Lluís Paradell Trius

Practice Areas

Lluís specialises in advising on commercial and investor-state arbitration, investment protection and management of political risk, as well as on the public international law aspects of transnational infrastructure projects, boundary and territorial disputes, treaty law and international environmental law.

He acts as counsel, representing investors and states in a large number of disputes under bilateral investment treaties across a variety of sectors, including hydrocarbons, banking and financial services, water, electricity, telecommunications, food distribution, mining and steel industries.

Lluís also advises clients in commercial arbitration matters. His most recent commercial arbitration cases include construction and engineering matters, gas-price review disputes and post-M&A controversies.

Further, Lluís has extensive experience of multijurisdictional disputes, provisional measures, and challenges to and enforcement of arbitration awards before domestic courts. He regularly acts in arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC, LCIA, Milan Chamber and UNCITRAL arbitration rules, and is often appointed as arbitrator.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to the Italian and Spanish Bars;

Professional memberships:

International Law Association

American Society of International Law

Club Español del Arbitraje

Arbit-Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR

Additional responsibilities

Personal

Education:

University of Cambridge, UK (degree in international relations; PhD in public international law)

University of Brussels, Belgium (European law)

University of Barcelona, Spain (Spanish law)