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Juan Fernández-Armesto

Gender Male
Country Spain
Year of birth 1953
OECD member Yes

Number of cases in which have they been involved

Cases in which this arbitrator has been involved, divided into claimant-appointed, respondent-appointed, or presiding arbitrator

As president Claimant/appointed Respondent/appointed Total
33 1 3 37

Additional information about nationality

Frequency with which this arbitrator has been appointed by claimants/respondents of the same/different nationality as the arbitrator

This arbitrator has been appointed by claimant 100% (1) of times from parties of the SAME country
This arbitrator has been appointed by claimant 0% (0) of times from parties of the DIFFERENT countries
This arbitrator has been appointed by respondent 0% (0) of times from parties of the SAME country
This arbitrator has been appointed by respondent 100% (3) of times from parties of the DIFFERENT countries

Claimants' countries

Nationalities of the claimants appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
Spain 1

Respondents' countries

Nationalities of the respondent States appointing this arbitrator

Country No. of times
Peru 1
Czech Republic 1
Dominican Republic 1

Appointed as President Arbitrator (33 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed as presiding arbitrator

Case Appointed by Law firms
PCA Case No 2016-12
WCV Capital Ventures Cyprus Limited and Channel Crossings Limited		 Unknown

Tvornica Šećera Osijek d.o.o.		 Unknown Unknown Unknown
PCA Case No 55798
Vito G. Gallo		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Trade Law Bureau, Global Affairs, Ottawa, Canada Bennett Gastle Professional Corporation Murdoch Martyn, Barrister & Solicitor, Toronto, Canada

Nova Scotia Power		 Appointed by agreement of appointed arbitrators Foley Hoag Norton Rose Fulbright
ICC Case No. 21537/ZF/AYZ
Cengiz İnşaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Appointed by designated appointing authority Slaney Advisors, London, United Kingdom Teynier, Pic & Associes, Paris, France
PCA Case No 2017-10
Slot Group a.s.		 Unknown
PCA Case No. 2018-06
OOO Manolium Processing		 Unknown White & Case, Moscow, Russian Federation White & Case, London, UK Advocate bureau Goretsky and Partners, Minsk, Belarus Advocate bureau REVERA, Minsk, Belarus Baker & McKenzie, New York, USA Baker & McKenzie, Dallas, USA Baker & McKenzie, Moscow, Russia

