Ignacio Madalena

Some representative examples of Ignacio's experience includes acting for:

• A Japanese investor in an ICSID arbitration against the Kingdom of Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty involving investments in the Spanish CSP sector.
• Guatemalan and Panamanian investors in ICSID arbitration proceedings against Honduras under the investment chapters of the DR-CAFTA and the Panama-Central America free trade agreements involving investments in different photovoltaic (PV) projects.
• The Republic of Albania in an ICSID arbitration involving claims by a German investor under the Germany-Albania bilateral investment treaty, in relation to a concession for the operation of a terminal in the Port of Durrës.
• The concessionaire in a dispute with the EPC contractor in an ICC arbitration in Geneva, in a dispute under Slovakian law arising out of road construction project in Bratislava.
• A French industrial group in a post-M&A dispute against a Spanish company, Spanish law, English language, in a claim brought under a Share Purchase Agreement before the Madrid Court of Arbitration.
• A Spanish telecommunications company in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Colombia pursuant to the Spain-Colombia BIT, in a dispute relating to a concession agreement for mobile telephone services.
• A sovereign state in proceedings before the Madrid High Court, defending the validity of an award on jurisdiction rendered in an UNCITRAL arbitration under a bilateral investment treaty.
• An infrastructure fund based on London in an ICC arbitration under Spanish law arising from a joint venture dispute over a photovoltaic project in Mexico.
• Multiple infrastructure funds and multinational corporations that invested in solar and wind-power generation projects in Spain, in multiple ICSID and UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings involving claims against the Kingdom of Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty, as a result of Spain's changes to the regulatory regime for renewable energy projects.*
• A group of international lenders, on the management and implications of a dispute between the borrower and a Latin American State, as a result of various legal, regulatory and judicial measures affecting a project for the development and operation of an airport.*
• An energy company based in Argentina, the respondent in an ICC arbitration in London, concerning a dispute under a joint operating agreement and a gas balancing agreement governed by English law, relating to a natural gas exploitation and production project in Argentina.*
• A US energy company and its Dutch subsidiary in multiple claims against the Republic of Kazakhstan under a bilateral investment treaty, the ECT and Kazakhstan's foreign investment law, arising out of a series of actions including fines and tariff restrictions imposed by Kazakh competition authorities and affecting the claimants' investments in a number of power-generation facilities and trading companies that held rights under long-term concessions with the Government.*
• A liquefied natural gas (LNG) producing company based in the Middle East in a dispute with a Spanish energy company regarding the price review provisions of a 25-year sales purchase agreement of LNG.*
• A Spanish contractor in claims against Honduras under a public works contract, in proceedings under the ICSID Convention.*

*Experience prior to joining White & Case LLP