Edgardo Muñoz is a Professor of Law at Universidad Panamericana (Guadalajara, Mexico) and an experienced international arbitrator and counsel, with a practice spanning across multiple jurisdictions and legal traditions.
Professor Muñoz is deeply engaged in the global arbitration and the CISG community. He is a member of the CISG Advisory Council, the ITA Academic Council, the ICC World Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and the VIS East Moot Foundation, and serves as UNIDROIT Correspondent for Mexico. His scholarly work focuses on international commercial contracts, comparative private law, arbitration, and sports law, with regular publications in leading international journals and publishing houses.
He holds law degrees from Mexico (Lic. Iur., UIA) and France (DEUF, Université Lyon III), two LL.M. degrees from the University of Liverpool (UK) and UC Berkeley (USA), and a Ph.D. in Law, summa cum laude, from the University of Basel (Switzerland). His academic career includes appointments as Visiting Professor and Scholar at leading institutions such as the University of Turin, Columbia Law School, McGill University, and the University of Montreal.
He is admitted to practice law in Mexico and California (USA). A former participant in the 11th Willem C. Vis Moot, he has since been involved in the Moot for over two decades as coach and arbitrator, reflecting a sustained commitment to arbitration education.
