B. Cremades & Asociados

Firm overview: B. Cremades & Asociados was founded in 1969 by the lawyer and professor Bernardo Cremades, a world-renowned professional in the field of dispute resolution. It distinguishes itself as the first specialist arbitration practice in Spain as well as the first Spanish firm to participate in investor-State arbitration. The firm has always had an international orientation, and recognition by the world’s main legal directories.

The firm has achieved a high degree of specialization in the field of arbitration and litigation in general. Members of the firm participate as party counsel or arbitrators in domestic and international arbitrations, including both commercial and investment protection arbitrations. In the litigation practice, the firm represents national and international clients at all levels in civil, commercial, contentious-administrative and European Union proceedings, and also provides advice and consultancy services on legal proceedings abroad.

With a strong international vocation, B. Cremades & Asociados is a member of TAGLaw, a network of high-quality law firms with a presence in more than 90 countries that can assist B. Cremades & Asociados when its lawyers act abroad or in multi-jurisdiction proceedings.

Main areas of practice
Arbitration & ADR

• Bernardo M Cremades has participated as counsel or arbitrator in over 400 arbitration proceedings. He is one of the most experienced arbitration practitioners in the world and the undisputed leader in the Spanish-speaking market.

• In the field of investor-State arbitration, members of the firm have participated in many high-profile investment arbitrations as counsel, party-appointed arbitrator or presiding arbitrator.

• In the field of commercial arbitration, the firm has strong expertise in arbitrations in various sectors, including energy (oil, gas, natural resources and other consumables), construction, engineering, pharmaceuticals, transportation, telecommunications, intellectual property, national and international procurement, corporate arbitration, joint ventures, international sale of goods and distribution contracts. The firm is also highly experienced in disputes involving FIDIC construction contracts.

• The firm has considerable experience in arbitrations relating to capital markets and the banking sector, including proceedings arising from the issuance of preferred securities by Spanish savings banks.

• The firm is familiar with the most widely used arbitration rules, including ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, SCC, AAA, ICDR, PCA, LCIA, DIS, TAS, IACAC, WIPO, CRCICA, CIMA, the Association of Swiss Chambers of Commerce and the Court of Arbitration of Madrid. The firm also has substantial experience in disputes under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties, including NAFTA and the ECT.

• Members of the firm structure and present disputes before Dispute Adjudication Boards and regularly serve on dispute adjudication boards in major infrastructure construction projects.

Litigation

• The firm specialises in complex litigation and handles all types of civil, commercial and contentious-administrative disputes, as well as appeals before the Spanish courts at all levels.

• The firm assists clients abroad or in multi-jurisdictional proceedings before international institutions such as the Court of Justice of the European Union or the European Court of Human Rights.

• The firm regularly manages complex cross-border litigation proceedings, including matters related to restructuring and insolvency proceedings; family and inheritance disputes; mortgage foreclosure; and matters related to arbitral proceedings such as the recognition and enforcement of awards and interim measures as well as annulment proceedings.

• The firm has experience in commercial litigation matters related to real estate, energy, commodities, corporate, banking and cross-border transactions, as well as in all types of civil law disputes.

• Notable experience in matters relating to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, distribution contracts, transportation, patents and trademarks, turn-key contracts, infrastructures of various kinds, construction in general, energy, oil, gas, mining, raw materials and natural resources.

• The firm is active in legal proceedings before courts in the United States as several of its associates and partners are admitted to the bar in various U.S. jurisdictions. The firm has participated in the United States in class actions, debt recognition, recovery of works of art plundered by the Nazi Regime, and the recognition and execution of judgments or foreign arbitral awards.