José María Alonso Puig

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José María Alonso is the managing partner of ADH Lawyers, President of the Madrid International Center of Arbitration (CIAM) and member of the board of the Mutualidad de la Abogacía, being the President of its Appointments and Remuneration Committee.

José María specialises in litigation relating to civil and commercial contracts (agreements for the purchase of assets and rights, construction and engineering contracts and distribution, concession and agency agreements); corporate disputes (company acquisitions and shareholder disputes); disputes relating to financial agreements and transactions (loans, guarantees, deposits, etc.) as well as insurance and insolvency.

He has represented clients, as both prosecutor and defence counsel, in more than 200 proceedings before the Spanish courts (involving both domestic and international issues) and advised on Spanish law in judicial proceedings held in Portugal, France, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Israel, Morocco and Australia.

As an arbitrator, he has participated in more than 300 proceedings (as sole arbitrator, a party-appointed arbitrator or as Chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal), both in Spain (for the Madrid Court of Arbitration and the Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration) and internationally (ICC Court of Arbitration, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, CIADI and TAS/CAS), with which he is officially listed as an arbitrator.