Qatar Pharma and Ahmed Bin Mohammad Al Haie Al Sulaiti		 Unknown Unknown DLA Piper, New York, NY, U.S.A Ioannis Konstantinidis, Assistant Professor Public International Law, Qatar University
ARB/18/29
The Carlyle Group L.P. and others		 Appointed by agreement of the parties 3 Verulam Buildings, London, U.K. Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ARB/17/21
DP World PLC		 Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Mishcon de Reya, London, U.K. Stibbe, Brussels, Belgium Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, London, UK Liedekerke Wolters Waelbroeck Kirkpatrick & Cerfontaine, Brussels, Belgium
ARB/19/5
Enel Fortuna S.A.		 Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Ministry of Economy and Finances, Panama, Republic of Panama Clifford Chance, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
UNCT/18/2
Gramercy Funds Management LLC and Gramercy Peru Holdings LLC		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, Lima, Peru White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ARB/18/19
LSG Building Solutions GmbH and others		 Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators Ministry of Public Finance, Bucharest, Romania Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, Paris, France Maravela | Asociații King & Spalding, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ARB/17/6
Anglo-Adriatic Group Limited		 Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators State Advocate General of the Republic of Albania, Tirana, Albania Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Vienna Frankfurt am Main, Germany Kalo & Associates, Tirana, Albania Kerres Rechtsanwalts GmbH, Vienna, Austria
ARB/16/6
Glencore International A.G. and C.I. Prodeco S.A.		 Appointed by agreement of the parties Dechert, Paris, France Dechert, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Agencia Nacional de Defensa Jurídica del Estado, Bogota, Colombia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Álvarez Zárate & Asociados, Bogotá, Colombia
ARB/17/11
Pawlowski AG and Project Sever s.r.o.		 Appointed by agreement of the parties Dechert, Paris, France Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic Havlícek Law Offices, Jihlava, Czech Republic Homburger AG, Zurich, Switzerland
ARB(AF)/15/2
Lion Mexico Consolidated L.P.		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Secretaría de Economía, Mexico City, Mexico Mayer Brown, Chicago, IL.
ARB(AF)/18/6
Dick Fernando Abanto Ishivata		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Guglielmino & Asociados, Buenos Aires, Argentina Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Dechamps International Law, London, U.K. D’Empaire Reyna Abogados, Caracas, Venezuela
ARB/03/27
Unisys Corporation		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Procurador del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Boies, Schiller & Flexner, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ARB/04/4
SAUR International		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Procuradora del Tesoro de la Nación, Buenos Aires, Argentina Latham & Watkins, Paris, France Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Paris, France Shearman & Sterling, Paris, France
ARB/09/3
Holcim Limited, Holderfin B.V. and Caricement B.V.		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Mexico City, Mexico Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, New York, U.S.A. Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, U.S.A.
ARB/11/25
OI European Group B.V.		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Escritorio Muci-Abraham & Asociados, Caracas, Venezuela Lucas Bastin, London, U.K. Volterra Fietta, London, U.K.
ARB/13/21
Edenred S.A.		 Appointed by agreement of the parties Baker & McKenzie, New York, NY, U.S.A. Baker & McKenzie, Budapest, Hungary Baker & McKenzie, Toronto, Canada Hogan Lovells, Paris, France
ARB/14/10
Highbury International AVV, Compañía Minera de Bajo Caroní AVV, and Ramstein Trading Inc.		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela González de Cossío Abogados, S.C., Mexico City, Mexico Homer Bonner Jacobs, Miami, FL, U.S.A. Mezgravis & Asoc, Caracas, Venezuela
ARB/10/19
Flughafen Zürich A.G. and Gestión e Ingeniería IDC S.A.		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Guglielmino & Asociados, Buenos Aires, Argentina Bofill Mir & Alvarez Jana, Santiago, Chile
ARB/12/23
Tenaris S.A. and Talta - Trading e Marketing Sociedade Unipessoal Lda.		 Appointed by agreement of the parties Foley Hoag, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ARB/14/16
Cyprus Popular Bank Public Co. Ltd.		 Appointed by agreement of the parties Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, London, U.K. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Paris, France Legal Council of the State, Athens, Greece Joseph Hage Aaronson, London, U.K. Markides, Markides & Co, Nicosia, Cyprus
ARB/07/18
Shell Nigeria Ultra Deep Limited		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Alegeh & Co, Abuja, Nigeria Clifford Chance, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ICSID Case No ARB/06/21
City Oriente Limited		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Procuraduría de Petroecuador, Quito, Ecuador Weil Gotshal & Manges, New York, NY, U.S.A. King & Spalding, Houston, TX, U.S.A. King & Spalding, Washington, D.C., U.S.A Quevedo & Ponce, Quito, Ecuador
ARB/06/18
Joseph C. Lemire		 Appointed by designated appointing authority Derains & Gharavi, Paris, France Magisters, Kyiv, Ukraine Ministry of Justice, Kiev, Ukraine White & Case, Paris, France
ARB/15/12
PT Ventures, SGPS, S.A.		 Appointed by agreement of the parties Gide, Loyrette, Nouel, Paris, France J.G. Assis de Almeida & Associados, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil José Manuel Gomes Andrade, Cidade de Praia, Cabo Verde Oliver Melo Araújo, Cidade de Praia, Cabo Verde Vieira de Almeida & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, R.L, Lisbon, Portugal
ARB/15/14
Álvarez y Marín Corporación S.A. and others		 Appointed by agreement of the parties Hogan Lovells US, Miami, FL, U.S.A. Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, Panama, Republic of Panama Dechert, Paris, France and Brussels, Belgium
ARB(AF)/12/5
Rusoro Mining Ltd.		 Appointed by agreement of the parties Foley Hoag, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Figueiras & Fishbach Mezgravis & Asociados

Appointed as Claimants Arbitrator (1 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by claimants

Case Law firms
ARB(AF)/09/2
Abengoa, S.A. y COFIDES, S.A.		 Consultoría Jurídica de Negociaciones Secretaría de Economía, Mexico City, Mexico Solorzano, Carvajal, Gonzalez y Perez Correa, Mexico City, Mexico

Appointed as Respondent Arbitrator (3 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by respondent State

Case Law firms
PCA Case No 2008-06
TCW		 Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Germán Mejía y Asociados, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
ARB/06/5
Phoenix Action Ltd		 Squire Sanders & Dempsey, Budapest, Hungary Appointed by designated appointing authority
ARB/07/6
Tza Yap Shum		 Allen & Overy, New York, NY, U.S.A. Estudio Paitán & Abogados, Lima, Peru