He is a Mexican attorney, arbitrator, and international legal scholar who specializes in international law and international dispute resolution. Presidential Scholar at the University of Hong Kong, researching financial compensation through case study methods applying process-tracing and cross-case analysis. Distinguished teaching experience at Tecnologico de Monterrey, with recognition as the best Cathedra professor in 2018. Published author with contributions to academic journals and books focused on international arbitration, international law, and history. Former co-editor-in-chief of the Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration. His academic experience spans Latin America, North America, Europe, and Asia, providing him with a truly global perspective.
Guillermo has acted as arbitrator under Centro de Arbitraje Mexico (CAM) rules and as counsel under ICC rules involving Mexican and international parties. He acted as the regional representative for Latin America (2013-2015) of the Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG), the initiative of young arbitrators from the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA). He also served as the representative for the ICC-YAF Mexico in Jalisco from 2016 to 2018.
EDUCATION
Doctorate in Law (Sept. 2021-August 2025). University of Hong Kong. Presidential PhD Scholar. Thesis: “Financial Compensation in the Practice of the International Court of Justice.” Thesis director Prof. James D. Fry.
Courses taken: Doing Research in HKU, Responsible Conduct of Research, Stream-Based Responsible Conduct of Research, Introduction to Quantitative Research, Transferable Skills Programme on Research, Advanced Thesis Writing, Advanced Research Methodology (Prof. Shahla Ali), Law and Practice of Investment Arbitration (Prof. Alec Stone Sweet), and Human Rights: History, Theory, and Politics (Prof. Stefano Osella).
Master in Laws (Sept. 2014- Aug. 2015). University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies. Masters in International Dispute Settlement. Thesis: Harmonization of Parallel Proceedings by de facto Mechanisms in Investment Arbitration. Thesis director Prof. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler.
Course taken: The Organization of International Dispute Settlement 1 (Prof. Laurence Boisson de Chazournes and Prof. Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler) and 2 (Prof. Marcelo Kohen and Prof. Zachary Douglas). ICC Arbitration (Prof. Pierre Tercier). The French Law on International Commercial Arbitration (Prof. Jean-Michel Jacquet). The Arbitration Agreement in International Commercial Arbitration (Prof. Sébastien Besson). International Litigation (Prof. Gian Paolo Romano). Sports Arbitration (Prof. Antonio Rigozzi). WTO Dispute Settlement (Prof. Gabrielle Marceau). The New York Convention of 1958 (Prof. Albert Jan van den Berg). Contract Law in International Commercial Arbitration (Prof. Lauren Aynès). Arbitration in China (Prof. LU Song). Arbitration in Latin America (Prof. Eduardo Silva Romero). Philosophical Aspects of International Dispute Settlement (Prof. Thomas Schultz). ICSID Arbitration (Prof. Emmanuel Gaillard). Arbitration in the United States (Prof. William W. Park). WIPO (Prof. Edward Kwakwa).
Diploma (June 2014-February 2015). Pace University New York Institute of International Commercial Law. Online Certificate Program on International Commercial Law and International Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Diploma (September 2010). 8th Cologne Summer Academy on International Commercial Arbitration. Universität zu Köln, Köln. Eight Cologne Summer Academy on International Commercial Arbitration. (Prof. Dr. Klaus Peter Berger, Stefan Georg Hoffmann, Prof. Martin Hunter, Dr. Stefan Kröll, Peter Kraft and Dr. Boris Kasolowsky).
Law Degree (2004-2009). Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara Civil, Commercial, Administrative, and Public and Private International Law.
Professional Experience
Founder. (Nov. 2025-) Coronado Arbitration.
Cathedra Professor (Jan. 2016-Sept. 2018, April 2020-). Tecnologico de Monterrey. School of Social Sciences. Courses taught: International Commercial Treaties (NI3036). International Law (D2016). Alternative Dispute Resolution (D3028). Human Rights (D95020). Semester-i, International Treaties (WI1828). Legal research (D2003). Global Challenges, Module on International Law, Interdisciplinary Teaching (RI1001B). Smart Cities, Co-teaching (EC1019). International Commercial Treaties (NI3036). International Organizations (RI2014). Vis-Moot Coach.
Director of the bachelor’s degree in law (Sept. 2018-March 2020). Tecnologico de Monterrey. School of Social Sciences
Lawyer (Sept. 2011-Sept. 2014). Coronado Figueroa y Asociados. Transactional lawyer.
Associate (Sept. 2010-Sept. 2011). Wöss and Partners. Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
Publications
Book: The Republican Creation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, (publication pending) (225pgs) Research regarding the archival history of diplomatic communications that lead to the creation of the PCA in 1899. James D. Fry, Guillermo Coronado Aguilar.
Book chapter: Una experiencia en la práctica del arbitraje: Compromiso y Calidad, in Casos Prácticos de Ética de Profesionales del Derecho en México, edited by Yurixhi Gallardo, Tirant Lo Blanch Mexico, ISBN 9788413558905.
