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Mr José Páez Romero Spanish qualified lawyer and Solicitor (England & Wales); and Business Administration graduate

Job title: Lawyer (Founding partner)
Country: Spain

Membership type: Member membership
Primary branch: Europe
Disciplines: Arbitration

Personal bio

I became more directly involved in alternative dispute resolution and arbitration related work when I joined FIFA’s legal department in 2012. Ever since I havie acted as ad-hoc clerk and as counsel in the representation of claimants and defendants before de Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) in proceedings conducted in Spanish, English and French. Similarly, in commercial arbitration I have acted as secretary of the arbitral tribunal and assistant to several arbitrators based in Madrid, namely Miguel Ángel Fernández-Ballesteros and Clifford J. Hendel, both in national and international proceedings, to date in relation to disputes regarding energy, construction, corporate law, telecommunications, insurance and contract law, subject to Spanish law and foreign law and this in proceedings with seat in Spain and abroad. Furthermore, I have been appointed as arbitrator by Sport Resolutions and by the Madrid Court of Arbitration.