Gabriel is an academic and lawyer with extensive experience in international arbitration. He has been appointed by the governments of Mexico and the United States as a panelist in the Chapter 19 NAFTA dispute settlement mechanism regarding antidumping and countervailing duties. He has served as an expert witness in local and federal courts in the United States. He was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Centro de Arbitraje de México for the 2026-2028 term.

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He is the author of several works, a member of the American Bar Association, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is a professor of arbitration, international law, and comparative law at Universidad de Monterrey, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

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For more than two decades (1997–2018) he was a professor and director at Tecnológico de Monterrey, where he led the divisions of Law and Social Sciences.