C/ Princesa, 61 28008 – Madrid (SPAIN) Mobile :34-630 085412

Panama cell. 507-68167475 jmalcantara@amya.es alcantara@amya.es

José M. Alcántara González

Personal data and

career

Born in Málaga (Spain), 22.1.44. Graduate in Law from the University of Madrid in 1968. Diploma on International Law of the Sea, University of Madrid, 1965. Social Sciences at the Leon XIII Institute, Madrid 1963-1966. Political Sciences at the Madrid University, 1966-1968. Fellowship course in Shipping & Shipbroking, City of London College, London, 1969-1970. Diploma in Shipping Law, University College, London, 1970-1971.

Languages

English: Proficiency Certificate. Honour Diploma from the British Chamber of Commerce in Spain. Official sworn translator by the Spanish Foreign Office.

French: Official sworn translator by the Spanish Foreign Office.

Law and

Consultancy

Practice

� Attorney in the practice of maritime law from1973 to 2012.

� Member of the Law Society of Madrid.

� Partner in the firm “Goñi, Alcántara & Co.”, Madrid

� Founder and Senior Partner in the firm "ABOGADOS MARITIMOS Y ASOCIADOS", and from 2000, in the firm “AMYA Abogados”, Madrid.

� Maritime Law advisor to the Spanish Government.

� Shipping Law Consultant in Panama.

� Member of the Foreign Advisory Board,Tulane University,New Orleans

� International Maritime Law Consultant based in Panama and Madrid.

� Founder and Manager of the international thinktank Marlaw .

Arbitration

� Past-Chairman of the International Maritime Conciliation and Mediation (IMCAM) Panel.

� Founder and Partner of ARBITRAMAR. Consultants.

� Maritime Arbitrator in Madrid.

� Arbitrator in the Madrid Arbitration Court, Chamber of Commerce. � Arbitrator in the ICC, Paris. � Panel arbitrator of the "Chambre Arbitrale Maritime", of Monaco. � Panel arbitrator at the International Court of Arbitration for Marine and Inland

Navigation at Gdynia (Poland). � Panel arbitrator at IMARCO "Asociación Española de Arbitraje Marítimo",

Madrid. � Supporting Member of the London Maritime Arbitrators Ass.,LMAA, London.

� Listed by LMAA as available for appointment in maritime disputes.

� Ex-President of the Mediterranean Maritime Arbitration Association, Genoa, Italy.

� Permanent arbitrator of the Regional Centre for Commercial Arbitration, El Cairo.

� Member of the Spanish Committee of Arbitration - ICC, Paris. � Ex-President of the Spanish Association of Maritime Arbitration - IMARCO. � Member of the GGC Commercial Arbitration Centre, Bahrain. � Member of the International Committee for ICMA.

� Panel arbitrator of the China Maritime Arbitration Commission (CMAC).

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� Arbitrator of CEAMAR (Montevideo).

� Panel arbitrator of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).

� Panel arbitrator of the Madrid Chamber of Trade.

� Panel arbitrator of the Madrid Law Association.

� Panel arbitrator of the Court “Consolat de Mar” , Barcelona.

� Arbitrator of the Maritime Arbitration Commission (MAK), Moscow.

� Arbitrator of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce.

� Arbitrator of the Spanish Bar Association,ICAM.

� Arbitrator of the German Maritime Arbitration Association (GMAA).

� Arbitrator at the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration, Malaysia.

� Arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce, Warsaw.

� Arbitrator of the Qatar International Centre of Arbitration

� Arbitrator of the Maritime Arbitration Commission at the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

� Arbitrator of the CECOMAP, Republic of Panama.

Others

qualifications and

duties in

connection with

maritime law

� Past Executive Councillor of the “Comité Maritime International” (CMI). � Titulary Member of the "Comité Maritime International" (C.M.I.). � Past President of the International Maritime Conciliation and Mediation

Panel (IMCAM Panel). � Past President of the Spanish Maritime Law Association (MLA). � Licensed Average Adjuster in Madrid. � Titulary Member of the "Association International des Dispacheurs

Europeennes" (A.I.D.E.), Antwerp. AIDE's Councillor for Spain. � President of the Spanish Association of Average Adjusters, Madrid from

1993 to 1999.

� Member of the "Institut du Droit des Transports", Rouen.

� Member of the Spanish Institute of Insurance Law, Madrid. � Member of the Committee of Environmental Law, Lawyers' Association of

Madrid. � Titulary Member of the Argentinean Maritime Law Association. � Member of the Spanish Committee of Maritime Transport - ICC, Paris. � President of the Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law for the period

1991-1994. � Member of the Board of Directors of the "Instituto Maritimo Español". � Honorary Member of the Panamanian Maritime Law Association. � Honorary Member of the Maritime Law Association of the Dominican

Republic. � Member of the Venezuelan Maritime Law Association. � Member of the International Multimodal Transport Association (IMMTA),

July 1994. � Ex-Vicepresident for Spain of the Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law. � Member of the Spanish Royal Navy League.

� Founder of MARLAW,Chairing meetings at Ithaki(Greece)and Ibiza (Spain).

� Founder of the “International Maritime Conciliation and Mediation Panel” (IMCAM Panel).

� Founder of the “European Maritime Law Summits” ,Cheering meetings at Benalmadena(Spain),Lisbon and Rome.

� Delegate for Spain at the U.N. International Conventions.

� Delegate for IIDM to the IMO MSC Committees and IMO Conventions.

� President of several ISC and CMI working groups.

� Member of the CMI Debate Group (blog).

� Listed among the 82 top lawyers in Spain for 2013 by the “Best Lawyers” publication(US). Number 1 in the field of Maritime Transport.

Teaching

experience

� Lecturer of Maritime Law at the "Instituto Maritimo Español", Madrid. � Lecturer of Maritime Law and Marine Insurance at the "Centro de Estudios

Comerciales" (CECO), Madrid. � Lecturer of Maritime Law and Marine Insurance at the "Camara de Industria

y Comercio", Madrid. � Member of the European Advisory Board, Faculty of Law, University of

Tulane, New Orleans, USA. � Professor "Honoris Causa" CDEP University, Santo Domingo, Dominican

Republic. � Lecturer at the IPEC (Valencia). � Lecturer of Maritime Law at the University of Barcelona, course of shipping

law.

� Professor at the International Executive Master’s Degree in Shipping Business & Port Management (online).

� Lecturer on Chartering and Carriage of Goods by Sea at the University of Havana, Cuba, April 2012.

� “Twinning Turkey: Seminar - United Nations Convention on International

Multimodal Transport of Goods”, Lecturer at this Seminar organized by the Merchant Marine General Directorate (Spain) in Ankara and Istanbul 6-11 May 2012.

� Practicum Professor for students through Training Agreements with

University of Comillas (Instituto Marítimo Español), University Carlos III, University of Deusto and Leonardo Da Vinci Programme.

