He has served as an arbitrator in dozens of investor-state cases and numerous commercial arbitrations. He has been appointed to the panels of arbitrators of various arbitral institutions and was designated by the Chairman of ICSID’s Administrative Council on ICSID’s Panel of Arbitrators. Until August 2017, he was co-leader of the international arbitration practice at Sidley Austin LLP. Mr Alexandrov is consistently listed by various publications as a leader in the field of international arbitration. Before entering private practice, Mr Alexandrov was vice minister of foreign affairs of Bulgaria. He has taught courses in international law and arbitration for over 20 years and is a professor at The George Washington University Law School in Washington. Mr Alexandrov has a Master’s and a Doctoral degree in international law from The George Washington University Law School and a degree in international law from the Moscow Institute of International Relations.