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Francisco Prol

Address: 

Ebro, 3
Madrid 28002
Spain

Phone Number: 
+34 91 563 06 01
Fax Number: 
+34 91 5630020
Email: 
arbitraje@prol-asociados.com
http://prol-asociados.com/
Born: 
1953 Madrid
Languages: 
Spanish English French Portuguese Italian
Nationalities: 
Spanish
Education: 
BA in Law (1975), Complutense University of Madrid (Centro de Estudios Universitarios- CEU).
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
1981, Madrid Bar Association
Present Position: 
Founding Partner, Prol y Asociados
Professional Experience: 

Founding Partner, Prol y Asociados (1987-2019); Partner, Gómez-Acebo y Pombo (1981-1987)

Professional Associations: 

*The Spanish Arbitration Club (Club Español de Arbitraje -CEA), *(A founder member of) The European Society for Banking and Financial Law (ESBFL). *The Spanish Association of Foreign Bank Representatives (AERBE) *The International Bar Association (IBA). Former officer of Committee Q (Capital Markets). *L’Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA). Former Chairman of the Banking Law Commission. * Member of the Task Force of the ICC on Financial Arbitration * Associação Portuguesa de Arbitragem (APA) * Comité Français de l’Arbitrage

Panels of Arbitrators: 

The Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA) *The Spanish Arbitration Court (High Council of Chambers) *The Arbitration Court of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce *The Spanish Arbitration Society (Sociedad Española de Arbitraje -SEA) *The Arbitration Court of Madrid Bar Association *Câmara Fundação Getulio Vargas de Conciliação e Arbitragem (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) *Centro de Arbitragem Comercial (Lisbon) *China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) *Câmara de Arbitragem e Mediação da Federação das Industrias do Paraná (CAMFIEP) (Curitiba, Brazil) *Centro de Arbitragem e Mediação da Câmara de Comércio Brasil-Canadá (CAM-CCBC); *Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem (CBMA). *ICDR (AAA). *Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) *Centro de Mediación y Arbitraje Comercial de la Cámara Argentina de Comercio (CEMARC) *Concordia (Lisbon)
*Association Française d'Arbitrage * Beijing Arbitration Commission (China) * Conselho Arbitral do Estado de São Paulo (Brasil)

Arbitration Experience: 

Arbitration ICC; co-arbitrator, 2013 (agency agreement); sole-arbitrator, 2014 (construction); President, 2015 (agency agreement – corruption). Over 20 domestic arbitrations on swaps, energy, services, corporate.

Areas of Specialization: 
International Arbitration
Finance
Construction
Energy
Mergers & Acquisitions
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Companies and Shareholders Conflicts Resolution through Arbitration in Spain (2012); Res Judicata in International Arbitration (2012), The Iberian Arbitration Laws (Recent Amendments) (2013), The Financial Arbitration (an approach from Spain) (2013); Registration of nullity of Companies decisions (2014). Financial arbitration: points to consider to favor its development (2015). Validity of an Arbitration Agreement in a Swap Transaction (2017); Liabilities of the Arbitral Institutions (2018); Arbitration as a Jurisdictional Equivalent (2019).