Arbitration
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B Cremades y Asociados
Europe 2026
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Top figures
1
Offices
22
Company Size
1969
Established Year
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Overview
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Founded in Madrid in 1969 by Professor Bernardo Cremades, B. Cremades & Asociados is a leading Spanish law firm specialising in dispute resolution. It was Spain's first specialist arbitration firm and the first Spanish firm to participate in investor-State arbitration. Recognised internationally, the firm acts as counsel and arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations and represents clients in civil, commercial, administrative, and EU and US litigation.
Industry sectors (15)
- Energy (oil, gas, natural resources and other consumables)
- Natural resources
- Construction
- Engineering
- Pharmaceuticals
- Transportation
- Telecommunications
- Intellectual property
- Sport
- Corporate governance
- Capital markets
- Joint ventures
- International sale of goods
- Distribution agreements
- Banking
Capabilities (14)
- Assistance in the drafting of arbitration clauses and in the design of ADR mechanisms.
- Preventive advice to clients to ensure their investments abroad are covered and protected by an international treaty.
- Pre-litigation advice to clients before a dispute is submitted to commercial arbitration.
- Pre-litigation advice to clients with investments abroad (or in Spain) when the State intends to implement measures contrary to the investments.
- Advice and representation during the search for arbitration funding, as well as during negotiations with the funder.
- Applications for injunctive relief in arbitration proceedings or through the ordinary courts.
- Applications for the appointment of arbitrators before the ordinary courts and arbitration institutions.
- Advice and representation during all stages of arbitration proceedings under the main arbitration rules, both nationally and internationally.
- Advice and representation in the drafting of out-of-court settlement agreements.
- Advice on litigation related to arbitration proceedings.
- Proceedings for the recognition (exequatur) of foreign arbitral awards.
- Proceedings for the enforcement of arbitral awards.
- Proceedings for the annulment (set aside) of arbitral awards.
- Strategic consultancy services to other national and foreign law firms in arbitration matters.
Clients (11)
- Banreal Holding, S.L.
- Shefa Gold, S.L.
- Inversiones Continental (Panamá), S.A.
- Comercializadora Mediterránea de Viviendas, S.L. (Comervi, S.L.)
- Hidroeléctrica San Lorenzo, S.A.
- Eurofinsa, S.A.
- Obrascón Huarte Laín, S.A.
- Sener, Ingenieria y Sistemas, S.A.
- Elecnor, S.A.
- Dunor Energía S.A.P.I. de C.V.
- YPF, S.A.
Key people
Provided by B Cremades y Asociados
Bernardo M. Cremades
Partner
Bernardo M. Cremades, Jr.
Partner
Ángel Tejada
Partner
Javier Juliani
Partner
José M. López Useros
Partner
Patrick T. Byrne
Partner
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Work & experience
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We are a boutique firm with a highly specialised focus on international, commercial and investment arbitration. Alongside our arbitration practice, we handle complex litigation in Spain and internationally, particularly in U.S. jurisdictions. This includes arbitration-related matters such as the annulment of arbitral awards, the recognition and enforcement of awards and injunctive relief. We regularly appear before all major arbitration institutions and courts at all levels.
Notable work
Provided by B Cremades y Asociados
Comercializadora Mediterránea de Viviendas S.L v. Kingdom of Morocco, ICSID Case No. ARB/22/17
2022Ongoing €350.0M Madrid
ICSID arbitration against the Moroccan State concerning the loss of real estate investments in Morocco.
Banreal Holding, S.L. (Spain) v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, PCA Case No. 2023-32
2023Ongoing $2.5B Madrid
Ad hoc, PCA-administered arbitration against Venezuela concerning the expropriation of an insurance company and a bank.
Shefa Gold, S.L. (Spain) v. Republic of Equatorial Guinea, PCA Case No. 2025-11
2024Ongoing $3.4B Madrid
Ad hoc-PCA-administered arbitration against Equatorial Guinea concerning the revocation of several mining licenses.
Ranked Offices at B Cremades y Asociados
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Europe-wide
Bernardo M Cremades Sanz-Pastor
International Arbitration: Most In Demand Arbitrators
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Spain
Bernardo Cremades Román
Arbitration
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Arbitrators
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Litigation: Elite
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Top figures
1
Offices
22
Company Size
1969
Established Year
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