� Lecturer on Arbitration at the USMA,Panama,May-June 2013. � Lecturer on Carriage of Goods by Sea,Universidad del Caribe

,Panama,May 2013. � Visiting Professor of Maritime Law in the University of Panama, from

August 2013 to February 2015.

� Lecturer on International Conventions relating to Carriage of Goods by Sea,Law Faculty,University of Havana,Cuba, March 2016.

� Lecturer in Training Maritime Mediation Programme ,Panama Law

Society,Panama,March 2016.

Speaker at the

following seminars

and conferences

� I Latin-American week on Prevention and Safety, Madrid, 11/1972. � Seminar on Maritime Law, Autonomous University of Madrid, 5/1975. � Seminar on Charterparties, Madrid, 4/1977. � Seminar on International Commercial Arbitration, Madrid, 12/1977. � Seminar on Tanker Chartering, Navacerrada, 5/1978. � Seminar on Oil Pollution from ships, Madrid, 6/1978. � I International Congress of Maritime Transport, Las Palmas, 6/1979. � Symposium on Environmental Law, Madrid, 6/1980. � Seminar on Marine Insurance, Madrid, 10/1980. � Seminar on Maritime Law, Bilbao, 3/1981. � V International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, New York, 10/1981. � Seminar on Charterparty Law, Madrid, 12/1981. � Seminar on New Cargo Insurance Policies, Madrid, 3/1982. � Colloquium over Marine Insurance (Cargo), Madrid, 6/1982. � Seminar on Maritime Law, Seville, 9/1982. � Course of Shipping Law, Madrid, 1/1983. � Seminar on Maritime Insurance, Madrid, 5/1983. � Seminar on Tanker chartering and Insurance, Madrid, 10/1983. � Colloquium on Time Charterparties, Madrid, 12/1983. � VI International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, Monaco, 10/83. � Course on Maritime Transport, Madrid, 1984. � Course of Foreign Trade, Madrid, 1984. � Seminar on Marine Insurance (Hull), Madrid 2/3-1984. � Seminar on Maritime Arbitration, Madrid, 2/1984. � Course on Shipping (Trade and Commerce), Madrid, 10/1984-3/1985. � Seminar on Carriage of Goods by Sea (The Hague-Visby Rules), Madrid,

4/85. � Colloquium over Salvage, Towage and assistance at sea, Gijon, 5/85. � I Seminar on Shipping Trade, Castellon, 6/1985. � II Seminar on Shipping Trade, Gijon, 6/85. � VII International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, Casablanca, 9/85.

� III Seminar on Shipping Trade, Gijon, 6/86. � I Colloquium over the Spanish Merchant Marine, UGT, Madrid, 10/86. � VIII International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, Madrid, 10/87. � ALAMAR General Assembly Meeting, Caracas, 4/88. � IBA Arbitration Seminar with the Soviet Lawyers Association, Moscow, 6/88. � IV Seminar on Shipping Trade, Gijon, 6/88. � Latin-American Seminar on Maritime Law, Cartagena (Colombia), 9/88. � Seminar on the Coasts and shorelines Act of 1988, Algeciras 2/89. � Seminar on Bareboat Charterparties - Comité Maritime International -

Knokke-Zoute (Belgium), 4/89. � Marine Insurance - First Course - Mare Nostrum, University of the Balearic

Islands, Palma de Mallorca, 4/89. � IX International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, Hamburg, 9/89. � Seminar on the Coast Act, I.M.E. - Madrid 1/90. � Seminar on Multimodal Transport, I.M.E. - Madrid, 5/90. � I Assembly of the Spanish-Portuguese-American Institute of Maritime Law,

Lisbon, 6/90. � Seminar on INCOTERMS 1990, CCI (Spanish Committee) - Madrid and

Barcelona 9/90. � Seminar on Marine Insurance and Arbitration, IMARCO-UNESPA, Madrid

12/90. � Presentation on "Maritime Liens and Mortgages", INSTITUTO HISPANO-

LUSO-AMERICANO DE DERECHO MARITIMO, Lisbon, 2/91. � Presentation on "Maritime Insurance Peculiarities", Insurance Professorship

MARE NOSTRUM, Baleares Islands University, Palma de Mallorca, 2/91. � Address to the COCATRAN on Maritime Law, Ministry of Transports,

Managua, Nicaragua, 3/91. � Conference session on Maritime Liens and Mortgages, Club Union,

Panama, 4/91. � Address to the Venezuelan Maritime Law Association on "The Law of

Charterparties in the 90", Caracas, 4/91. � Seminar on Maritime Oil Pollution, Gijón, 6/91. � Seminar on the Revision of the Law of Charterparties, IHLADM, Palma de

Mallorca, 6/91. � Presentation on "Maritime Law Trends", Petroleos Mexicanos, S.A., Mexico

D.F., 7/91.

� International Congress of the Union Internationale des Avocats, Mexico City,

7/91. � X International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators", Vancouver (Canada),

9/91. � Address on "The Hamburg Rules". Asociación de Navieros de Brasil

(SINDARMA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 9/91. � Presentation on "Maritime Courts and Salvage Proceedings in Spain".

Maritime Court of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 9/91. � Conference on "International Commercial Arbitration", Cairo 2/92. � Seminar on "International Maritime Arbitration", Lima (Peru), 4/92. � Paper on "Liner trade, UNCTAD Code of Conduct and EEC Regulations"

Seminar at University of Rosario, Bogota (Colombia), 4/92. � Presentation on "Maritime Law, an international science?". Universidad

Nacional Pedro Henriquez Ureña, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), 4/92.

� Paper on "Latest issues on Maritime Arbitration”, Mediterranean Maritime

Arbitrators Association, Seminar at Piraeus (Greece), 6/92. � Paper on "Strict blame versus unlimited liability", International Conference on

"Maritime Liability", Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law, Cadiz (Spain), 6/92.

� Presentation on "Multimodal Transport" - Club Union, Panama City,

Panama, 8/92. � Conference on "Marine insurance law" - Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá,

Colombia, 9/92. � Presentation on "port risks and international carriage of goods", Ministry of

Transports, Managua, Nicaragua, 9/92. � Paper on "The liability regime of the MTO (multimodal transport operator)

under the ICC/UNCTAD Rules and the Convention of 1980. Comparative analysis", INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION - 24th Biennial Conference, Cannes, 9/92.

� Paper on "Safe Ports", The Cairo-Alexandria Arbitration Conference - The

Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration, Cairo, 10/92. � Seminar on "Arbitration in the business framework", SUMMA INSTITUTE,

Madrid, 11/92. � Presentation on "The consignee’s position vis-à-vis the sea carrier", -

Asociación de Estudios Jurídicos Hipólito Herrera, Santo Domingo (RD), 2/93.