Refereed Journal Articles:
“Giambattista Vico: Critical Legal Studies in Contextual Historical Mode?”, Guillermo Coronado Aguilar. European Journal of Law Reform, 2021 (23-4). June 2022.
“Responsibilities and immunities of arbitrators in commercial arbitration: a perspective under the Mexican Legal System”. Law Review Journal Perspectiva Jurídica UP, (15. Vol I – 2021). ISSN 2395-9541.
“Formando Estudiantes de Derecho por medio de Moots”, Guillermo Coronado Aguilar/Edgardo Muñóz López. Law Review Journal Perspectiva Jurídica UP, (14. Vol I – 2020). ISSN 2395-9541.
“Ley de asociaciones público privadas y las cláusulas multinivel para la resolución de conflictos”, Law review journal, Perspectiva Jurídica UP, (5. Vol I – 2015).
“United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts (e-CC)”, The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, (2014) 18 VJ (1).
“Checks and balances in international commercial arbitration”, Law Review Journal, Perspectiva Juridica UP (3. Vol. I – 2014).
Book Reviews:
“Book review: ‘Common Core, PECL and DCFR: Could They Change Shipping and Transport Law?”, in The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, (2016) 20 VJ (1).
“Book review: ‘Damages in International Arbitration under Complex Long-Term Contracts’”, in The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, (2015) 19 VJ (1).
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Conferences:
ILA Committee 2025 Annual Meeting at Harvard Law School, presenting the Mexican report on Migration, hosted by Harvard Law School Human Rights Program, the ILA Committee on International Migration and International Law. Presenter May 2025.
Rethinking the Past and Present of Liberal Internationalism. City, University of London and London School of Economics and Political Science (ideas). “The Role of Peace Movements in the 1899 Creation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.” Panelist. May 11-13, 2023.
Change and Resilience in International Law. Geneva Graduate Institute, Global Governance Centre and the European Research Council. Conference Speaker, “The Buridan’s Donkey: Stochastic Resonance in International Law”. October 6-8, 2022.
1st Münster PhD Conference on Recent Challenges in International and Comparative Public Law, Institute for International and Comparative Public Law. Faculty of Law. WWU Münster. Conference Speaker, “Complexity Theory in International Law.” September 15-17, 2022.
Lecture and workshop series: Method, methodology, and critique in international law. TMC Asser Institute (The Hague), Centre for International Law & European Law. Workshop Participant with work in progress paper, Giambattista Vico: Critical Legal Studies in Historical Mode? December 14, 2021.
1st Ibero-American Colloquia of Young Lawyers, the Legal Regime in Mexico of Investment and Commercial Arbitration. ITESO (Guadalajara, Mexico). Speaker. November 24, 2021.
Visiting lectureship:
November 2021, Universidad Panamericana, Mexico, lecturing on the powers of arbitral tribunals in commercial arbitration.
Departmental Talks:
“El TLCAN en los tiempos de Trump” (NAFTA in the Trump era), ITESM, Escuela de Ciencias Sociales y Gobierno, October 2017.
“International Commercial Arbitration”, part of the diploma on Oral Judgements and Judicial Soft-Skills “Diplomado en Juicios Orales y Destrezas Jurídicas”, January 2017.
Non-deparmental talks and courses:
2Marco legal y Contratos Internacionales para Compraventa de Mercaderías y Solución de Controversias”, ICC Mexico, Anahuac University, Sept. 2025.
“Las obligaciones en materia de inversion del Estado Mexicano”, ICC México, February 2018.
“Argumentación efectiva frente a un Tribunal Arbitral”, ICC México, ICC-YAF November 2017.
“Temas Actuales Sobre Asistencia Judicial al Arbitraje”, ICC México, February 2017.
“Preparación del caso y conducción de audiencia”, ICC México, May 2016.
“Producción de Documentos en Arbitraje”, ICC México, March 2016.
“Designación Judicial del Tribunal Arbitral y otros aspectos Procesales”, El Instituto de la Judicatura Federal – Escuela Judicial May 2014.
“International Practices for the Prevention and Resolution of Controversies in Public-Private Partnership Projects.” Round table regarding Public-Private Partnerships. ITESM Public Administration and Public Policy EGAP in cooperation with the Inter-American Development Bank, Multilateral Investment Fund. October 2013.
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Tirant lo Blanch Mexico (Since 2024). Peer reviewer
Task Force Member on Earth System Law by Earth System Governance Project (since Sep. 2023)
Moot Alumni Association, appointed as part of the MAA Core Team. (2018)
Co-Editor in Chief of “The Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration”, a bi-annual global law journal published under the auspices of the Moot Alumni Association (MAA). (2013-2015).
LANGUAGES
Spanish (mother tongue), English (Academic IELTS 7), German (A2), French (passive knowledge), and Italian (passive knowledge).
