Marta Robles Cháfer
Senior Associate
Marta Robles advises national and international clients on all types of judicial and arbitration proceedings before different institutions (such as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Madrid Chamber of Commerce). Marta’s practice has focused on civil and commercial procedural matters, including contractual and non-contractual liability, interpretation of contracts, damages, corporate disputes, renewable energies, financial and banking products, and distribution and supply contracts, as well as hidden defects. Marta also specialises in cross-border proceedings for the recognition and enforcement in Spain of foreign judicial awards and judgments.
Marta holds a double degree in law and journalism from Universidad San Pablo CEU, where she obtained an Academic Achievement Excellence Scholarship, and she is a lecturer in the Civil Department at University Carlos III, Madrid.
Marta speaks Spanish and English. She has been a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 2015.
- Representing several clients in the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards and judicial judgements against sovereign states and on the request of precautionary measures to secure enforcement proceedings.
- Representing an important corporate group in the renewable energy sector in an arbitration proceeding before the ICC, in connection with the termination of a contract for the sale and purchase of wind farm projects.
- Representing a foreign state-owned company in a judicial and bankruptcy proceeding derived from the termination of a construction contract for an amount exceeding €50 million.
- Representing an English financial institution in recurring legal proceedings initiated in Spain in relation to the validity of certain mortgage loans for investment purposes.
- Representing a financial entity in a judicial proceeding against the governing body of an autonomous community in relation to the early maturity of a loan and the corresponding compensation.
- Representing a leading Spanish energy company in a judicial proceeding related to the responsibility of the different energy agents in the distribution of electricity.
- Representing a multinational company in the aluminium sector in a judicial proceeding related to the termination of a contract for the supply of painted aluminium coils.
- Representing a Spanish corporate group in an arbitration proceeding before the Madrid Chamber of Commerce in connection with the corporate blocking of one of the companies of the group.
- Representing a wholesale distribution company in a construction litigation resulting from the constructive defects and the damages caused in one of its mayor shopping malls.
- Representing a company in the energy sector in a legal proceeding related to the electric consume interruption demand management service.
- Representing a leading Spanish company in the cleaning products sector in a legal proceeding relating to the termination of an essential distribution contract.
- Representing an insurance company in a judicial proceeding related to the distribution of defective products.
- Representing both debtors and creditors in bankruptcy proceedings.
Education
- School of Legal Technique, Course on Litigation Practical Techniques, 2015
- Universidad San Pablo-CEU, M.A., Legal Practice and Access to the Legal Profession, Expert Certificate on Business Law, 2014
- Universidad San Pablo-CEU, Double Degree, Law and Journalism, Academic Achievement Excellence Scholarship, 2014
Admissions
- Madrid, 2015
Memberships & Affiliations
- Member, Madrid Bar Association, 2015
- Lecturer, Department of Civil Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Languages
- Spanish
- English
- Best Lawyers, Arbitration and Mediation
- Co-author, “The Recovery of Crypto Assets as Part of the Enforcement of Arbitration Awards and Foreign Judgments”, La Ley Magazine, July 2023.
- Co-author, “Principle of Favor Recognitionis and Other Practical Issues in the Recognition of Foreign Arbitral Awards”, La Ley Magazine, April 2023.
- Co-author, “Interim Measures: Guarantee of Success in the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Awards”, La Ley Magazine, November 2022.
- Co-author, “The Attachment of Claims Against Sovereign States”, La Ley Magazine, June 2022.
- Co-author, “Precautionary Measures and Sovereign States. Spanish Law on Immunities from Jurisdiction and Execution”, Precautionary measures and preliminary proceedings in civil matters, Aranzadi, November 2021.
- Co-author, “Recognition of Foreign Arbitration Awards and Violation of Spanish Public Order”, La Ley Magazine, October 2021.
- Co-author, “Difficulties Associated with the Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Against Sovereign States in Spain”, Magazine on Mediation and Arbitration, July 2021.
- Co-author, “Challenges and Advantages of Telematic Arbitration: Respect for the Principles of Adversarial and Defense of The Parties”, La Ley Wolters Kluwer, February 2021.
- Co-author, “Practical Difficulties Arising from the Jurisdiction of the Superior Courts of Justice for the Recognition of Foreign Awards”, La Ley Wolters Kluwer, December 2020.
- Author, “The Supreme Court Limits the Ex Officio Declaration of Nullity of Non-Negotiated Clauses in Contracts Entered into With Consumers”, ELDERECHO, April 2020.
- Co-author, “Recognition of Foreign Judgments Rendered Against Companies in Insolvency Proceedings. Special Reference to Conflicts of Jurisdiction”, Pérez-Llorca Law Review, May 2019.
- Author, “New Law Protects Tenants During Eviction Procedures”, International Law Office, May 2019.
- Co-author, Spanish Chapter, Banking Law Litigation Review, The Law Reviews, November 2019, 2020 and 2021.