts)
• Representing a natural person in complex international family law dispute involving several European national and supra-national jurisdictions
• Advising a European public utility company in connection with a U.S. federal and state-court multi-million dollar dispute involving complex issues of interaction with an ICSID arbitration

Most of the above-listed cases involved complex issues and extensive briefing and oral argument.

• International Centre for Dispute Resolution – Translation Committee, Chairman; International List of Arbitrators
• The Institute for Transnational Arbitration – Advisory Board, Executive Committee, and, from 2007 until 2009, Chairman of Young Arbitrators Initiative
• International Law Association - American Branch - Executive Board and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Committee, Chairman
• Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Law (Real Academia Española de Jurisprudencia y Legislación - Académico Correspondiente)
• London Court of International Arbitration
• Institute for International and Comparative Law - Advisory Board
• Houston Maritime Arbitrators' Association – Register of Arbitrators
• Mexico's National Chamber of Commerce (Cámara Nacional de Comercio de México, CANACO) - Mediation and Arbitration Center's Editorial Committee
• Academy of American and International Law Alumni Association,  Deputy Secretary General (2003 - 2004)
• Spanish Arbitration Club
• American Bar Association
• Madrid Bar Association
• Houston Bar Association
• State Bar of California - International Law Section

• Chambers & Partners USA Guide, International Arbitration (2009): “Interviewees predict great things for rising star Anibal Martin Sabater, who wins praise for his expertise in Latin American disputes."
• "The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration" (2010)
• "Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration,"  The Legal Media Group (2010)
• "Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration," The Legal Media Group (2008) (100 U.S. lawyers were listed in the Guide)
• "500 New Stars, New Worlds," Lawdragon (2006) (This publication, based on peer reviews, listed the "500 new star attorneys" in international practice)
• Honorary Degree (Diploma de Honor) for excellence in teaching international arbitration – Universidad Mayor de San Andrés – Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, La Paz (2007)
• Judge in the Currents STCL Chester Taylor Writing Competition (2006)
• Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Law (Real Academia Española de Jurisprudencia y Legislación), Appointed (Académico Correspondiente) (2005)
• Japan Essay Contest Prize, in recognition of an essay on the development of Spain - Japan bilateral relations (1996)

In English: 

• "Practicing International Arbitration: A New Landscape," ILSA Quarterly, Vol. 17, Issue 1, Page 16, October 2008
• "Arbitration, EU Regulation 44/2001, and The 'Italian Torpedo'," News and Notes from The Institute for Transnational Arbitration, Vol. 22, Number 3, Page 1, Summer 2008 
• Co-Author with Jonathan Sutcliffe, "UNCITRAL Arbitration: New Rules on Transparency?," Mealy's International Arbitration Report, Vol. 23, No. 5, Page 32, May 2008
• “Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in Civil, Commercial, and Investment Matters,” ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 14, Page 461, 2008
• "International Arbitration and the Making of the World Order," at CDI/LAWS web-page
• “28 USC 1782(a): Arbitration Goes to Court in the U.S.,” 12 LCIA News, Volume 2,  Page 27, July 2007
• Co-authored with Mark Friedman, Ian Laird, Emily J. Mathieu, Steven Michaels, Kevin O’Gorman, Dietmar W. Prager, and Ben H. Sheppard, Jr., “International Legal Developments in Review: 2006 – International Arbitration,” 41 The International Layer, Volume 2, Page 251, Summer 2007
• Co-authored with William D. Wood, “CAFTA: New  Horizons for Free Trade Agreements,” 6 Latin Lawyer Magazine, Issue 4, Page 37, May 2007
• Co-authored with John P. Bowman, “International Energy Disputes: Regional Developments – Latin America,” Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Trends in Energy Litigation 2007,  Page 7
• Co-authored with David Chung, "On the Air in Three, Two, One ... Witness Examination by Videoconference in International Arbitration," 59 International Law Section e-brief/State Bar of California, December 2006
•  Co-authored with C. Mark Baker, “ADR Continental Adrift,” The National Law Journal, November 27, 2006
• “National Courts, Supranational Courts and Arbitral Tribunals in International Litigation,” 14 Currents - International Trade Law Journal 3, Summer 2005
• Co-authored with C. Mark Baker, “Under-Privileged in the E.U.,” Corporate Counsel, April 2005
• “The Weaknesses of the "Rosatti Doctrine": Ten Reasons Why ICSID's Standing Provisions Do Not Discriminate Against Local Investors,” 15 Am. Rev. Int. Arb. 465, 2004
• Co-authored with Miguel Angel Fernandez-Ballesteros, “The New Spanish Insolvency Act,” The European Lawyer, July 2003

