Professional background
As a lawyer, arbitrator and expert specialising in international arbitration and litigation, I have more than twenty-five years of experience in this field. I hold a Master’s degree in International and Comparative Law (LL.M. ’01) from Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.), earned through a Fulbright scholarship and awarded “with distinction”. I am recognised as one of the leading Spanish specialists in international arbitration.
Throughout my career, I have represented numerous clients in both commercial and investment arbitrations — including private investors and sovereign states — across a wide variety of sectors. I regularly appear before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), as well as before regional institutions in Spain and Latin America.
I have successfully enforced arbitral awards against Latin American states, coordinating enforcement proceedings across multiple jurisdictions. I also represented the Argentine Republic for several years in bondholder litigation and the enforcement of ICSID awards before Spanish courts.
I have extensive experience in investment disputes under the Energy Charter Treaty and was among the first lawyers to bring claims against the Kingdom of Spain arising from regulatory changes to the remuneration system for renewable energy projects. In this context, I have represented English, Japanese, Swiss, German and other EU investors.
In addition to acting as counsel, I regularly sit as an international arbitrator before the ICC International Court of Arbitration and regional arbitral institutions in Spain and Latin America.
I hold a degree in Economics and Business Studies, which provides me with a strong analytical foundation for addressing financial, tax, accounting and damages-quantification issues.
I currently co-chair the arbitration section of the Madrid Bar Association. I have published extensively on topics relevant to my field of expertise and regularly teach courses on investment arbitration and international commercial arbitration. I work in both English and Spanish.
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