� Presentation on "Sea carrier liability. A historical evolution" - Club de

Ejecutivos, Santo Domingo (RD), 2/93. � Lecture on "Liability issues concerning maritime pollution from heavy oil" -

Colegio de Abogados, Santo Domingo (RD) 2/93.

� Seminar on "Marine Insurance and The Spanish Contract of Insurance Act",

IIDM, Madrid 3/93. � Conference on "The New Spanish State Ports and Merchant Marine Act",

Shipagents Association, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 4/93. � IIDM Delegate in the UNCTAD-IMO Conference on Maritime Liens and

Mortgages, Geneva - 4 & 5/93. � Lecture on "Jurisdiction and Arbitration on Maritime Affairs", Navy League,

Montevideo, Uruguay, 6/93. � Lecture on "Timecharter. Legal nature". 2nd International Conference on

"Charterparties, Carriage of Goods by Sea and Insurance. An Overall Perspective". Santo Doming (DR), 17-20 October, 1993.

� Lecture on "International Convention on the Arrest of Seagoing Ships,

1952", Vasquez Perrotta Lawfirm, Santo Domingo (RD), 15 October, 1993. � Presentation on "International MTO liability regimes and their projection

into the Latin American scenario”. 2nd Maritime World Conference & Exposition - PANAMA MARITIME II - Panama Maritime Law Association. Panama City (Republic of Panama) 2-4 February, 1994.

� Seminar on "Fishing Vessel Technology" - 20th Graduate School -

Polytechnic University of Madrid - 18/27 April, 1994. � BIMCO Seminar on Shipping Documents - Cámara de Comercio, Industria y

Navegación de Bilbao - 28 April, 1994. � Seminar on "Admiralty in an International Setting: London" - organized by

Tulane University - London, 10-11, May 1994. � 11th International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators - Hong Kong, 17/20 May,

1994. � Seminar on "Multimodal Transport" - PORTUARIA-94, Seville, May 1994. � Seminar organized by the Spanish Average Adjusters Association on "THE

STATUS OF THE GENERAL AVERAGE TODAY" - Madrid, 21-6-94. � Lecture on "The legal situation of the Shipagents under the Port Act 1992" -

Seminar "THE CANARY ISLANDS AND THEIR PORTS" organized by "Federación Canaria de Empresas Portuarias", Santa Cruz de Tenerife, July 1994.

� Presentation on "Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers. Legal Remedies". The First

International Conference on Maritime Crisis Management: The Aftermath of Maritime Disasters", organized by the Maritime Law Association of Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, 26-28 September, 1994. Singapore, 29-30 September, 1994.

� Lecture on "Seeking Security from Time Charterers" (Southern Europe).

INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION, 25th Biennial Conference, Melbourne, 9-14 October, 1994.

� Paper on "Maritime Liens and Ship Mortgages. The International Convention

of Geneva, May 1993". The International Conference on Maritime Law, organized by the SHANGHAI MARITIME UNIVERSITY. Shanghai, 11-14,

October, 1994. � Paper on "Sea Waybills and Bills of Lading". Colloquium on Chartering and

Ship Finance. UNCTAD/BIMCO, Santiago de Chile, 19-28 October, 1994. � Lecture on "The Schengen Agreement" - Conference about the Port of

Málaga, organized by AESDIMA - November, 1994. � Seminar on LEGISMAR Project for the harmonisation of maritime legislation

in Central America, Managua, 16-18 January, 1995. � AMYA's Informative Session in Barcelona - Lecture on "The Shipping Agent

in the new Ports Law of 1992 and the General Conditions", Barcelona, 2nd February, 1995.

� Paper on "The role of specialised institutions in international maritime

arbitration".- Maritime Conference, Barcelona, February 21-23, 1995. � Seminar on "The Hamburg Rules", organized by the Spanish MLA, Madrid,

23-24 March, 1995. � Lecture on "International Regulation on Multimodal Transport: current and

future solutions" - FORO AZUL 95 - Valencia, 3, 4 & 5 May, 1995. � Speaker at the Seminar on "Charterparty-Transport. A new Voyage Charter

Party", organized by INSTITUTO IBEROAMERICANO DE DERECHO MARITIMO, Madrid, 23 May 1995. Paper on "The New Gencon 94. Commentary".

� Paper on "The recent EC Regulation on the Shipping Consortia. Obligations

attaching to exemption". Seminar on "Dispute Resolution in the Shipping Consortia", organized by The Mediterranean Maritime Arbitration Association", Ravenna, 16-17 June, 1995.

� Attendance to the Fifth Annual Conference of the E.M.L.O. on "The Impact

of EC Policy and EC Law on the Maritime Sector". London, 6-7 October, 1995.

� 3rd International Conference of the I.I.D.M. on "Ports and Maritime Law"

held in Valparaíso (Chile) 4-7 November, 1995. Paper on "The position of the users in state-owned ports".

� One day Seminar at CEPSA premises in relation to "The HNS Convention".

Madrid, 18th January, 1996. � Presentation on "Cargo Claims Forum".3rd Maritime World Conference &

Exposition - PANAMA MARITIME III - Panama Maritime Law Association. Panama City (Republic of Panama) 7-9 February, 1996.

� Paper on “Paths to international maritime arbitration. From Cedric Barclay to

L.J. Mustill and beyond”. Twelfth Meeting of the International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators. Paris, 24-28 June, 1996.

� Lecture on “Uniform or network system: Some practical problems in

Multimodal Transport”. Seminar on Multimodal Transport in the Legal Reality of Today”. MMAA, Ravenna (Italy) 6-8 July, 1996.

� Paper on “Some reflections over the Brussels Convention of 1952 relating

to arrest of sea-going vessels and its amending process”. Second International Conference on Maritime Law in China, ICML II’96. Dalian

(China), 27-30 August 1996. � Paper on “Maritime Liens and Ship Mortgages. The International Convention

of Geneva, May 1993”. Maritime Arbitration Conference - Cairo Regional Centre for International Arbitration. September 30th-October 2nd, 1996.

� Paper on “Some reflections over the Brussels Convention of 1952 relating

to arrest of sea-going vessels and its amending process”. Maritime Arbitration Conference - Cairo Regional Centre for International Arbitration. September 30th-October 2nd, 1996.

� Paper on: “Liberalization, deregulation and privatization in the maritime

sector: Do these lead to a major competition?.” - International Conference on Shipping and Competition laws” - Spanish MLA, Seville, 17-20 November, 1996.

� Paper on: “Shipping Consortia in EU law.” - International Conference on

Shipping and Competition laws” - Spanish MLA, Seville, 17-20 November, 1996.

� Paper on “International Brussels Convention of 1952 relating to arrest of

sea-going vessels and International Geneva Convention of 1993 relating to Maritime Liens and Ship Mortgages”. II Forum “El Derecho Marítimo y del Mar” organized by “Comisionado para la Reforma y Modernización de la Justicia”, Santo Domingo, (Dominican Republic) 29-30 November, 1996.

