Expertise and experience
Miguel has extensive experience as a lawyer and arbitrator in resolving commercial and investment protection disputes in a wide range of sectors.
- Agency
- Concessions
- Construction
- Defence
- Financial services
- Joint ventures
- M&A
- Oil and Gas
- Corporate disputes
- Power and energy
- Telecommunications
- Utilities
ARBITRATOR
Illustrative cases:
- ICC Arbitration: Mexican companies – Electrical energy dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable law: Mexican Law | Seat: Mexico City | Language: Spanish and English
- ICC Arbitration: Italian company vs Cuban state-owned company – Mining dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Cuban Law | Seat: Paris | Languages: Italian and Spanish
- ICC Arbitration: Dutch company vs Panamanian and Colombian companies – Dredging dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Panamanian Law | Seat: New York | Language: English
- ICC Arbitration: Austrian and German companies vs Romanian company – Hydroelectric dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Rumanian Law | Seat: Geneva | Language: English
- ICC Arbitration: Spanish company vs Spanish company – Engineering dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Madrid | Language: Spanish
- CEA Arbitration: Spanish companies – Service contract dispute.
President of the Tribunal
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Madrid | Language: Spanish
- CAM Arbitration: Spanish companies – Corporate dispute related to a large-scale urban development project.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable law: Spanish Law | Seat: Madrid | Language: Spanish
- ICC Arbitration: Greek company vs Romanian company – Road Infrastructure dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Romanian Law | Seat: Bucharest | Language: English
- CAM Arbitration: Spanish companies – Solar power plant dispute.
Sole Arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Madrid | Language: Spanish
- UNCITRAL Arbitration: British company vs consortium of German, French and Spanish companies – Telecommunications dispute.
Co-arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Geneva | Language: English
- ICC Arbitration: Swedish company vs Spanish company – Agency dispute.
Co-arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Madrid | Language: Spanish
- ICC Arbitration: French company vs Spanish investors – Company sale dispute.
Co-arbitrator
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Madrid | Language: English
COUNSEL
Illustrative cases:
- ICC Arbitration between a Spanish utility company and an Italian oil and gas company concerning a long-term contract for the supply of liquefied natural gas.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Paris | Language: English
- ICC Arbitration between a Spanish manufacturing company and a Chilean company concerning a turn-key contract in the Middle East.
Applicable Law: Italian Law | Seat: Paris | Language: English
- ICC Arbitration between a Spanish savings bank in financial distress and a Dutch company concerning their joint insurance business.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Madrid | Language: Spanish
- ICC Arbitration between a Spanish company and a Kenyan bank concerning bank guarantees.
Applicable Law: Kenyan Law | Seat: London | Language: English
- ICC Arbitration between a Spanish company and a UK company concerning the acquisition of an international group of companies.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Madrid | Language: English
- ICC Arbitration between a German company and a Latin American state-owned company concerning the overhaul of two ships.
Applicable Law: Venezuelan law| Seat: Madrid | Language: Spanish
- ICC Arbitration between a Spanish company and a French company concerning the sale and purchase of a Latin American utility company.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Geneva | Language: English
- LCIA Arbitration between a Spanish shipyard and a Mexican company concerning the overhauling of a sea platform.
Applicable Law: English Law | Seat: London | Language: English
- CAM Arbitrations between UK, USA, Luxembourg and Spanish funds and companies concerning a shareholders’ agreement on the control of an infrastructure company.
Applicable Law: Spanish Law | Seat: Madrid | Language: Spanish
- UNCITRAL Arbitration between Spanish companies and an Algerian oil and gas state-owned company concerning a natural gas megaproject.
Applicable Law: Algerian Law | Seat: Paris | Language: French
- ICSID Arbitration between a Spanish company and the Republic of Argentina concerning the expropriation of an affiliate company.
Applicable Law: International Law, Argentinean Law| Seat: Washington, D.C. | Language: Spanish
- ICSID Arbitration between a Spanish company and the Republic of Guatemala concerning the indirect expropriation of an electricity distribution company.
Applicable Law: International Law, Guatemalan Law| Seat: Washington, D.C. | Language: Spanish
EXPERT
Legal Opinions
As an expert, Miguel has given legal opinions regarding a variety of matters. Illustrative cases:
- Legal opinion on the international effects of Cuban expropriations on a worldwide trademark.
- Legal opinion on the law applicable to interest rate swaps involving several European jurisdictions.
- Legal opinion on the effects of Spanish insolvency proceedings on English arbitral proceedings regarding contractual liabilities of the insolvent debtor.
- Legal opinion on civil liability for maritime oil pollution resulting from an oil spill affecting several countries.
- Legal opinion on the validity of a financial set-off affecting collateral claims of a European banking institution on assets located in a Latin American country.
- Legal opinion concerning trusts and inheritance rights under Spanish law.
Adviser to the State
As an expert, Miguel has represented the Kingdom of Spain in the negotiation of international treaties and European legislation:
- The UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Good (Rome, 24 June 1995).
- The European Convention on Insolvency Proceedings.
- The EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings.
- The Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and Republic of Portugal to the 1980 Rome Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and to the Protocols on its interpretation by the Court of Justice.
- The Accession of the Republic of Austria, Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the 1968 Brussels Convention on International Jurisdiction and Enforcement of Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters and to the Protocol on its Interpretation by the Court of Justice.
As a permanent member of the Commercial Law Section of the Comisión General de Codificación, Miguel has been involved in the drafting of numerous legislative projects.
miguel.virgos@virgosarbitration.com
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Serrano 240 - Madrid 28016 - Spain
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