Profile
Solicitor (England & Wales). Lawyer (Spain). PhD in International Arbitration (University of Dundee). LLM in Shipping Law (University of Southampton). LLM in International Trade (Barcelona). Diplomat in Company Law (Barcelona). Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London). Fellow of The British Council and “La Caixa”. In the past, he was in-house Counsel of a shipping container line in Barcelona and of a Swiss trading house in Lausanne. He has lived and worked in England, Scotland, Switzerland and Spain. He is committed and dedicated to contentious activity and arbitration. He is also chief editor of the journal Arbitration Watch. He has published five books and articles in academia and specialized press. You will find more information in the CV further below.
Areas of Interest
International trade: sale of commodities, vegoils and soft commodities, biofuels, steel and crude. He has been involved in quality disputes and other matters concerning letters of credits, collaterals and securities, distribution and agency, etc. He acts in arbitration at Gafta, Fosfa, ICC, CAIP, RSA, etc.
Foreign direct investment: arbitration disputes between States and investors, advise on foreign direct investment strategies, as well as on conflicts governed by bilateral and multilateral investment treaties. Generally, matters of international economic law. He acts in arbitration at ICC, ICSID, LCIA and “ad hoc” arbitrations: Albert is an expert in the regimes of liability of states and state-owned enterprises in international law.
Transport: CMR disputes, charter-parties and bills of lading disputes, ship arrests, salvage, S&P, shipbuilding and repair, collisions, marine and cargo insurance, general average, and casualties in general. He acts in arbitration at LMAA, CAP, etc.
Languages
English, French, Spanish and Catalan
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Contact details
Email: albertbadia@aacni.com