� One-day seminar at CEPSA premises in relation to “Ecological Crimes”.

Madrid, 3rd December, 1996. � Presentation on “The new English Arbitration Act of 1996 and the maritime

arbitration”, Seminar organized by the Spanish Maritime Arbitration Association-IMARCO. Madrid, 5/97.

� Paper on “Maritime Arbitration in Madrid”. Seminar on Arbitration in

Maritime and Transport Disputes, organized by the IBA. Hamburg, 5/97. � 5th International Conference of the I.I.D.M. held in Cartagena de Indias

(Colombia) 19-24 October, 1997. Paper on "Some reflections over the Brussels Convention of 1952 relating to arrest of seagoing vessels and its amending process”.

� Lecture on “Legal Practical Aspects of the P&I Insurance”. One-day-Seminar

organized by ASS. SKULD. Madrid, 18 November, 1997. � Lecture on “Time Chartering” – University of Seville – Academic Year 1997-

1998. � Lecture on “Ports privatisation” - Port Authority of Vigo. January, 1998. � Lecture on “Methods of Payment and Credit Conditions” - Seminar

organized by The Spanish Maritime Institute on “The Bunker in Maritime Business”, Madrid, 21-23 April 1998.

� Lecture on “Marks to make the maritime arbitration more competitive”.-

International Conference on Arbitration and Maritime Law - Barcelona, 24-28 June, 1998.

� “The Law of Ship Financing in Spain” Lecture at Watson, Farley & Williams

law offices, London, September, 1998.

� Lecture on “Arbitration Clauses in Liner Bills of Lading” - The 3rd International Conference on Maritime Law organized by the China Maritime Law Association - Beijing, 21-24 September, 1998.

� Lecture on “The liability of the Ocean Carrier after the Hague Rules, the

Visby amendments, the Hamburg Rules and beyond” - The 3rd International Conference on Maritime Law organized by the China Maritime Law Association - Beijing, 21-24 September, 1998.

� “The law of Ship arrest (International and in Spain) - Lecture at COSCO

offices - Beijing, September 1998. � Presentation on "A Conduct Code for Vessels Classification Societies?”.-

PANAMA MARITIME IV - Panama Maritime Law Association. Panama City (Republic of Panama) 30/9-2/10 1998.

� 6th International Conference of the I.I.D.M. held in Cancun (Mexico) 30/11

to 4/12, 1998. Paper on "The ISM Code and its implications into the Private Maritime Law”.

� Presentation on “Coordination between Maritime Conventions. A

pathological survey”. Symposium “One Hundred years of work for the unification of maritime law”, organized by “Il Diritto Marittimo”, Genoa, 22-23 January 1999.

� Presentation on “European Maritime Law”. Conference of Maritime and Port

Law - Costa Rican Maritime Law Association. San José, Costa Rica, 8, 9 & 10 February 1999.

� Presentation on “Maritime Law. New Century’s Liabity Debate”. Conference

of Maritime and Port Law - Costa Rican Maritime Law Association. San José, Costa Rica, 8, 9 & 10 February 1999.

� Presentation on “Maritime Arbitration as a mechanism of conflicts resolution”

- Chamber of Commerce of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela), 12 February 1999. � Paper on “Revisiting the New York Convention of 1958” presented at ICMA

XIII - Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - 1-5 March, 1999.

� Paper on “Comparative review of the arbitration schemes available in the main maritime arbitration centres” presented at ICMA XIII - Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - 1-5 March, 1999.

� Paper on “Maritime Law before the new ports regime”, presented at “VII Jornadas de Derecho Marítimo”, organized by the University of the País Vasco - San Sebastián, 20/21 May 1999.

� Paper titled “Air Transport in the European Union”. – Seminar organized by the

Airlines Association of Costa Rica – San José de Costa Rica, 9-11 August 1999.

� Paper titled “The International Legal Regime of Fisheries in the background of recent international fishing disputes”. International Bar Association Conference – Barcelona 26 September-1 October, 1999

� Paper on “Several issues under question mark over the present search for uniformity of the laws on carriage of goods by sea”. Biennial Seminar organized by the Comité Maritime International and the Venezuelan Association of Maritime Law. – Isla de Margarita, Venezuela, 6-8 October, 1999.

� Paper titled “The Convention on Arrest of Ships, Geneve, 12th March

1999”. International Congress of Maritime Law held in Puerto Madryn (Argentine) 26-30 October 1999.

� Paper on “The future of General average in reference of Marine Insurance”, International Conference on Marine Insurance”, organized by the Institute of Maritime and Transport Law, University of Antwerp. Antwerp, 16-19 November, 1999.

� Paper on “INCOTERMS 2.000 and documentary practices” – Seminar on INCOTERMS 2000 organized by the ICC-Spanish Committee held in Madrid on 9/12/99.

� Paper on “Non-uniformity in the Law of Goods by Sea and Multimodal Transport”. - PANAMA MARITIME V - Panama Maritime Law Association. Panama City (Republic of Panama) 23/25 February, 2000.

� Lecture on “Harmonization of maritime regulations for Centroamerica” that

took place at COCATRAM offices, Panama City, 24th February 2000. � Lecture about the ERIKA’s wreck titled “Legal aspects and a short analysis

of the affected liabilities”. 1-day Seminar organized by INSTITUTO MARITIMO ESPAÑOL in Madrid, 29 March 2000.

� Paper on “The rule of RESTITUTIO IN INTEGRUM in the measure of damages under maritime tort and contract”. 4th International Conference on Maritime Law, Piraeus 6-9- June, 2001.

� “Analysis of the CMI project for an international instrument on Issues of Transport Law” (Consultation Paper) – European Colloquium on Maritime and Multimodal Transport Regulation, organized by the Spanish MLA. Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) 24-25 September 2001.

� Lecture on “Multimodal Transport and the CMI Project on Transports Law”. Colloquium on “International Multimodal Transport” organized by the Law Institute of the Transport of the Maritime, Aeronautical and Spatial Navigation held in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on 4th Mach, 2002.

� Lecture on “The new regime and Multimodal Transport”. European Colloquium on Maritime Law “The CMI/UNCITRAL cargo liability regime: Regulation for the 21st Century?” – Institute of Maritime Law, University of Southampton, 27-28 April, 2002.

� Lecture on “Freightforwarders in the ‘new economy’ grounded on the information technologies”. 2nd Conference FETEIA, Barcelona 6 & 7 June 2002.

� Lecture on “The Geneve Convention 1999 in relation with the Brussels Convention 1952. Comparative Analysis”. AEDM Seminar on Ship Arrest, Barcelona 18-19 June 2002.

� Paper on “Maritime navigation accidents today in relation with the protection of environment and marine insurance”. Seminar organized by the Association of Maritime Lawyers of Puerto Rico and Law Students of the Puerto Rico University and Interamerican University, 26-30 August, 2002.

