Experience
ARBITRATOR
ICC Arbitration: Mexican compay vs Mexican company. Energy dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Mexican Law
Seat: Mexico city
Language: English
ICC Arbitration: Israelian company vs French company. Construction Dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Israelian Law
Seat: Tel Aviv
Language: English
ICC Arbitration: Middle East company vs Eastern Europe state owned railroad company. Construction and Infrastructures dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Rumanian Law
Seat: Paris
Language: English
ICC Arbitration: French and Mexican companies vs Spanish company. Construction and Energy dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
ICC Arbitration: French companies vs Latin American state. Infrastructure dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Ecuadorian Law
Sede: Santiago de Chile
Idioma: Español
ICC Arbitration: Spanish company vs Mexican company. Construction and Energy dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Mexican Law
Seat: Mexico D.F
Language: Spanish
ICC Arbitration: Luxemburgish company vs Spanish company. Maritime dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
ICC Arbitration: Dutch company vs Spanish company. Corporate and Competition law dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Dutch Law
Seat: Paris
Language: English
ICC Arbitration: French company vs Uruguayan company. Corporate dispute.
Emergency Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: English
ICC Arbitration: French company vs Swiss Company. Commercial damages dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: French Law
Seat: Paris
Language: English
ICC Arbitration: Guinean company vs. Spanish company. Consultancy agreement dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
ICC Arbitration: French company vs Swiss Company. Agency Agreement dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: French Law
Seat: Paris
Language: English
Ad-hoc Uncitral Arbitration: Spanish company vs stated owned company. Construction dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
CRC Arbitration : Dominican Republic Company vs. Virgin Islands company. M&A dispute in the energy sector.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Dominican Republic Law
Seat: Santo Domingo
Language: Spanish
CCL Arbitration: Peruvian company vs state owned company. Energy dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Peruvian
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
CCL Arbitration: Peruvian company vs state owned company. Infrastructures dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Peruvian
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
CCL Arbitration: Spanish joint venture vs state owned company. Infrastructures dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Peruvian
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
CCL Arbitration: Italian company vs Peruvian company. Joint Venture dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
CCL Arbitration: Peruvian company vs French and Peruvian companies. International Sales dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
CCL Arbitration: Peruvian company vs Peruvian company. Real state and damages dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
CCL Arbitration: Chilean company vs Peruvian company. Commercial dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
CCL Arbitration: Peruvian company vs Peruvian company. Commercial dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Arbitraje CCL: Peruvian company vs Peruvian company. Commercial dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Arbitraje CCL: Peruvian company vs Peruvian company. Commercial dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Amcham Perú Arbitration: Italian company vs Peruvian company. Distribution and pharmaceutical dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Arbitraje Amcham Perú: Peruvian company vs Peruvian company. M&A Dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Madrid Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs Spanish company. Banking dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Madrid Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs American company. Distribution agreement dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Madrid Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs Spanish company. Real State dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Madrid Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs Spanish company. M&A dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Spanish Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs. Spanish company. Construction dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Spanish Court of Arbitration: French Joint venture vs Stated owned company. Infrastructures dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Spanish Court of Arbitration: Luxemburgish and German company vs Spanish company. Distribution agreement dispute.
Co Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Spanish Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs. Spanish company. Infrastructure dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Spanish Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs. Spanish company. Construction dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Spanish Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs. Spanish company. Construction dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Spanish Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs. Spanish company. Infrastructure dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Barcelona Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs Spanish company. Banking dispute.
Co arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Barcelona Court of Arbitration: Spanish company vs Spanish company. Banking dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
COUNSEL
In addition to her main occupation as an independent arbitrator, Elena occasionally acts as co-counsel and consultant in relevant international arbitrations. She also renders legal expert reports and opinions.
As a counsel at Uría Menéndez, Elena represented companies and public entities in complex international arbitration disputes that arose in relation to different economic sectors. She also participated in many corporate and commercial litigation proceedings before the Spanish Courts (First Instance, Commercial, Courts of Appeal, Supreme Court, and Constitutional Court).
During her time at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Elena took part in several international commercial litigation cases before the New York and Los Angeles courts related to (i) the subprime banking crisis; (ii) internet television rights; and (iii) gas price review. Among other assignments, Elena handled requests for Discovery and E-discovery (document production & depositions), wrote briefs to the Courts and participated in jury selection processes.