In Spanish:

• Co-authored with Jennifer L. Price, “Tendencias en el Arbitraje Internacional:  Resultados de la Encuesta de Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. en 2006” (International Arbitration Trends: Findings of the 2006 Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.’s Survey), 2 Boletín Informativo Canaco 5, May 2008
• “El Incumplimiento de la Obligación de Mediar establecida en las Cláusulas Med-Arb” (The Breach of the Obligation to Mediate Provided for in Med-Arb Clauses), 1 Boletín Informativo Canaco 6, January 2007
• Prologue to Harold Lantan, El Arbitraje en los Tratados de Libre Comercio (Arbitration in Free Trade Agreements), book, San Salvador, 2006
• Normas Comunitarias de Derecho procesal Civil Comentadas (Comments to the EU Regulations on Dispute Resolution) book, Madrid, 2004
• Co-authored with C. Mark Baker, “Últimas Tendencias en los Litigios de Empresa,” Latest Trends in Corporate Litigation, Otrosi, Madrid Bar Association Review, November 2004
• Co-authored with Miguel Ángel Fernández-Ballesteros et al., Comentarios a la Nueva Ley Concursal (Comments to Spain's New Insolvency Act), book, Madrid, 2003“
• La Oposicion a la Ejecucion Forzosa: Algunos Problemas (Opposing the Execution of Judgments: Some Problems),” Cuadernos de Derecho Judicial XXIV,2003
• Eficacia en España de los Laudos Arbitrales Extranjeros (The Effects in Spain of Foreign Arbitral Awards) book, Madrid, 2001
• “La Renuncia al Arbitraje Pactado: su Verdadero Objeto” (Waiver of an Arbitration Agreement: Its Genuine Object), La Ley - Kluwer, May 2001
• “La Reserva de Alegaciones para un Segundo Proceso en la Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil” (Reserving Causes of Action for a Second Procedure under the Civil Procedure Law), La Ley - Kluwer, May 2001  
• “El Dies a Quo de la Firmez de un Laudo,” (When Does an Award Become Final and Binding?), Tribunales de Justicia - Kluwer, March 2001
• “La Designación de los árbitros en el Arbitraje Ad Hoc,” (The Appointment of Arbitrators in Ad-Hoc Arbitration), Tribunales de Justicia - Kluwer, March 2001
•  Co-authored with Miguel Ángel Fernández-Ballesteros et al., Comentarios a la Nueva Ley de Enjuiciamiento Civil (Comments to the New Spanish Civil Procedural Law), Madrid, 2000
•  “Antecedentes Romanos de la Ejecución Forzosa Contemporánea,” (Roman Antecedents of the Contemporary Execution of Judgments), Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Complutense, Review of the Universidad Complutense Faculty of Law, 1999  

In German:

• Co-Author with M. Gomez Jene, "Auswirkungen des neuen Zivilprozessrechts auf die internationale Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit" (Effects of the New Spanish Civil Procedural Law on International Arbitration), Recht der Internationales Wirtschaft (Law of International Trade) January 2001. This article was later translated into Hungarian: "Spanyolország: Az új polgári eljárásjog kihatásai a nemzetközi választottbíráskodásra," A Magyar Jogász Egylet folyóirata, January 2002 

In French:

• "Section Panorama de jurisprudence espagnole" (Summary of Spanish Jurisprudence) published in the quarterly Paris-based journal Les Cahiers de l'Arbitrage (Arbitration Notebooks)

Representative speaking engagements from the last 3 years include:

