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José María Abscal

Address: 

Abascal, Segovia & Asociados, S.C.
Paseo de los Tamarindos No. 90. Torre Arcos I, 12th FL
Mexico City 05120
Mexico

Phone Number: 
(52-55) 91350145
Fax Number: 
(52-55) 91350147
Email: 
jma@abascalsegovia.com
Born: 
1937, Veracruz, Mexico
Languages: 
Spanish English
Nationalities: 
Mexican
Education: 
Law Degree at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), August 1960
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
License to practice in Mexico since December 1960
Present Position: 
Partner at Abascal, Segovia & Asociados, S.C.
Professional Experience: 

Mexican Delegate to UNICTRAL since 1985. Chair of the UNICTRAL Working Group on International Arbitration and Conciliation (2000-2006); Commissioner in the United Nations Security Council Compensation Commission E2 panel of neutrals (1996-2003); elaboration of commercial arbitration and bankruptcy laws in Mexico; Professor in the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM) 1964-1876; Emeritus Professor of the Universidad Iberoamericana 1968-1997. Former Researcher of the Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas (UNAM) 1964-1965.

Professional Associations: 

Chair of the Mediation and Arbitration Commission of the Mexican Chamber of Commerce of Mexico City (CANACO); Member of the Board and Executive Committee of the AAA; Member of the ICC Latin American Council; Former Member of the LCIA; Former Vice-president of the IACAC; Former Executive Committee member and Vice-president of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA); Member and former chairman of the Mexican Arbitration Institute; Former First Vice President of the Mexican Bar, and chairman of the trade law, ethics and insolvency law commissions

Arbitration Experience: 

Disputes regarding pier construction at the Panama Canal; hydroelectric and thermoelectric power facilities and electric transmission lines; construction of a dam and sewage systems; waste disposal contract between Canadian investor and a Latin American government; insurance claim for losses of 14 aircrafts; joint ventures or shareholders’ agreement disputes; implementation of commercial software system; international franchise agreements; real estate; derivative claims. As counsel advised in disputes regarding oil refineries, pipelines and platforms; TV cable broadcasting programs and TV cable joint venture and operation systems; radio broadcasting agreements; manufacturing and supply of trucks in Mexico, Canada and Australia; courier services agreement; construction and exploitation of an international bridge in the Mexico-US border; car assembly facility agreement; real estate, hospitality and development agreements

Areas of Specialization: 
Bankruptcy & Insolvency
Civil & Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
Construction Contracts
International Commercial Transactions
Energy
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
Nuevo Reglamento de Arbitraje de la CNUDMI 2010, Anotado y Comentado, directed by Pilar Perales Viscasillas and Ignacio Torterola. Arbitration in Mexico, Latin Lawyer Reference, 2011 and 2012. Chapter 18. Mexico, The International Arbitration Review, Editor James H. Carter, 2010 and 2011. Consideraciones sobre el tiempo y costos del arbitraje, Homenaje a Raúl Medina Mora, México, 2009. Effects of Annulment, 11th IBA International Arbitration Day, 2008. Anulación de laudos y sus efectos, El Arbitraje Comercial Internacional, Estudio de la Convención de Nueva York con motivo de su 50º Aniversario, Eduardo S. Tawil y Eduardo Zuleta, Directores, Abeledo Perrot, 2008. Reducing time and costs on international arbitration, Modern Law for Global Commerce, Proceedings of the Congress of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, Viena, 2007. The Art of Interim Measures, International Arbitration, 2006, ICCA Congress Series No. 13. Some Remarks on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Conciliation, 2004, ICCA Congress Series No. 12. La interpretación uniforme de la Convención de Nueva York y del Título Cuarto del Libro Quinto del Código de Comercio, Arbitraje comercial internacional, Leonel Pereznieto, compilador, México DF, 2000