Some of the most relevant arbitration cases are outlined below:
Consultant in a Lima Chamber of Commerce Arbitration (CCL) in relation to a construction dispute between a Peruvian company and a Spanish company.
Applicable Law: Peruvian Law
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Consultant in an ICC arbitration between a Spanish company and a Portuguese company in relation to an energy dispute.
Applicable Law: Portuguese Law
Seat: Lisbon
Language: English
Counsel in an ICC arbitration in relation to a corporate dispute (M&A) in the energy sector between an English company and a Spanish company.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Counsel in an ICC arbitration in relation to the construction of a combined cycle power plant, between a Spanish company and a Mexican stated owned company.
Applicable Law: Mexican Law
Seat: Paris
Language: Spanish
Counsel in an ICC arbitration in relation to a corporate dispute (M&A) in the hotel sector between an English company and a Spanish company.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Paris
Language: English
Counsel in an ICC arbitration in relation to an energy dispute between a Spanish company and an Italian company.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Paris
Language: English
Counsel in an ICC arbitration in relation to a commercial dispute in the entertainment sector between a Mexican company and a Spanish company.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: New York
Language: Spanish
Advisor in an ICDR arbitration in relation to an energy deputy between a US company and a Venezuelan state-owned company.
Applicable Law: New York
Seat: New York
Language: English
Counsel in a Madrid Court of Arbitration (CAM) case between a Spanish public company and a Danish company in relation to the construction of a vessel.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Counsel in a Madrid Court of Arbitration (CAM) case regarding a contractual dispute between two Spanish parties in relation to a pay per view television platform.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Counsel in a CIMA arbitration in relation to a corporate dispute (M&A) in the hospital sector between an English party and a Spanish party.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: English
Counsel in a CIMA arbitration between two Spanish parties, in relation to a corporate dispute (shareholders agreement) related to the entertainment sector.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
Counsel in a Spanish Court of Arbitration case between a Spanish public company and a Spanish company in relation to the construction of a vessel.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law
Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
AS SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE MADRID COURT OF ARBITRATION
Until December 2015 and for 8 years Elena held the position of Secretary General and General Counsel of the Madrid Court of Arbitration. During that time Elena supervised more than 1,000 domestic and international arbitrations and scrutinized more than 900 awards in a wide range of applicable jurisdictions, languages and laws.
AS TRIBUNAL SECRETARY
Secretary to the Tribunal in a Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB) case, in relation to a commercial dispute (the sale of industrial equipment) between a Japanese party and a Korean party.
Applicable Law: Korean
Seat: Seoul
Language: English
Secretary to the Tribunal in a CIAM Ecuador case, in relation to a telecommunications dispute between a Chilean investor and a State.
Applicable Law: Ecuadorian
Seat: Quito
Language: Spanish
Secretary to the Tribunal in a CCL case in relation to an energy dispute, between a Peruvian company and a state-owned company.
Applicable Law: Peruvian
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Secretary to the Tribunal in an ad hoc UNICTRAL case in relation to an infrastructure dispute, between a Peruvian company and a state-owned company.
Applicable Law: Peruvian
Seat: Washington
Language: Spanish
Secretary to the Tribunal in an ad hoc UNICTRAL case in relation to an energy dispute, between a Peruvian/Korean joint venture and a state-owned company.
Applicable Law: Peruvian
Seat: Lima
Language: Spanish
Secretary to the Tribunal in a Milan Court of Arbitration case in relation to commercial dispute, between a Saudi Arabian company and an Italian company.
Applicable Law: Italian
Seat: Milan
Language: English
Secretary to the Tribunal in an ICC arbitration in relation to corporate dispute in the pharmaceutical sector, between a Swiss company and 18 Latin American parties of different jurisdictions (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Uruguay and Venezuela).
Applicable Law: Argentinian
Seat: Zurich
Language: English
Secretary to the Tribunal in an ICC arbitration in relation to commercial dispute (the sale of military equipment and vehicles) between a Portuguese party and an Austrian party.
Applicable Law: Portuguese
Seat: Lisbon
Language: English
Secretary to the Tribunal in an ICC arbitration in relation to corporate dispute (M&A) between a Qatari party and a Spanish company.
Applicable Law: Spanish
Seat: Madrid
Language: English