• Panelist, "The Influence of International Practice on Domestic Dispute Resolution," AAA/ICDR Coference, ADR Strategies That Save Time and Money, San Antonio, Texas, February 2010
• Presentation, "Towards Transparency in Arbitration (A Cautious Approach),"  The 2010 Stefan A. Riesenfeld Symposium, University of California Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), February 2010
• Panelist, "Drafting Dispute Resolution Provisions: Seat, Confidentiality and Drafting Options," University of Texas, International Energy Transactions Seminar, Houston, Texas, January 2010
• Panelist, "International Arbitration Practitioners' Roundtable," ICDR International ADR Reporting Program Series, Bogota, Colombia, November 2009
• Panelist, "Arbitration Roundtable: Focus North America," ICDR International ADR Reporting Program Series, Bogota, Colombia, November 2009
• Panelist, "Arbitration Roundtable:  Focus North America," ICDR International ADR Reporting Program Series, Lima, Peru, November 2009
• Panelist, "International Arbitration Trends in the American Hemisphere: The Arbitrators' Perspective," Puebla, Mexico, September 2009
• Instructor, "International Commercial Arbitration Seminar," Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, August 2009
• Speech, “Foreign Investment Arbitration in the Global Interdependent Economy,” Michigan State University, College of Law, January 2009
• Moderator, "Advocacy in Commercial and Investment Treaty Arbitration: Differences and Common Patterns," International Law Weekend of the American Branch of the International Law Association, New York, New York, October 2008
• Moderator, "Extraterritorial Jurisdiction and Related Matters in International Insolvency Proceedings," International Law Weekend of the American Branch of the International Law Association, New York, New York, October 2008
• Panelist, "Energy Charter Treaty Arbitration," West Legal Education Center, Live Webcast, September 2008
• Panelist, "Saving time and costs in international arbitration," ICDR/CANACO Seminar, Mexico, September 2008
• Moderator, "Costs and Interest in International Arbitration," Dallas Annual Roundtable - A Meeting for Young International Arbitrators, Dallas, Texas, June 2008
• “Latest Trends in International Arbitration,” National Mexican Association of Corporate Counsels, Chapter Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, April 2008 
• Panelist, "Update on Enforcement and Challenges to Arbitral Awards," ICDR North America Dispute Resolution Series, Chicago, Illinois, 2008
• Panelist, "Arbitration under the Energy Charter Treaty," 2008 ABA Spring Meeting, New York, New York,  April 2008
• Panelist, “International Commercial Arbitration Report - Focus Area: Middle East and North Africa," ICDR Fall Series Program, November 2007, Washington, D.C.
• Panelist, "Arbitration Training Workshop," Houston Maritime Arbitrators Association, Houston, Texas, November 2007
• Panelist, “Expanding Notions of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction,” International Law Weekend of the American Branch of the International Law Association, New York, New York, October 2007
• Panelist, "International Commercial Arbitration Report - Focus Area: European Union," ICDR Fall Series Program, New York, New York, October 2007
• Panelist, "International Commercial Arbitration Report - Focus Area: Latin America," ICDR Fall Series Program, New York, New York, October 2007
• Speeches on international commercial and investment arbitration at various Bolivian chambers of commerce and Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (La Paz), Bolivia, August 2007
• "Arbitral Proceedings and the Courts," Dallas Annual Roundtable - A Meeting for Young International Arbitrators, Dallas, Texas, June 2007
• "Trends in International Arbitration Around the World: Central and South America," Conference, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. International Arbitration Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2007
• "International Arbitration: Latest Trends," Conference, Harvard Law School, Latin American Law Society - International Law Society, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2007

1999 - Ph.D., cum laude, Universidad Complutense in Madrid
1997 - J.D., first in the class, Universidad Complutense in Madrid

Aníbal was admitted to practice law in Spain in 1997, and in California in 2005.  In 2006 he was admitted to the U.S. Southern District of Texas, and the U.S. Central District of California. In 2008 he was admitted to the roll of solicitors in England and Wales. He is also registered as a Foreign Legal Consultant in Texas.

Between 1998 and 2000, Aníbal made several research stays at the King's College Faculty of Law in London and at the Max Planck Institut for Auslandisches und Internationales Recht (Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Law) in Hamburg.

Between 1997 and 2002, Aníbal taught Dispute Resolution at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he became an Associate Professor.

** A double asterisk denotes an attorney licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant in Texas. Admitted to the practice of law in Spain, California, and England and Wales (solicitor).