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Cuatrecasas Offices
Almagro, 9.
28010 Madrid
Spain
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Alfonso Gómez-Acebo
Position
Partner
Career
Alfonso Gómez-Acebo has acted as counsel in over 70 international arbitrations, both institutional and ad hoc, involving private parties, states and state-owned entities with interests in Europe, Latin America, North America, Africa and Western Asia. He also serves as arbitrator. He advises and represents clients in court proceedings relating to arbitration, including setting aside, recognizing and enforcing arbitral awards, interim measures and liability of arbitrators. He lectures on international arbitration at Universidad Pontificia Comillas-ICADE, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE) and Institute of Stock Exchange Studies (IEB). From 2009 to 2012, he was a member of the teaching team on the Master of Laws in International and Comparative Commercial Arbitration at Queen Mary University of London. A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), he is a member of the Madrid Bar Association (1998), of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > Dispute resolution
Cuatrecasas has a sizeable litigation and arbitration practice, which is particularly noted for its proficiency in mandates concerning the infrastructure, construction, energy, banking, and insurance sectors. The firm, whose client base includes Spanish and international corporates, investors, and public entities, is singled out for its cross-border capabilities. The team is led by Madrid-based Alfonso Iglesia
and Antonio Carreño from Barcelona. Other key members within the team include Alvaro Mendiola, who handles a range of judicial and arbitration proceedings, Alberto Fortún, an expert in cross-border disputes, and Alfonso Gómez-Acebo, a highly regarded arbitrator for private parties, states, and state-owned entities. The team also features active members César Rivera, Esther de Félix, and María Pérez, all of whom are skilled in commercial, corporate, and competition-related disputes.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Industry focus: Food
- Industry focus: TMT
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Projects and energy
- Public law
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax
- White-collar crime
Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Environment
- EU and competition
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Manufacturing
- Industry focus: Retail
- Intellectual property: Trade marks
- Private equity
- Real estate and construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: patents
- Transport: Other transport
- Transport: Shipping