� Paper on “Liens and charges with priority ranking over the mortgage in the Court sale of the vessel”. Maritime Conference on “Matriculation and Registration of Ships in Spain” organized by the Spanish Maritime Law Association at Puerto de la Cruz (Tenerife), 26-28 September 2002.

� Lecture on “The ‘Prestige’ disaster”, Pio XII University Hall, Madrid 13th

January 2003.

� Lecture on “Marine Contamination Prevention – Legal aspects” – Seminar “The PRESTIGE case – Legal considerations”, organized by the Spanish MLA in Vigo on 6th February 2003.

� “Maritime Security Debate” Round Table chaired by José M. Alcántara. 9th Conference on Maritime Law organized by the Basque Country University. San Sebastián, 22 and 23 May, 2003.

� "Maritime Security and human factor control. From ISM to ISPS". ISPS CODE. 1-day Seminar organized by AMYA LAWFIRM and CLYDE & CO. Madrid, 24 June, 2003.

� "The impact of the international regulations on Maritime Security over the Law of Limitation". Conference on Limitation of Liability in Maritime Law organized by the "Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Marítimo" in Madrid, 3 July 2003.

� Lecture on “Maritime security in the new century: from contractual freedom to maritime security”. 8th Iberoamerican Conference of Maritime Law organized by the IIDM, San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, 29 September – 2 October 2003.

� “The Freightforwarder and the shipagent in the logistic transport”. 1-day

Seminal on Maritime Law, organised by the Málaga Bar Association. 14 & 15 November 2003.

� “The impact of the new safety and security regulations in the current framework of private Marine Laws”, International “Maritime-Port Safety: technical and legal solutions”, organized by the Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law in Barcelona, 20 & 21 November, 2003.

� “Multimodal Transport. Present prospects regulations”. AMYA 2nd Seminar on “Maritime and legal subjects nowadays”, organized by AMYA LAW FIRM at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 15 December, 2003.

� Lecture on “The European shipping law and policy in the aftermath of the PRESTIGE. Commercial and regulatory implications. Reflections in Spain”. Presentation held in Piraeus, 18 February 2004.

� “International project. European Conception. International Law Questions. CMI Task”. Round-Table “Places of Refuge for vessels at shipwreck risk. The Spanish solution”, organized by the Spanish Law Maritime Association. Madrid, 20th April, 2004.

� “National and Local Authorities. Responsibilities in the protection area”. 1-day Seminar organized by the Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law on “Vessels protection and port installations. ISPS Code”. Madrid, 22 April 2004.

� Lecture on “Multiparty blame, forum shopping and arbitration” at the ICMA XV, London 26-30 April, 2004.

� “El tratamiento de la responsabilidad de Porteador y Cargador en el instrumento para el transporte puerta-puerta de UNCITRAL y CMI“ . I Congreso Internacional de Transporte: los retos del Transporte en el siglo XXI. Castellón, 4-6 Mayo 2004

� Discussion Member at the Session “Overview of the HNS Convention” during the 1-Day Seminal about the HNS Convention “Managing the Risk” organized by OCIMF, MARE FORUM and TOTAL, Barcelona, 19 May 2004.

� “Port Authorities in private law”. 1st National Conference “Port, Transport and Security”, organized by the Spanish Maritime Law Association, Valencia, 24-25 May 2004.

� “The European Union and Maritime Criminal Law”. 3rd European Colloquium on Maritime Law Research organised by the University of Bologna and the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law in Ravenna, 17-18 September 2004.

� “The use of the electronic record in the carriage of goods by sea (door to door)”. World conference PANAMA MARITIME VII, Panama 20-23 February 2005.

� “The guarantees of navegability and classification in the maritime transport insurance”, 2nd Conference on Maritime and Port Insurance organized by AON RE COLOMBIA in Cartagena de Indias, 10 & 11 March 2005.

� “Marine environment contamination and indemnity insurance covers. Places of refuge and crew sanctions”, 2nd Conference on Marine and Port Insurance organized by AON RE COLOMBIA. Cartagena de Indias, 10 & 11 March 2005.

� “Uniformity, harmonisation and coordination of international maritime laws”, International Coloquium IMARLAW 2005, Valencina de la Concepción (Seville), 7-12 April 2005.

� “The consequences of Ports congestion in charterparties and maritime transport”, One-day Seminal on “Ports Congestion” organized by the Comité de Dret Marítim de Catalunya, Barcelona, 4th May, 2005.

� “Spanish Maritime Law. Regulation current state”. Conference organized by the Canarian Committee of the Spanish Maritime Law Association, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 16 June 2005.

� Lecture on “The regime of Protection of Maritime Creditors under the Combined Scheme of the Geneva’s Conventions on Maritime Liens & Mortgages 1993 and Arrest of Vessels of 1999. Is it fair and effective?”. International Conference “The 60th Anniversary of the Victory and the United Nations in the Context of International Law” organized by the Association of International Law in Moscow, June 27-30, 2005.

� “The law on Oil Pollution after the PRESTIGE”, The Sixth International Maritime Law Conference, organized by the China Maritime Law Association in Xiamen (China), 26-29 October, 2005.

� “The user of the International Maritime Transport”. Round table organized by the IIDM in Madrid, 27 & 28 March, 2006

� “Places of Refuge”. Transport Insurance Forum, organized by AMYA ABOGADOS. Madrid, 25th April, 2006.

� “Maritime Law in ports. Port Law, ¿a new discipline?. 1st International Conference on Port Law. 26-28 April, 2006. Puerto Limón (Costa Rica).

� “The Port Authority in the private legislation. From Law 27/1992 to Law 48/2003 and the project to modify it”. 1 Day-Seminar on Port Law: New Port Legislation, organized by FEPORTS. Valencia, 21st June, 2006.

� “Arrest of ships - Concept”. Course “Bunker in the maritime business”, organized by the Instituto Marítimo Español . Madrid, 25-28 September 2006.

� “BUNKER contract. Terms of sale”. Course “Bunker in the maritime business”, organized by the Instituto Marítimo Español . Madrid, 25-28 September 2006.

� “Security at sea”. Exposition at the “1st European Maritime Lawyers Summit”, organized by AMYA at Benalmadena, 1-3 November, 2006.

� “Recycling of vessels”. XI Iberoamerican Conference of Transport, Maritime Security, Port Protection, Ports and Arbitration, organized by the IIDM. Santo Domingo (RD), 7-10 November, 2006.

� “Maritime Security in the 21st Century. From sea risks to men risks”. Master Paper developed at the XI Iberoamerican Conference of Transport, Maritime Security, Port Protection, Ports and Arbitration, organized by the IIDM. Santo Domingo (RD), 7-10 November, 2006.

� “Hydrocarbon illegal spillage at sea. Concept, classes, regulations, sanctions, responsibilities and contingency plans”. Conference about Hydrocarbons in Ports Installations” organized by the Institute for International Research. Madrid, 16 November 2006.

