Javier Rubinstein
Javier H. Rubinstein is the Global General Counsel of PricewaterhouseCoopers, whose network of firms covers 148 countries around the world. He joined PricewaterhouseCoopers as a partner in the U.S. firm in 2006.
Prior to joining PricewaterhouseCoopers, Javier was a litigation partner in the Chicago office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, an international law firm with more than 1400 attorneys in the United States and Europe.
A native of Argentina fluent in Spanish and English, Mr. Rubinstein has maintained an international practice throughout his legal career. At Mayer Brown, Javier concentrated his practice on international commercial and investment arbitration, representing private and public clients from North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia in complex disputes before the world's leading arbitral institutions, including the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, the ICC International Court of Arbitration and the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Javier also represented international accounting firms in litigation and arbitration matters throughout the world.
Mr. Rubinstein is a member of the panel of arbitrators of both the ICC and the AAA's International Center for Dispute Resolution. He has also been named by Euromoney and in both the Chambers Global and USA Guides as one of the leading global experts in international commercial arbitration. His publications on international arbitration include "International Commercial Arbitration: Reflections at the Crossroads of the Common Law and Civil Law Traditions," 5 Chi J Intl L 303 (2004). In addition to his practice responsibilities, Javier was the Leader of Mayer Brown's Chicago Litigation group, which numbered more than 150 attorneys.
Javier received his undergraduate degree in Political Science and Economics from the University of Michigan in 1984, graduating with High Honors. He also received his Masters in Public Degree in 1986 from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Javier then obtained his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the Georgetown University Law School in 1989. At Georgetown, Javier served on the School's Law & Policy in International Business Journal and won each of the School's moot court competitions.
