Professional Experience
2023 July
Independent practitioner - Paris and Madrid
2023 June
- 2014 September
Associate, Dechert (Paris) LLP, International Arbitration Department - Paris (including a secondment with Dechert’s White Collar, Compliance and Investigation team in London between October 2018 and July 2019)
August
- 2014 April
Intern, Dechert (Paris) LLP, International Arbitration Department - Paris
2014 April
- 2013 August
Deputy Counsel, International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce - Paris
2013 August
- 2010 September
Intern at Montero Aramburu Abogados (Seville); Philippe & Partners (Brussels); Armesto & Asociados (Madrid); Araoz & Rueda (Madrid); and Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
Education
2011 - 2012
LLM in Private International Law (Université Catholique de Louvain) - with honours
2003 - 2009
Law Degree (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Spain)
Academic Experience
Since 2013
Honorary Assistant Professor for International Commercial Arbitration. Máster de acceso a la abogacía (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)
2019 & 2020 & 2022
Guest Lecturer on International Commercial Arbitration, LL.M. (Brunel University London, UK)
Publications
- “El arbitraje como herramienta para luchar contra la corrupción – Retos y posibles soluciones”, in “Lucha Anticorrupción y Defensa Jurídica del Estado”, published by Procuraduría General del Estado de la República del Perú, December 2024
- “Dealing with Non-Existing Claimants: Challenges and Solutions”, in “40 Under 40 International Arbitration”, May 2018
- “Comentario de la Sentencia de la Corte de Apelación de París de 15 de enero de 2013: Sibirskiy Cement c. Ciments Français”, in Spain Arbitration Review, April 2014
Speaking engagements
- ICC YAAF: “The thin line between being an arbitral secretary and becoming the fourth arbitrator” (Miami, 3 December 2024)
- ICDR Young & International and Cross Examination Moot: “The Art of Lawyering: Lessons from the Battlefield” (Paris, 15 November 2024)
- Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje: “¿Cómo empezar una carrera independiente en arbitraje internacional?” (The Alps, 14 September 2024)
- DIS, CIAM-CIAR and Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje: “Third-party participation in arbitration proceedings – Problems and future perspectives from Germany and Spain” (Berlin, 11 September 2024)
- Academia Mexicana de Derecho Energético: “Desmontando mitos: por qué hay que perder el miedo al arbitraje en disputas de energía” (online, 24 July 2024)
- IASC and MAD VYAP: “How to pilot a career in international arbitration” (Madrid, 3 July 2024)
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú: “Aportes del arbitraje a la lucha contra la corrupción” (Lima, 25 April 2024)
- Universidad del Pacífico, Garrigues and Cámara de Comercio de Lima: “Investment Arbitration Showcase: Abogados -40 en la Arena” (Lima, 23 April 2024)
- Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association and HLS Brazilian Studies Association: “How to become an arbitrator” (Cambridge (USA), 2 April 2024)
- Universidad Pontificia Comillas and Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje -40: “Españoles por Europa: experiencias personales y profesionales” (Madrid, 15 February 2024)
- Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje and Club de Arbitraje de ESADE Alumni: Debate between Alexis Mourre and José Manuel García-Represa on “The standard of the duty to disclosure” (moderator) (Paris, 16 November 2023)
- ICC Young Arbitration & ADR Forum and Paris Very Young Arbitration Practitioners: “From administrative secretary to arbitrator” (Paris, 14 June 2023)
- Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage below 40 et al.: Conference on investment arbitration and environmental law (Geneva, 19 February 2018)
- Club Español del Arbitraje -40 and Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage below 40: “The many faces of the parties in International Arbitration” (The Alps, 25 September 2016)
- Club Español del Arbitraje -40 “The art of persuasion in International Arbitration” (Madrid, 20 July 2016)
Languages
Fluent in Spanish, French and English.