Our Experience
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VBArbitration has an extensive experience in commercial, investment and sports arbitration and we put this know-how at our clients' disposal. Victor Bonnin has acted in more than 40 cases as arbitrator, counsel or secretary of arbitral tribunal in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations administered by the most reputed institutions, such as the ICC Court of International Arbitration, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Madrid Court of Arbitration, ICSID, CIMA, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, etc. with seats in Paris, London, Geneva, Frankfurt, Bucharest, Zurich or Casablanca, among others, in several languages (Spanish, English, French and Portuguese) and applying the laws of different jurisdictions such as Spanish, French, Swiss, German, Rumanian, Tunisian or Moroccan laws as well as public international law.
This is a list of the most relevant cases in which we are or have been involved:
Coarbitrator in three arbitrations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in relation to disputes between football players and the federation. Language: English. Applicable Law: Swiss Law.Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in a Madrid International Arbitration Center case. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: SpanishCoarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in a Madrid International Arbitration Center case. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
Coarbitrator in three arbitrations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in relation to disputes between football players and the federation. Language: English. Applicable Law: Swiss Law.Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in a Madrid International Arbitration Center case. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: SpanishCoarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in a Madrid International Arbitration Center case. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
Chairman appointed by the coarbitrators in a dispute in relation to the transport of oil. Seat: New York. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Paraguayan.
Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in and ICC dispute in relation to a shareholders agreement. Seat: Mexico. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Mexican.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the parties in an ICC dispute in relation to the construction of a power plant. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish Law.
- Chairman appointed by the ICC in a dispute in relation to the construction of a hospital. Seat: Porto (Portugal). Language: Portuguese. Applicable Law: Portuguese.
- Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in an ICC dispute in relation to the construction of a power plant. Seat Madrid. Language: English. Applicable law: Spanish law.
- Sole arbitrator appointed jointly by the parties in an ICC dispute in relation to a share purchase agreement. Seat: Madrid. Language: English. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Coarbitrator appointed by the Claimant in and ICC arbitration in relation to a training contract in the oil and gas sector. Seat: Mexico. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Mexican law.
- Coarbitrator appointed by the Claimant in and ICC arbitration in relation to a training contract in the oil and gas sector. Seat: Mexico. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Mexican law.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the ICC in a dispute in relation to a letter of guarantee. Seat: London. Language: English. Applicable Law: English law
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the ICC in a dispute in relation to an agency agreement. Seat: Paris. Language: English. Applicable Law: French law.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed jointly by the parties in an ICC dispute in relation to a joint venture to perform an EPC Contract for the construction of a power plant: Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable law. Spanish Law.
- Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in an ICC arbitration in the energy sector and in relation to a share purchase agreement. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish Law.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the ICC in a dispute in the food and beverage sector. Seat: Grenoble. Language: French. Applicable law: French Law.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the ICC in a dispute concerning a finance agreement. Seat: Paris. Language: Portuguese. Applicable Law: English Law.
- Coarbitrator appointed by the ICC in a dispute concerning the construction of a combined cycle plant. Seat: Warsaw. Language: English.
- Sole arbitrator in an ICC case in a dispute related to a distributorship agreement. Seat in Geneva, Switzerland, and French and English languages.
- Sole arbitrator in an ICC case in a dispute related to the sale of a companies. Seat in Casablanca, Morocco, and French language.
- Chairman appointed by the LCIA in a dispute related to oil drilling services. Seat: London. Language: English. Applicable Law: English law.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the LCIA in relation to a dispute concerning the management of a hotel. Seat in London and English language.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the LCIA in relation to a dispute concerning works in a hotel. Seat in Dominica and English language.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the LCIA in relation to a dispute concerning a share purchase agrement submitted to English law. Seat in London and English language.
- Coarbitrator appointed by the LCIA in a case related to a loan agreement under English law. Seat in London and English language.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Institute in a dispute related to real state in Spain. Seat: Stockholm. Language: English. Applicable Law: Spanish law
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre in relation to a shareholders agreement. Seat: Hong Kong. Language: English. Applicable Law: Hong Kong law.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the HKIAC in relation to an agreement for services in the sports sector under Spanish law. Seat in Hong Kong and English language.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the Swiss Chambers of International Arbitration in relation to the construction of a shopping center. Seat: Zurich. Language: English. Applicable law: Czech law.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the Swiss Arbitration Center in relation to a sales contract for prime hot dip galvanized steel sheet in coil. Seat: Lugano. Language: English. Applicable law: Swiss law.
Sole Arbitrator appointed by the Arbitration Center of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce. Seat: Lisbon. Language: Portuguese.
- Coarbitrator in three arbitrations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in relation to disputes between football players and the federation. Language: English. Applicable Law: Swiss Law.
- Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in a Madrid International Arbitration Center case. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish
- Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in a Madrid International Arbitration Center case. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Coarbitrator in three arbitrations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in relation to disputes between football players and the federation. Language: English. Applicable Law: Swiss Law.
- Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in a Madrid International Arbitration Center case. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish
- Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in a Madrid International Arbitration Center case. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Coarbitrator appointed by the Respondent in a Madrid International Arbitration Center case. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Coarbitrator in three arbitrations before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in relation to disputes between football players and the federation. Language: English. Applicable Law: Swiss Law.
- President in a Madrid Court of Arbitration case about a shareholders agreement. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by CAS in relation to the payment of the commission to an agent. Language: Spanish. Applicable law: Swiss law.
- Coarbitrator appointed in two CAS disputes in relation to the organization of soccer leagues: Seat Lausanne. Language: Spanish. Applicable law: Swiss Law.
- Chairman appointed by the CAS in relation to a labor contract of a soccer player. Seat: Lausanne. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Mexican Law.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the CAS in relation to media rights. Seat Lausanne. Language: English. Applicable Law: Spanish
- Coarbitrator in a Amcham Peru Arbitration in relation to a shareholders agreement on a company related to a gold mine. Seat: Lima. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Peruvian Law.
- Coarbitrator in a case administered by the Court of Arbitration of Lima in relation to the construction of a photovoltaic plant. Seat. Lima. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Peruvian Law.
- Chairman appointed by the coarbitrators in a case administered by the Court of PUCP in relation to a concession agreement with a public state entity. Seat Lima. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Peruvian Law.
- Chairman appointed by the coarbitrators in a in a Madrid Court of Arbitration case in relation to a partnership agreement. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole Arbitrator in a Madrid Court of Arbitration case about the representations and warranties in the sale of a company. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Emergency arbitrator in a Madrid Court of Arbitration case in relation to the termination of several distributorship agreements. Seat in Madrid and Spanish language.
- Coarbitrator in a Madrid Court of Arbitration case in relation to a swap. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole Arbitrator in a Madrid Court of Arbitration case about the rental of petrol stations. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole arbitrator in a Madrid Court of Arbitration case in relation to the breach of a distributorship agreement. Seat in Madrid and Spanish language.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the Madrid Court of Arbitration in a dispute concerning the breach of a services agreement. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the Madrid Court of Arbitration in a dispute concerning a purchase agreement. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Coarbitrator in a dispute before the Spanish Court of Arbitration in a case related to a penalty clause in the real state sector. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Coarbitrator in a dispute before the Spanish Court of Arbitration in a case related to the breach of a services agreement in real state in relation to bankrupted companies. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole arbitrator in six Spanish Court of Arbitration cases in relation to the breach os supply agreements and subcontractor agreements.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the Spanish Court of Arbitration in a case related to the breach of an insurance agreement. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the Court of Arbitration of the Madrid Bar in relation to a dispute concerning the opening of a medical center. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole arbitrator appointed by the European Arbitration Association in a case related to the breach of a franchise agreement. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the European Arbitration Association in a case related to a leasing agreement. Seat: Valencia. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Sole Arbitrator appointed by the European Arbitration Association in a case related to the construction of a hotel. Seat: Madrid. Language: Spanish. Applicable Law: Spanish law.
- Counsel of a Latinamerican country in relation to a contract for the construction of submarines.
- Counsel of several investors in seven investment arbitrations against the Kingdom of Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty in the sector of renewable energies, conducted under the UNCITRAL Rules or ICSID Arbitration Rules. Technologies included photovoltaic, wind, thermal-solar and hydro power plants
- Counsel of an investor in an ICSID dispute arising out of the expropriation of assets in a Latinamerican country.
- Counsel of an electric company in an ICC case in relation to the construction of a power plant. Seat in Paris and French language.
- Counsel of a Spanish company in an ad hoc arbitration under the Swiss Rules of Arbitration in relation to the construction of solar power plants. Seat in Barcelona and French and Spanish languages.
- Counsel of a professional football player in an ICC arbitration in relation with the breach of a sponsorship agreement. Seat in Zurich and English language.
- Counsel of a Spanish company in three related ICC arbitrations involving European competition law. Seat in Paris and English language.
- Counsel in an arbitration under the Sao Paulo Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Rules in relation to a franchise and distribution agreement. Seat in Sao Paulo and Portuguese language.
- Secretary of the arbitral tribunal in an ICC case about the refurbishment of an hydro power plant. Seat in Geneva and English language.
- Secretary of tribunal in a CIMA arbitration related to the breach of a shareholders agreement.
- Ad hoc clerk in several CAS arbitrations related to anti-doping issues of sports professionals.
- Ad hoc clerk in the CAS case 2011/A/2625 Mohamed Bin Hammam v. FIFA (final award available on the website of the CAS).