B. Cremades & Asociados possesses a successful track record in disputes across various sectors, including construction, pharmaceuticals, banking, energy, telecoms, and transport, but particularly excels in commercial and investor-state arbitrations. The team’s particular strength lies in handling multijurisdictional matters, including issues related to the annulment and enforcement of arbitral awards. Bernardo Cremades, the founder of the firm and head of the team, is a veteran in commercial and investment arbitration, frequently representing clients before the ICC, ICSIF, PCA, and other international arbitration bodies. Other key figures include the dual-qualified Bernardo M. Cremades Jr., knowledgeable in investment treaties and corporate finance matters, along with arbitrators Ángel Tejada and Javier Juliani Aznar.
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Key clients
- Dunor Energía S.A.P.I. de C.V.
- Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles, S.A. (CIMSA)
- Mr. Raimundo Santamarta Devis
- Comercializadora Mediterránea de Viviendas, S.L.
- Multiple expropriated shareholders
- Comunidad Judía de Madrid & Federación de Comunidades Judías de España
- Glenn Maud, Dereck Quinlan and Cruz Holdings Limited
- Inversiones Continental (Panamá), S.A.
Work highlights
- Representing Compañía de Inversiones Mercantiles, S.A. (CIMSA) in a dispute that arose out of the breach of a shareholders’ agreement.
- Acting as counsel for Inversiones Continental (Panamá), S.A. in an ICSID dispute against the Republic of Honduras regarding the forced liquidation of Banco Continental.
- Acting as counsel for Raimundo J. Santamarta Devis regarding two pharmaceutical corporations owned by dual nationals of Venezuela and Spain.
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Bernardo M. Cremades, Bernardo M. Cremades Román