� The Liability of the International Terminal Operator (ITO). PANAMA MARITIME VIII, World Conference & Exhibition. Panama City, 4-7 February 2007.

� “Regulation of Maritime Transport. National and International approach”. Seminar “Sustainable challenges for goods transport logistics”, organizad by FITS in Barcelona, 14-15 March 2007.

� “The project of electronic document of transport in the UNCITRAL instrument and possible advantages”. Seminar “Sustainable challenges for goods transport logistics”, organized by FITS in Barcelona, 14-15 March 2007.

� “Multimodal Transport and the UNCITRAL instrument on Transport Law”.

IMMTA International Multimodal Transport Conference. Karachi, 3rd April, 2007.

� “Sharing information on Clients, Competition Law and practice as key factors

for encouraging quality shipping”. CMI/CMLA joint Symposium on Maritime Law. Dubrovnik, 10-12 May 2007.

� “The crisis of limitation” and “Recycling of ships” – MARLAW 2007- Ithaki,

Greece, 13 – 15 September 2007. � “Legal Framework for Sport Navigation” - Salón Náutico de Barcelona.

Barcelona, Spain, 8th November, 2007. � “Public Law and the Process of International Uniformity in Maritime Law”. XII

Congress / XX Aniversary IIDM (Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime law). Seville, Spain, 13 – 16 November 2007.

� “Liability of the Cargo Terminal Operator” - III INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT

CONGRESS. Castellón, Spain, Abril 2008. � “Multimodal Transport in Search of an international regulation” – 1st MIDDEL

EAST LOGISTICS & MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT CONFERENCE 2008 (IMMTA) , Amman, Jordan, 20 – 22 May 2008.

� “Quality Shipping” – CONGRESS OF SUBSTANDARDS ELEMENTS ON

MARITIME SECTOR – Gijón, Spain, 28 – 30 May 2008. � “The promotion of Quality Shipping” – 2nd EUROPEAN MARITIME LAWYERS

SUMMIT, Rome, Italy, 12 – 13 June 2008. � “Piracy at Sea. The case of Somalia” – International Conference / 40 years of

the International Maritime Law Association – St. Petersburg, 8-10 October, 2008.

� “UN Convention of carriage of goods by sea: a NEOCON instrument on the carrier’s responsibility” – XII Conference on Maritime Law organized by the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Marítimo, Montevideo 10-12 November 2008.

� “Arbitration and Mediation in shipbuilding and shiprepairing”, Seminar on the Contracts of Shipbuilding and Shiprepairs in the market today”, organized by AMYA ABOGADOS and the Asociación de Ingenieros Navales y Oceánicos de España, Madrid, 14 January 2009.

� “The choice of Panama as an international maritime and commercial arbitration centre. PANAMA MARITIME IX Conference, held in Panama City from 8 to 11 February 2009.

� “UNCITRAL Convention of Carriage of Goods. Highlights for its approval in 2009”. International Seminar Port and Maritime Responsibility, held at the University of San Buenaventura, Cartagena (Colombia), 13th February 2009.

� “Arbitration in maritime contracts of transport and charter”. International Seminar “Port and Maritime Responsibility”, held at the University of San Buenaventura, Cartagena (Colombia), 13th February 2009.

� “Effects on Shipping Construction”, Seminar ‘the Impact of the Financial Crisis in the Maritime Contracts’, organized by AMYA ABOGADOS and the Asociación de Ingenieros Navales y Oceánicos de España, Madrid, 26th May 2009.

� Who is a legal Carrier under a Bill of Lading?. 5th Annual International Conference “Practice of Maritime Business: Sharing Experience”. The basic theme: Bill of Lading in Progress, held in Odessa (Ukraine), 28-29 May, 2009.

� “The Rotterdam Rules”, MARLAW 2009, Ibiza (Spain), 16-19 September 2009.

� “Delay in arbitration”, ICMA XVII, Hamburg 4-9 October 2009.

� “Maritime Salvage and the refuge for vessels in state of danger in Spain”. 1-day Seminar “Maritime Salvage: Service to society and legal aspects”. Organized by “Ingenieros Navales y Oceanicos de España”, Gijón 29 October 2009.

� “The Insurers and the Rotterdam Rules”. XIV Conference of the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Marítimo, Punta del Este (Uruguay), 8-11 November 2009.

� “Motorways of the Sea”. XIV International Course Internacionales de Otoño. Jornada sobre las Autopistas del Mar, celebradas en la Universidad de Cádiz en Algeciras del 18 al 20 noviembre 2009.

� “Maritime Insurance and the Rotterdam Rules”, IV Conference Course on Maritime Law, organized by the Basque Government in collaboration with the Law Faculty, Basque Country University, 23 November 2009.

� “Mediation/Conciliation as a Tool in the Resolution of Maritime Disputes”. International Conference “Promoting Maritime Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution” organized by NIMASA and MAAN in Lagos (Nigeria), 27-28 April, 2010.

� The Draft of the New Spanish General Maritime Navigation Act discovers a contract for maritime transportation of goods called Chartering. International Maritime Law Conference: outstanding questions in the Iberoamerican field – Carlos III University, Getafe (Madrid) 6 & 7 May 2010.

� “Piracy and Law”, Summer Courses 2010, Rey Juan Carlos University, Aranjuez (Madrid), 14 July 2010.

� “The MT Operator” and “The Consignee” – Colloquium on Multimodal Transport of Goods” organized by IMMTA and MARLAW. Algeciras, Malaga and Marbella, 19-23 September 2010.

• “Jurisdictional Clauses in Ships Finance Contracts”. XV International Maritime Congress: “Total quality in the regulation of international maritime business” – IIDM, Panama 8-11 February, 2011.

• “Debt collection against vessels calling at Spanish ports”. Virtual seminar

organized by the Instituto Maritimo Español and Bureau Veritas Business School, Madrid, 7 October 2011.

• “The Rotterdam Rules and Spanish perspective of the European Union”.

International Conference on Logistics & Multimodal Transport, organized by IMMTA in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), 9-11 October 2011.

• “Port Law as a new discipline”. 8th International Meeting: Foreign Trade

and Foreign Investment”, organized by the “Unión Nacional de Juristas de Cuba” and the Faculty of Law of the University of La Habana. La Habana (Cuba), 17-19 October 2011.

• Round Table: “The future of the Arrest of Ships in Spain under the 1999

Convention”, organized by the University Carlos III, Madrid during the Seminar “Entry in force of the 1999 Convention on Arrest of Ships and its effects” held in Madrid on 28 October 2011.

