Juan Fernández-Armesto
General Pardiñas, 102, 8º izqda
Madrid 28006
Spain
Partner, Uría & Menéndez (1983-1996); Assistant Professor, ICADE, Madrid (1978); Chaired Professor, ICADE (1988-2009); Chairman of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) (1996-2000).
Vice-Chairman, IBA Arbitration Committee (2008-2009); Co-founder and Chairman, Club Español del Arbitraje (Spanish Arbitration Association) (2017-); Representative, Spanish Committee at the ICC Arbitration Commission (2001-); Member of the Court of the LCIA and of DIAC; Member of the ICCA Governing Board (2017-).
Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of ICSID, designated by the Kingdom of Spain. Other arbitration panels of which he is member include AAA/ICDR, Euroarbitration, CIMA and Corte de Arbitraje de Madrid. Member of the Joint Board of Appeal of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESMA, EBA and EIOPA) the body which reviews the decisions of such Authorities (2011-).
—Select Listing— Commercial Arbitrations: Belgian Company vs. German Company, chairman, ICC, supply agreement, German law, English language, (2011); Guatemalan Company vs. German Company, chairman, ICC, agency agreement, law to be determined, English language, (2011); Spanish Company vs. Spanish Company, co-arbitrator, Corte de Arbitraje de Madrid, share purchase agreement, Spanish law and language, (2011); Two Indian individuals vs. United Arab Emirates Developer, sole arbitrator, DIAC, real estate purchase agreement, Dubai and UAE laws, English language, (2011); Two Indian individuals vs. United Arab Emirates Developer, sole arbitrator, DIAC, real estate purchase agreement, Dubai and UAE laws, English language, (2011); Polish Company vs. two Russian Companies, co-arbitrator, UNCITRAL, gas supply agreement, law to be determined, English language, (2011); Romanian Company vs. Italian Company and Dutch holding, co-arbitrator, ICC, privatization agreements, Romanian law, English language, (2011); Spanish Company vs. Spanish Company, chairman, CIMA, construction and development agreement, Spanish law and language, (2012); Spanish Company vs. Spanish Bank, chairman, Corte de Arbitraje de Madrid, financial derivatives contract, Spanish law and language, (2012); Two United Arab Emirates Companies vs. United Arab Emirates Company, chairman, DIAC, construction and development agreements, Dubai and UAE laws, English language, (2012); Brazilian company vs. Brazilian company, chairman, ICC, supply agreement, Brazilian law, Portuguese language, (2012); Egyptian Company vs. Egyptian and Israeli Companies, chairman, ICC, gas supply and purchase agreement, English law and language, (2012); Spanish Bank vs. Spanish company, sole arbitrator, ad hoc, financial derivatives contract, Spanish law and language, (2012); Investment and International Public Law Arbitrations: Abengoa, S.A. and Cofides, S.A. vs. United Mexican States, co-arbitrator, designated by Claimant, ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/09/2, investment arbitration under BIT, Spanish language, (2010); ATA Construction, Industrial and Trading Company vs. Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Member of Annulment Committee, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/2, English language, (2010); Astaldi S.p.A. vs. Republic of Honduras, Chairman of Annulment Committee, ICSID Case No. ARB/07/32, Spanish language, (2011); Flughafen Zürich A.G. and Gestión e Ingeniería IDC S.A. vs. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, chairman, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/19, investment arbitration under BIT, Spanish language, (2011); Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep Limited (SNUD) vs. Federal Republic of Nigeria, chairman, ICSID Case No ARB/07/18, investment arbitration under BIT, English language, (2011); OI European Group B.V. vs. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, chairman, ICSID Case No. ARB/11/25, investment arbitration under BIT, (2012); Netherlands investor vs. Government of Cuba and public Cuban company, co-arbitrator designated by Claimant, ICC, investment arbitration under BIT, (2012).
“Los Créditos Documentarios Irrevocables” (La Coruña, Spain, 1984); “El Derecho del Mercado Financiero” (Madrid, Spain, 1992) Luis de Carlos, Juan Fernández-Armesto; various chapters in collective publications, numerous articles.