Prominent Ibero-American firm Uría Menéndez boasts a strong arbitration team out of its Madrid office, which leverages support from Lima, Santiago, Lisbon and Barcelona to provide comprehensive services to domestic and international corporates, as well as sovereigns, operating in the Latin American market. The Madrid hub of the practice has a strong bench of experts, including Gabriel Bottini, who often sits as an arbitrator, Álvaro López de Argumedo and Heidi López Castro. Lopez de Argumedo has considerable experience in enforcement matters. López Castro is fluent in Spanish, English and French. José Miguel Fatás is an important part of the Madrid team, while Alexandre Mota Pinto supports from Lisbon. Sebastián Basombrio, based in Lima, and Manuela Cross in Santiago provide critical, region-specific insights from the firm’s sister offices.
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Key clients
- Telefónica
- Banco Nacional de Cuba
- Canal Extensia
- Mota Engil Ingeniería y Construcción(Paraguayan branch office)
- The Cuatro Ríos Cuenca Consortium
- Zuma Energía
- TSK Electrónica y Electricidad
- TSK Group
- OPETI
- Elecnor
- Banco Central de Bolivia
- Dominican Republic
Work highlights
Representing Telefónica, a Spanish telecoms company, in an investor-State arbitration related to a dispute over tax measures imposed by the Republic of Perú against Telefónica’s local subsidiary (the Peru-Spain BIT is applicable).
Represented Elecnor Chile in three related commercial arbitrations regarding the construction of two wind farms in the North of Chile.
Representing EDP Clientes, an Iberian company dedicated to, among other things, the production and distribution of liquefied natural gas, in an international commercial arbitration against a leading international company dedicated to a variety of services within the energy sector over the breach of delivery obligations of a long term swap agreement.
Practice head
José Miguel Fatás; Gabriel Bottini
Other key lawyers
Álvaro López de Argumedo; Heidi López Castro; Miguel Fatás; Alexandre Mota Pinto; Sebastián Basombrio; Manuela Cross