• “Competition Law in the Spanish ports sector” – Port Finance International

Spain, Valencia 15 May 2012. � “La responsabilidad por vertidos de buques de hidrocarburos y/o sustancias

nocivas y peligrosas con resultado de contaminación del medio marino. Evolución internacional. Sentencias del “Erika” y “Prestige”. XVII CONGRESO “Un Derecho Marítimo para el Hombre, la Navegación y el Medio Ambiente” organizado por el XXV Aniversario del Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Marítimo. Río de Janeiro, 4 – 7 Noviembre 2012.

� Keynote speech on Registration of Ships,at APADEMAR meeting ,Panama ,March 2013.

� Papers on “Multimodal Transportation law”,Logistics Conference,Margarita Island,Venezuela,May 2013.

� Lecture on Multimodal Transportation of Goods,Universidad del Caribe,Panama April 2013.

� Lecturing in Seminar on Arbitration at USMA,Panama,May-June 2013.

� Lectures on Maritime Arbitration in the San Buenaventura University,Cartagena,Colombia,20-22 June 2013.

� Opening lecture on “Maritime casualties and unsafe laws”,USMA Students Annual Symposyum,Radisson Hotel,Panama,June 2013.

� Conference address on “The human factor in Shipping Trade” ,at the Panama University,August 2013.

� Lecture on “Conflict of law rules”,Office of RRVG,Panama,August 2013.

� Paper on “The regulations behind the transport chain”,Logistics Conference,Isla Margarita ,Venezuela,October 2013.

� Keynote speech on “Arbitration, a future in Panama?” at the Judicial School ,Panama,January 2014.

� Lecture on Maritime Arbitration ,University Sergio Arboleya,Santa Marta

,Colombia,March 2014.

� Lecture on International Maritime Conventions ,National University,Guayaquil, Ecuador,October 2014.

� Lecture on Marine Casualties, Law Faculty, University of Seville, Spain, November 2015.

� Lecture on The Rotterdam Rules , National University of Havana,Cuba, February 2016.

Publications

� “Jurisprudence and international arbitration awards”, Maritime Law

Yearbook, vol. I, Ed. Karpos, S.A., 1981. � “Jurisprudence and international arbitration awards”, Maritime Law

Yearbook, vol. II, Ed. Karpos, S.A., 1982. � "The Hague-Visby Rules and their international background". Review

"MARINA MERCANTE" - Empresa Nacional ELCANO - Madrid, April 1984. � "The Maritime Law Unification Process at the end of the 20th Century".

Review "REVISTA JURIDICA" PEMEX - Mexico, September/October 1990. � "Jurisdiction and Arbitration in the Hamburg Rules (I)". Review "OPINION" -

European Institute of Maritime Studies -November, 1991. � "Jurisdiction and Arbitration in the Hamburg Rules (II)". Review "OPINION" -

European Institute of Maritime Studies -December, 1991. � "The Hamburg Rules: An updated assessment". Review "DERECHO DE

LOS NEGOCIOS" - La Ley, Madrid - December, 1991. � "The Hamburg Rules at the time of their international force". Review

"REVISTA JURIDICA" - PEMEX, Mexico - November/December, 1992. � "The AEGEAN SEA accident at Corunna, sea or crew?" - Review

"AETINAPE" - Asociación Española de Titulados Náutico-Pesqueros - March 1993

� "Stowaways on board" - Review "AETINAPE" - Asociación Española de

Titulados Náuticos-Pesqueros - November 1993.

� "Maritime liens and ship mortgage. The International Convention of Geneve, May 1993" - Review "DERECHO DE LOS NEGOCIOS" - LA LEY, December, 1993.

� "An International panel of maritime arbitrators?" - JOURNAL OF

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Geneva, December 1994. � “A hazardous precedent for the Spanish Fishing Interests” - Revista

AETINAPE, Julio 1995. � "The recent EC Regulation on the Shipping Consortia: Obligations attaching

to exemption" - IMTA Bulletin, Fall 1995. � “A Short Primer on the International Convention on Maritime Liens and

Mortgages, 1993”. Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce. Vol. 27 No. 2, April 1996.

� “The responsibility of Pilots under the new regulations” - PRACTICOS DE

PUERTO - Year I, May 96. � “The role of the Arbitration Centres in the international maritime arbitration”.

Bulletin of the Argentinean Association of Surveyors and Naval Architects. Buenos Aires, June 1996.

� “Limit of Liability and Ship agents” - International Journal of Shipping Law -

LLP - Part 4, September 1996. � “Competition laws on the port services of loading, unloading, stowing and

unstowing operations”. Magazine TRANSPORTE XXI. Bilbao, November 1996.

� “A summary of the P&I Clubs’ covering” - ROTACION - Publication in 1997

confirmed. � “The Arbitration Centres Role in the International Maritime Arbitration” -

ATENEO DEL TRANSPORTE - March, 1997. � “Some reflections over the Brussels Convention of 1952 relating to arrest

of sea-going vessels and its amending process” - THE GEORGIA JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW - June, 1997.

� “Arrest of ships and the expounded troubles to the Port Authorities”. -

DIARIO DEL PUERTO - 19 June, 1997 � “Comité Maritime International’s Centennial” - TRANSPORTE XXI - July

1997. � “Spanish Law on Maritime Liens & Claim”, W. TETLEY’s “International

Conflicts of Law - Common, Civil and Maritime” - 2nd edition, July 1997. � “The new English Arbitration Act 1996 and the Maritime Arbitration” - LA

LEY, 29th August 1997. � “In favour of the shipping investment in Spain” - PROA A LA MAR, no.

134-1997. � “Privatization of Ports” - BULLETIN NO. 3 - IIDM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

- December 1997.

� “Transport Law”, a monograph on Spain, INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF LAWS, Kluwer Law International, 1998.Update edition in 2012.

� “The role of Arbitration in the Maritime Law” - Transporte XXI - 15 June

1998. � “Pilot’s Civil Liability” - Prácticos de Puerto, March, 1999 � “Maritime Law before the new ports regime”, “VII Jornadas de Derecho

Marítimo”, San Sebastián, 20/21 May 1999. � “Coordination Between Maritime Conventions. A Pathological Survey” –

Magazine IL DIRITTO MARITTIMO – Fasc. I – 1999.

� “The ISM Code and its implications in the Private Maritime Law”. Ingenieria Naval – June 1999.

� Paper titled “The International Legal Regime of Fisheries in the background of recent international fishing disputes”. International Bar Association Conference – Barcelona 26 September-1 October, 1999

� “The ISM Code and its implications in the Private Maritime Law”. “Venezuelan Maritime Review of Investigation and Graduate Degree” – Vol. 2 No. 2 – March-October, 1999. Caracas (Venezuela)

� “The lack of uniformity nowadays in the regulation of carriage of goods by sea and multimodal transport”. – Magazine “Derecho de los Negocios”, June 2000.

� “Arrest becomes harder” – Report on FAIRPLAY magazine – April 9, 2001.

� “Carriage of goods by sea and multimodal transport – In search of new convention” – Article published in SKULD newsletter’s BEACON. February 2002.

