Antonio has been involved in complex arbitrations before the ICC and has handled actions for the annulment of arbitral awards and for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in Spain.

An Assistant Professor of Legal Philosophy at the University of Seville, Antonio is currently completing a joint Doctorate in Law at the Universities of Seville and Florence.

He holds a double degree in Law and Business Administration from the University of Seville and an LL.M. from IE Law School, where he was awarded the prize for the best student of the year. In 2019, the newspaper ABC de Sevilla selected Antonio as one of the ninety young Sevillians with the greatest projection.

Nicolás is an Associate Professor at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he teaches private international law, international arbitration and international business law. A prolific writer, he is the author of one of the first books published in Spain on investment arbitration. He was a member of the legal team that advised the Spanish government on the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

As a practicing lawyer, Nicolás was an intern at Schlüter in Bielefeld, Germany, and an associate at Freshfields and Garrigues in Madrid.

Nicolás holds an LL.M. in International Business Law from the LSE and a Doctorate in Law (with distinction) from the University of Navarra. He is fluent in Spanish, English, German, French and Russian.

Esther represents clients in commercial disputes through arbitration and litigation. She has also advised major Spanish banks in criminal matters, including landmark sanctions proceedings of high value and complexity. She also advises clients on cross-border risk mitigation, with a focus on intellectual property and insolvency matters. She is listed in Chambers and Leaders League and was awarded the Litigation Prize in the 2023 edition of the Lexology Client Choice Awards.

Esther teaches civil law at the University of Barcelona and is a frequent speaker and writer on civil and procedural matters. She is a member of the Spanish Arbitration and Ibero-American Club (CEIA) and holds an Executive Degree in International Commercial Arbitration from the ICC in collaboration with the Spanish Bar Association.

Ghazaleh has represented Iranian state-owned pharmaceutical and petrochemical companies in major arbitrations. She is also regularly appointed as an arbitrator at the Iran Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Center, having handled one of the largest cases involving an Iranian insurance company. She is the Secretary General of the Iranian branch of the European Court of Arbitration.

Ghazaleh teaches customs law in Iran and is completing her doctorate in law at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. She holds an LL.M. in Criminal Law from the same university and is completing an LL.M. at the American University in Washington, D.C.

She is a member of the Central Iranian Bar Association and a researcher at the Islamic Legislative Research Center. She speaks English, Farsi and Arabic.

A solicitor of the Law Society of England and Wales and a member of the Spanish Bar, Javier has extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional litigation involving fraud, directors’ and officers’ liability, trusts, asset tracing and cross-border insolvency involving the US, UK, Spain, Jersey, Switzerland, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Cyprus, Kuwait, Peru, Argentina and Mexico. His skills range from interviewing politically sensitive witnesses to negotiating discreet and confidential asset restitution with regulatory authorities.

Having developed his career in major international law firms and in-house legal departments of multinational companies in the UK, Belgium and Spain, Javier also provides strategic advice on risk assessment, commercial contract negotiations and strategic compliance, including international sanctions, for clients ranging from Tier 1 public companies to start-ups, individuals and families.

Jesús Salmerón began his career as a public prosecutor. He then founded his own law firm in Madrid. After a decade, he joined the construction company Isolux Corsán as in-house counsel, becoming Legal Director and leading a team of more than 30 professionals worldwide for over a decade. He then joined the construction company Duro Felguera as General Legal Director, leading a team of more than 20 professionals worldwide for almost another decade.

Jesús brings a unique flair for managing legal teams. He has managed and coordinated complex arbitrations administered by the ICC, the Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) and the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange Arbitration Court, among others, involving major construction projects.

Ajay Tyagi’s international dispute resolution expertise includes negotiation, mediation and arbitration in sectors such as infrastructure, power, oil & gas, cement, aviation, real estate, IT, pharmaceuticals and alcoholic beverages.

Ajay has advised clients from the US, Canada, UK, Spain, Israel, UAE, Maldives, Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Australia on M&A transactions, structuring of start-ups, private equity funds and joint ventures in India and abroad, and regulatory oversight and compliance in India.

Ajay is a member of the Bar Council of India, the Supreme Court Bar Association of India, the Delhi High Court Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He is also a licensed Foreign Legal Consultant in the State of New York.

Iurii (Yura) Zakaznov has experience in litigation and arbitration in the areas of corporate disputes and real estate.

Yura is a research assistant to Prof. de Benito and has published a paper on the instruments of shareholder lock-up. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in law at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow, Russia) on the suspension of shareholder voting rights.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Russian State University of Justice, an LL.M. in private law from the Higher School of Economics, and an LL.M. in international dispute resolution from IE Law School. He is a native Russian speaker and fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Layan is currently a researcher at the National CSR Fund (Majra) in the UAE, where she specializes in the partnership segment of the fund.

Layan holds a dual Bachelor of Laws degree from IE University (Madrid), with a focus on comparative law and a thesis on arbitration in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and from the University of Law (London), where she studied English common law. She also completed the Legal Practice Course, the premier post-graduate qualification to become a solicitor in England and Wales, and holds an LL.M. from The University of Law, where she was honored for her academic achievements. She is a native Arabic speaker.