Organisation: Madrid Bar Association
CAM Santiago to refer cases to Madrid centre
The Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce, or CAM Santiago, has agreed to send its international cases to the Madrid International Arbitration Centre-Iberoamerican Arbitration Centre (CIAM-CIAR).
12 March 2025
Cuatrecasas promotes in Madrid
Cuatrecasas has promoted Lucía Montes Saralegui, who specialises in construction and infrastructure disputes, to the partnership in Madrid.
28 April 2023
Madrid centre names new leader after shock resignation
The Madrid International Arbitration Center, or CIAM, has elected leading Spanish arbitrator José María Alonso as its new president, following the dramatic resignation of its inaugural president José Antonio Caínzos.
20 October 2022
Spain mourns two leading figures
Spain's arbitration community has been rocked by the sudden deaths of two leading figures, Carlos de los Santos and Miguel Ángel Fernández-Ballesteros, in the space of a few weeks.
09 February 2022
ICC panel rules on Spanish salt venture
An ICC tribunal seated in Barcelona has upheld the validity of a joint venture agreement between subsidiaries of The Carlyle Group and Israel Chemicals to use waste from a Spanish potash mine to make high-quality salt.
18 March 2021
Spanish court sets high bar for award scrutiny
The Spanish Constitutional Court has reinstated an annulled award in a €600 million inheritance battle between relatives of a prominent deceased aristocrat – setting a high standard for the review of arbitral awards on public policy grounds.
18 February 2021
Discovery denied in Spanish gaming dispute
A US appeals court has dismissed a bid for reciprocal discovery by the respondents in an ICC arbitration where a bitter fight for control of a Spanish gaming group is playing out.
26 May 2020
Spain’s three major arbitral centres unite
After more than 30 years of rivalry, Spain’s three largest arbitral institutions have joined forces to form a single centre to administer international arbitrations.
21 October 2019
Spanish Constitutional Court to consider judicial scrutiny of awards
The Constitutional Court of Spain will have a chance to consider the permissible level of judicial scrutiny of arbitral awards – in a €600 million inheritance battle between relatives of a prominent deceased aristocrat.
16 October 2019
Baker McKenzie partner leaves to set up Madrid boutique
The former managing partner of Baker McKenzie’s Madrid office José María Alonso has left the firm to set up a boutique in the same city, bringing of counsel and former Spanish government lawyer Javier Diez-Hochleitner with him.
01 June 2018