� “Defending vessels’ arrest in Spanish ports” – Article published in GARD NEWS no.165 – February/April 2002.

� “Freightforwarder’s liability. It cannot be transferred to Shipagents”. GOTCARGA no. 175 – September 2002.

� “The new regime and multimodal transport”. Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly. Part 3, August 2002.

� “The Royal Decree 9/2002”. “Il Diritto Marittimo” Magazine. Fasc. II – 2003.

� “Liability of Ship Classification Societies and its International Treatment”. The Latinamerican Maritime Magazine MARNews. No. 1. January 2004.

� “More speed, less haste”. The Maritime Advocate Magazine. No. 26, April 2004.

� “Negative Evidence. Places of refuge”. The Maritime Advocate Magazine. No. 28, October 2004.

� Will the Prestige sink the IOPC? – FAIRPLAY, 18th November, 2004 � “The Spanish ports before the EU proposal above port services”.

Cuadernos de Seguridad. December 2004. � “Draft Proposal of the Spanish Act of Maritime Navigation. Some

reflections and an assessment”, Derecho de los Negocios Magazine, July-August 2005.

� “Maritime Law” – IME News – Sept. 2005. � “Draft Proposal of the Spanish Act of Maritime Navigation. Some

reflections”, Il Diritto Marittimo. Fasc. III – 2005 (Nov. 05). � “The Shipper in the UNCITRAL draft instrument on Transport Law.

Implications for the International Transport by Road”, Book “Legal News of Transport by Road” in memoriam of Mr. F.M. Sánchez Gamborino. May 2006.

� The “OSTEDIJK” and its annoying fumes. “El País” 24th February 2007. � Why Spain is not yet a recognized arbitration International Forum?

Magazine Diario del Puerto, April 2007. � Supreme Court sends Shipagent back to XIX Century. Diario del Puerto,

19 February, 2008. � Liability of Shipagents. Diario Marítimas, 25 March, 2008. � Piracy at sea. Legaltoday.com, April 24th, 2008. � UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural

Heritage to regulate the search of marine “treasures”. “Diario Marítimas”, 26th January 2009.

� UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural

Heritage to regulate the search of marine “treasures”. “Legaltoday.com” on line, 9th February 2009.

� Capt. Mangouras in the European Court of Human Rights. Fairplay, 19th February 2009.

� The Spanish maritime nationalism again?, Derecho de los Negocios Magazine, Abril 2009.

� Article “In the 50 anniversary of the New York Convention 1958. Reform or superseding? Book “The New York Convention 1958. Recognition and Execution of Foreign Arbitration Sentences”. “Commercial Arbitration and Investment Arbitration” Collection, published by the “Instituto Peruano de Arbitrage”. Section “Spain” –– April 2009.

� Book “The Economy in the Maritime Sector”. Chapter 11, epigraph 11.1-11.6 “Legal Instruments of Maritime Business”. May 2009.

� “Gracias, Capitán”, article published in the magazine Transporte XXI, 15 September 2009.

� “The Rotterdam Rules. Prelude or Premonition?”. Cuadernos de Derecho Transnacional – Vol. 2 No. 1 – March 2010.

� United Nations Convention on the carriage of goods (wholly or partly) by sea: a NEOCON instrument on the Sea Carrier’s Responsibility –“Revista de Estudios Marítimos” published by the Argentinian Association of Maritime Law, No. 57 - March 2010 .

� “The Grand Liability Unified Theory” – Essays in Honour of Francesco Berlingieri – Vol. I. April 2010.

� “The Insurers under the Rotterdam Rules”. Revista de Derecho del Transporte – 2010 – No. 4.

� “Time Bar in Spain” published in the book “Time Bar in Insurance and Reinsurance: An International Comparison”, Clyde & Co. February 2011.

� Essay Prize 2011 “Arturo Ravina-Francisco Goñi” for his article “Justice

and Maritime Law. Latinamerican Institute of Maritime Law Conference held in Panamá, February 2011.

� “Más sobre el debate acerca de las Reglas de Rotterdam”. Megatrade

Magazine – no. 216 – March 2011. � Article “¿Nos indignamos un poquito?”, published in the magazine

TRANSPORTE XXI, 15 March 2011.

� “Modern Pathology of the Arbitration Clause” – Article published in the

book “The Arbitration Convention” Volume I, that is part of the Treaty of Arbitration Law, published by the Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, May 2011.

� “International regulation for carriage of goods by sea during the last 87 years: from The Hague to Rotterdam”. International Magazine “Foro de Derecho Mercantil”, Bogotá (Colombia). July-September 2011.

� “Transport Law in Spain”, book derived from the multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, edited by Kluwer Law International, June 2012.

� “The future of the freight forwarder and the law” – article published in the weekly magazine EL VIGIA, 9 July 2012.

� “Changing maritime legislation” – article published in the weekly magazine

EL VIGIA, 3 September 2012. � “El ‘Prestige’ y el desprestigio” – article published in the weekly magazine

EL VIGIA, 8 October 2012. � “Who’s guilty?” – article published in the weekly magazine EL VIGIA, 14

January 2013. � “Supply services under the Law 46.Nationalism or else?”APD Magazine,

May 2013. � “The odd case of the Chong Chon Gang in Panama” ,Martes Financiero,

Diario La Prensa,Panama,10 July 2013. � “The control over shares transfer under Law 41”,APD Magazine

,Panama,July 2013. � “The Judgment in the Prestige case.To no surprise”, EL VIGIA,11

September 2013. � “The Prestige,why we are not ready for another one?”.Naucher

Global,several dates December 2013. � “The conflict GUCP / ACP. A “mus” round of cards”.MEGATRADE,Buenos

Aires,20 January 2014.

� “The new Law no .131 on Arbitration for Panama” ,APADEMAR Newsletter,January 2014

� “Maritime Arbitration in Panama” book published by Portobello

Editor,February 2015.

� “International Conventions relating to Maritime Transport of goods and passengers”,Series International Maritime Conventions,Volume I,Edited by Instituto Maritimo Español(IME), Madrid,April 2016.

International

Connectivity

Business done with the following countries: France, Portugal, Germany, U.K, Ireland, Iceland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Slovenija, Croatia, Serbia, Italy, Greece, Russian Federation, Malta and Cyprus(Europe). Canada, United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perou, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile (America). Japan, China PRCP, Malaysia, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia,Qatar. Qatar, Dubai, Bahrein, Jordan, Siria, Israel, Turkey and Lebanon (Asia).

Australia and New Zealand (Australasia). Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Guinea (Conakry), Congo, Namibia and South Africa(Africa). Totalling: 74.

Associated Offices in:

Spain (Madrid, Vigo, Las Palmas, Valencia, Gijon), Lisbon, Paris, Rome, Piraeus, Cartagena (Colombia), Puerto Cabello (Venezuela), Panama,Valparaíso (Chile)

April 2016