José Manuel García Represa

Practice Areas

José Manuel García Represa is a founding partner at Wordstone, specializing in international commercial arbitration and investment arbitration in proceedings under the major institutional rules including UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, among others.

José-Manuel’s practice focuses on disputes relating to Latin America, Europe and Africa. He regularly represents clients in arbitrations involving concession contracts, hydrocarbons, engineering and construction, the generation and distribution of electric power (both renewable and conventional), mining, and industrial facilities. He also regularly acts as an arbitrator.

José-Manuel teaches Damages at Sciences Po Law School (LL.M. in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement), the specialization course on disputes in the energy and mining sectors (Energy & Mining Disputes II) at the LL.M. A.W.Ar.D.S (Assas World Arbitration and Disputes Settlement) of the University Paris II – Panthéon Assas, and Witness & Expert Cross-Examination at the Swiss Arbitration Academy.

Professional Memberships

He is admitted to the Paris, Madrid and NY Bars.

In 2018, José-Manuel was appointed as a member of the ICC Working Group on Climate Change Arbitrations and presently sits as Chair of the Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA) in France.

Languages Spoken

He speaks English, French and Spanish.