Linklaters
Client SatisfactionLinklaters is a dominant force in all areas of dispute resolution work, covering arbitration, pre-litigation advice, civil, criminal, and public litigation, as well as insolvency matters. The practice advises across a range sectors, including banking, corporate, real estate, energy, construction, and infrastructure, and its client roster includes large financial institutions, private equity houses, and domestic and international corporations. Commercial litigation specialist Borja Fernandez De Troconiz oversees the team alongside Alex Ferreres, who joined the firm in January 2023 from Uría Menéndez, and brings a wealth of experience in contractual liability and tort law matters.
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Key clients
- Nestlé
- Apple
- Centerbridge
- beIN
- Enagás
- BNPP
- Deoleo
- KKR
- BBVA
- Single Resolution Board
Work highlights
- Advising Centerbridge (and the rest of the sellers) on the arbitration proceedings started by Intrum in relation to the 2016 sale of Aktua to Intrum.
- Acting for Enagás, a major Spanish energy company, in a $510m ICSID arbitration against Peru under the Peru-Spain bilateral investment treaty in relation to the termination of the concession of a major pipeline.
- Assisting Apple with a collective claim brought by OCU (a consumer association in Spain) in relation to planned obsolescence involving iPhone 6 Serie.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Borja Fernández de Trocóniz, Alex Ferreres