Recent Experience

SOME RECENT EXPERIENCE INCLUDE:

President of an ICSID Arbitral Tribunal case INTERCONEXIÓNELÉCTRICA S.A. E.S.P. C. REPÚBLICA DE CHILE (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/27)

President of PCA No. 2022-10 FIELDFARE ARGENTINA S.R.L. c. COMPAÑÍA ADMINISTRADORA DEL MERCADO MAYORISTA ELÉCTRICO S.A.

President of an ICC Arbitral Tribunal in a dispute between national companies of two Latam States and government agencies in the mining sector.

President of an ICC Arbitral Tribunal in a dispute between a private company and a national public company in the oil and gas sector.

President of an ICC Arbitral Tribunal in a dispute between a LATAM company and a European one in relation to the construction of several international airport hubs.

President of an ICC Arbitral Tribunal in a dispute between a European State and a European company in relation to the construction of a water supply delivery system in a European city capital.

President of an ICC Arbitral Tribunal between a Mexican company and a European one in relation to services adjacent to a construction site.

Co-arbitrator in INVERSIONES CONTINENTAL (PANAMÁ), S.A. V. REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/40)

Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between an international consortium and a company in Latam on the construction of a hydroelectric site.

Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration, between an international group of companies and a major Latam company on the construction of a refinery.

Co-arbitrator in an ICC case between an African State and a company in the construction sector on the rehabilitation of a stadium.

Co-arbitrator in an ICC case between an African State and a European company in the construction of a national road.

Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between three LATAM companies in relation to an EPC contract for the construction of a gas pipeline.

SELECTED PAST EXPERIENCE AS COUNSEL

Carmen is an independent arbitrator and the Spanish appointee to the ICSID arbitrators’ panel. She has over 34 years’ experience in international business disputes, acting both as arbitrator and counsel.

 

She started her career in 1990 and was a partner at Hogan Lovells LLP in Paris until June 2019, when she decided to serve full-time as an independent and professional arbitrator. She has acted in more than 200 international arbitration proceedings on behalf of industrial groups and States.

Carmen is a renowned international arbitrator. She is appointed as arbitrator in multiple occasions as president, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator. In addition to the ICSID’ panel of arbitrators, she is listed on the rosters of arbitrators of the most relevant arbitral institutions including the ICDR, ICC, LCIA, CAS, the Milan Chamber of Commerce or the Madrid Arbitration Court.

She is a Court member of the Swiss Arbitration Center and of the Milan Arbitration Center and of the Madrid Arbitration Court arbitrator’s appointing committee. She is a member of the Council of the ICC World Business Institute and the Vice-president of the Spanish Arbitration Club’s Board of Directors worldwide. She is also a member of the Appointing Committee of arbitrators of the Madrid Court of Arbitration

Her expertise has been widely recognized.

Chambers is ranked as Band 2 in Chambers Global and Europe (France)