Mr Ignacio de Castro
Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
Mr Ignacio de Castro is listed as Director, WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. Ignacio is scheduled to speak at Business of IP Asia Forum 2026 on 20 November 2026.
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About
Mr. Ignacio de Castro is a Spanish lawyer and an English solicitor. Ignacio holds an LL.M. degree from King's College London. Before joining WIPO in 2002, he practiced with the law firms Baker & McKenzie, London and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London in the areas of international arbitration and litigation. Ignacio is responsible for the activities of the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center including administering mediation, arbitration, expedited arbitration, and expert determination cases under the WIPO rules; assisting IP stakeholders in establishing alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures adapted to their areas of activities, and administering domain name disputes. He is also responsible for the development and promotion of WIPO ADR, including implementing ADR collaborations concluded with IP, Copyright Offices and Courts, as well as establishing ADR procedures adapted to specific areas of intellectual property.
Upcoming
Business of IP Asia Forum 2026 19 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- Empowering Business Success: Practical Solutions for AI and IP Licensing Keynote · 20 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Ignacio at events on B2DB.
- Dr Changyu Shen Deputy Director General · World Intellectual Property Organisation 1 shared session
- Mr Thomas Tsang Deputy Director of Intellectual Property · The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China 1 shared session
- Mr Yuhong Zhou Legal Director · Tencent Music Entertainment Group 1 shared session
- Ms Iris Li Head of Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Investigations · Alibaba Holding Group 1 shared session
- Ms Junqin Zhang Senior Counsellor · WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center 1 shared session
- Ms Prudence Mak Founder · Chocolate Rain 1 shared session
- Ms Zhe Zhuang Senior Partner · Tiantong Law Firm 1 shared session
- Prof Dennis Yan-yin Tse Associate Professor; Director of the Clinical Trial Unit for Vision, School of Optometry · The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1 shared session