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Manuel Franco

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+34 915 247 113 manuel.franco@cuatrecasas.com

Position

Partner

Career

Manuel Franco is an expert in international arbitration and disputes relating to construction and energy sectors. He has extensive experience in Latin America, having worked in the Cuatrecasas Colombia office for several years.

He is an expert in (i) international arbitrations under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the London Maritime Arbitration Association (LMAA), the Madrid Court of Arbitration (CAM), and the Spanish Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA); (ii) ad hoc arbitrations; and (iii) Dispute Adjudication Board proceedings. He has participated in disputes involving many international jurisdictions, including Algeria, Chile, Colombia, France, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Romania, Spain and Turkey.

He has lectured on international arbitration and international trade law at several universities (Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICADE, Centro de Estudios Universitarios Villanueva, and Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros CUNEF). He was the CUNEF coach in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.

He has published several articles on international arbitration and trade, and speaks at international arbitration conferences in Spain and Latin America.

Lawyer Rankings

Latin America: International firms > International arbitration

Cuatrecasas’ prominence in Latin America-related international arbitration field stems from its commitment and track record in Spain, coupled with its growing presence in Latin America itself. Unlike many other international firms, it has a sizeable team of international arbitration specialists based in Latin America. With a steady influx of investment and commercial arbitration engagements, the team is best known for energy, infrastructure and construction cases. It has represented parties in a series of headline infrastructure disputes. Madrid partner Alfonso Iglesia leads the international arbitration group and is hugely experienced in Latin America-related arbitrations, including those involving Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Panama, Ecuador and Dominican Republic; he has acted in a series of recent ICSID and ICC cases. Santiago partner Cristián Conejero is a senior figure in the team and is noted for construction arbitrations. Alberto Zuleta is another experienced arbitration expert in Bogota along with René Irra in Mexico City and Domingo Rivarola in Lima. Madrid partners Alberto Fortún and Manuel Franco are also active in Latin America cases, both noted for construction, infrastructure and energy disputes. Raised to the partnership in April 2022, Uruguay-qualified Juan Manuel Rey (in the Santiago office), is also noted.

 

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