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Javier J. Izquierdo
Partner
Javier Izquierdo leads the Litigation team in the Madrid office, where he is a partner. Javier advises clients, both national and international, on all kinds of judicial and arbitration proceedings before different institutions (such as the International Chamber of Commerce of Paris (ICC), the Madrid Chamber of Commerce and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), among others), in civil and commercial procedural matters of all types (including contractual and non-contractual liability, construction, insurance, damages, corporate disputes, renewable energies, financial and banking products, distribution and supply contracts). He also specialises in cross-border proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and judgments.
Prior to joining the firm, Javier was the co-head of the litigation and arbitration practice in the Madrid office of a Spanish law firm. He was also a partner in the litigation and arbitration practice of another Spanish law firm.
Javier holds a Degree in Law from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas – ICADE, and he is a lecturer on civil and business law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Javier contributes regularly to several legal magazines and journals and has been co-author of several books on civil procedural law.
Javier speaks English, French and Spanish, has been a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 2004 and is a member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Spain.
- Representing a national construction company in judicial proceedings against a compensation board regarding construction defects (amount: €14 million).
- Representing an online gambling company in arbitration proceedings before the ICC against a top national football team regarding breach of a marketing contract (amount: €20 million).
- Representing a German mortgage bank in judicial proceedings against a national construction company regarding enforcement of guarantees due to non-performance of financing (amount: €60 million).
- Representing a banking syndicate led by a German mortgage bank in the insolvency proceedings of a group of national construction companies, including advising on insolvency law (amount: €70 million).
- Representing a German investment fund in the insolvency proceedings of the companies of the so-called MARSANS Group, including advising on insolvency law (amount: €12 million).
- Representing a German mortgage bank in the insolvency proceedings of the companies of the so-called NUEVA RUMASA Group, including advising on insolvency law (amount: €38 million).
- Representing a banking syndicate formed by national and international financial institutions in the insolvency proceedings of an important national construction company, including advising on insolvency law (amount: €190 million).
- Representing a major international insurance company in judicial proceedings against a national financial institution, including advising on insurance law (amount: €9 million).
- Representing a major international services company in judicial proceedings against an international insurance company regarding construction defects (amount: €5 million).
- Representing a major national energy company in judicial proceedings against two national construction companies regarding breach of a contract (amount: €6 million).
- Representing an international private mercantile bank in judicial proceedings against a major national energy company regarding breach of a contract (amount: €2.7 million).
- Representing a British construction company in proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award rendered against a sovereign state (amount: €55 million).
- Representing an international financial institution in proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award rendered against a sovereign state (amount: €135 million).
- Representing a sovereign state in judicial proceedings against a national company in the construction sector regarding breach of a contract (amount: €40 million).
- Representing an important corporate group in the renewable energy sector in arbitration proceedings before the ICC in connection with the termination of a contract for the sale and purchase of wind farm projects (amount: €18 million).
- Representing an international construction company in proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of an ICSID arbitral award against a sovereign state and on obtaining precautionary measures to secure enforcement proceedings (amount: €145 million).
- Representing an English financial institution in recurring judicial proceedings initiated in Spain in relation to the validity of certain mortgage loans granted for investment purposes.
- Representing a national financial entity in judicial proceedings against the governing body of an autonomous region in relation to the early maturity of a loan and the corresponding compensation (amount: €13 million).
- Representing a multinational company in the aluminium sector in judicial proceedings related to the termination of a contract for the supply of painted aluminium coils (amount: €2.5 million).
- Representing a Spanish corporate group in arbitration proceedings before the Madrid Chamber of Commerce in connection with the corporate blocking of one of the companies of the group (amount: €35 million).
- Representing a company in the energy sector in judicial proceedings related to the interruptible demand management service (amount: €8 million).
- Representing a leading Spanish company in the cleaning products sector in judicial proceedings relating to the termination of an essential distribution contract (amount: €30 million).
- Representing an insurance company in judicial proceedings related to the distribution of defective products (amount: €40 million).
Education
- Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, ICADE, Degree in Law, 2000
Admissions
- Madrid, 2004
Memberships & Affiliations
- Member, Madrid Bar Association, 2004
- Lecturer, Department of Civil Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- Lecturer, Department of Business Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Languages
- Spanish
- English
- French
- Recognised in The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa for Spain – Dispute Resolution
- Selected in Best Lawyers since 2016 for Litigation
- Co-author, “La recuperación de criptoactivos como parte de la ejecución de laudos arbitrales y sentencias extranjeras”, La Ley Magazine, July 2023.
- Co-author, “La presentación de documentos con posterioridad a los escritos de alegaciones”, La Ley Magazine, April 2023.
- Co-author, “Las medidas cautelares: garantía de éxito de la ejecución de sentencias y laudos extranjeros”, La Ley Magazine, November 2022.
- Co-author, “El embargo de derechos de crédito frente a Estados soberanos”, La Ley Magazine, June 2022.
- Co-author, “Medidas cautelares y estados soberanos. La ley española de inmunidades de jurisdicción y ejecución”, Medidas cautelares y diligencias preliminares en el ámbito civil, Aranzadi, November 2021.
- Co-author, “Dificultades asociadas a la ejecución de resoluciones extranjeras frente a Estados soberanos en España”, Magazine on Mediation and Arbitration, July 2021.
- Author, “La infracción del orden público en el control judicial de laudos arbitral: desarrollo normativo y jurisprudencial", Pérez-Llorca Law Review, April 2021.
- Co-author, “Dificultades prácticas derivadas de la competencia de los Tribunales Superiores de Justicia para el reconocimiento de laudos extranjeros”, Wolters Kluwer, December 2020.
- Co-author, “La fase de producción documental en el arbitraje. Especial mención a las Reglas de la IBA sobre práctica de prueba en el arbitraje internacional”, La Ley Magazine, July 2020.
- Author, “Determining the language in international arbitration”, Spain Arbitration Review, March 2020.
- Co-author, Spanish Chapter, Banking Law Litigation Review, The Law Reviews, November 2019, 2020 and 2021.
- Author, “Las relaciones contractuales en la cadena de distribución de productos”, Yearbook 2019, Litigation Practice for Lawyers, Wolters Kluwer, 2019.
- Author, “Reconocimiento de sentencias extranjeras dictadas frente a empresas en concurso. Especial referencia a los conflictos de jurisdicción”, Pérez-Llorca Law Review, May 2019.
- Author, Spanish Chapter, Getting the Deal Through, 2017.
- Author, “El Supremo completa su doctrina sobre las cláusulas suelo, centrándose en cuestiones de prueba”, La Ley Journal, 2017.
- Author, “La posibilidad de solicitar la adopción de medidas cautelares previas a la ejecución en España de un Laudo extranjero (Comentario al Auto del Juzgado de Primera Instancia n.º 101 de Madrid de 3 de septiembre de 2015)”, Yearbook 2016, Litigation Practice for Lawyers, Wolters Kluwer, 2016.
- Author, “Resolución del contrato de asistencia técnica e indemnización del SAT. Comentario a las Sentencias del Juzgado de Primera Instancia nº 3 de Bilbao de 15 de marzo de 2013 y de su Audiencia Provincial de 12 de febrero de 2014”, Journal on Competition and Distribution Law, 2014.
- Author, “La subsanabilidad de la notificación previa del saldo líquido en los procedimientos de ejecución por saldo de cuenta”, Yearbook 2013, Litigation Practice for Lawyers, Wolters Kluwer, 2013. Author, “Medidas de protección del crédito: el nuevo párrafo final del artículo 813 de la LEC”, Economist & Jurist, 2011.