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James A. Graham (born 1970 Luxembourg) is a Luxemburgish-American-Mexican international lawyer, recognized as a specialist on international arbitration and international law, and a Professor of Law at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon.
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Education
Graham studied law and in parallel political science at Pantheon-Assas University, and obtained his Phd in Law at the University of Paris I, Pantheon-Sorbonne in international law. He also obtained a Degree in International Relations at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, and was a Visiting Fellow at The Hague Academy of International Law. In 1996, he was admitted at the Bar School of Paris.
Academic career
On October 15, 2001 in the First World Congress for Cyberlaw Graham defender his theory on Cyberspace and presented the next step to e-commerce, U-commerce.Graham has lectured law at the University of Luxembourg, and the University of Saarland.
Graham taught civil law at the University of Saarland, and criminal law at the University of Luxembourg,Graham has lectured law at the University of Luxembourg, and the University of Saarland. beside his activities as legal counsel for the Government of Luxembourg and Investigator at the Laboratoire de Droit Economique.Graham has lectured law at the University of Luxembourg, and the University of Saarland. He was a Special Of Counsel to the Luxemburgish Delegation at the XVIII° session of The Hague Conference of Private International Law.Graham has lectured law at the University of Luxembourg, and the University of Saarland. He was member of the Committee that drafted the first European E-commerce Law, and counsel for the draft of the German and Belgium E-commerce Law.Graham has lectured law at the University of Luxembourg, and the University of Saarland. The Media & Communication Department of Luxembourg invited him as a member of its Legal Commission, and also as a member of the ad hoc Commission for Domain Names Policies.Graham has lectured law at the University of Luxembourg, and the University of Saarland. From 1999-2007, together with Michael Stefan, he edited the Cyberbanking & Law Journal.
In 2001, Graham joined the Facultad Libre de Derecho (Monterrey, Mexico) where he created the first alternative dispute resolution center in Mexico. In 2003, he joined as full professor the University of Monterrey, where he taught American Law, Private International Law, International Law and Arbitration. In 1997, he was invited by State’s Attorney Office of Nuevo Leon as counsel for the Reform of the Extradition Law.
In 2010, Graham obtained tenure at the Law School of the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon. He was the director of its International Law Department and its Corporate Law Master Program. He obtained the Cemex Chair and presided the School's College of International Law.
Professional career
After having been counsel in Paris and Luxembourg, Graham founded in 2001 as named partner his firm in Mexico. In 2010, his firm merged with four other firms into DeForest. He had been the firm's CEO, and succeeded to extend the firm to two new cities making thus DeForest one of the major key firms in Mexico. As the Head of the Litigation and International Arbitration Group, he litigated in numerous countries before judicial and arbitral tribunals, and served on several occasions as arbitrator or chairman of arbitral tribunals. Since 2015, he is an equity partner with 3CT, where he continues his practice as an international lawyer and arbitrator. He is also CEO of AboSport, where he represents the interests of football players. In 2015, he has also joined James Michael, a new firm dedicated to legal counseling in regard to e-commerce.
Publications
Graham has extensively published on E-commerce, Sports Law, Private International Law, International Law, International Arbitration. His publications include his E-commerce & Cyberbanking Law (in English), Private International Law of E-commerce (in Spanish), his Lectures on American Law (3rd ed., in English), International Law of Football (in Spanish), Private International Law and the Principle of Proximity (in Spanish), General Theory on International Law (in Spanish), and his Treatise on International Commercial Arbitration (2d ed. with L. Pereznieto, in Spanish).