Antolin Fernandez Antuna

Antolin Fernandez Antuna

Year of birth

1976

Nationality

  • Spanish

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish

Specializations

  • agency distribution franchising
  • commercial agreements in general
  • company law
  • competition
  • energy law
  • finance, banking
  • infrastructural projects
  • intellectual property law
  • media and new technologies
  • mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • mining
  • real estate, construction
  • renewables
  • telecommunications
  • transport

Professional certification

Arbitrator

Education

  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb);
  • State Tax Inspector (Cuerpo Superior de Inspectores de Hacienda del Estado);
  • Master’s Degree in Public Administration, Public Finance, Public Policy & Taxation (Law College, UNED University);
  • Diploma of High Specialization in International Taxation (IEF);
  • Accounting, Financial Statements Auditor by the Ministry of Economy (ROAC);
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Law (Law College, UNED University);
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics (School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University; Oviedo University).

Professional career

  • From 2019: Antuña & Partners, Arbitrator;
  • 2014-2018: Ministry of Justice, General Attorney’s Office, International Arbitration Counsel;
  • 2004-2013: Ministry of Economy and Public Finance, State Tax Agency, Tax Inspector.

Arbitration experience

  • Over 45 commercial and investment international arbitrations as counsel, legal expert or arbitrator.

Membership in organizations

  • International Chamber of Commerce, appointed as a Delegate to the Commission on Arbitration and ADR by the National Committee (Delegate to the ICC Commission);
  • Funcionario de carrera en excedencia del Cuerpo Superior de Inspectores de Hacienda del Estado (CSIHE);
  • Club Español del Arbitraje (CEA);
  • Club de Derecho de la Construcción y la Ingeniería (CDCI), Corresponding Society of the European Society of Construction Law (ESCL).

Publications

  1. Renewable Energy Investor-State Arbitration: Facts, Figures and Issues Overview, Arbitration Journal, May-June 2021, Russian Arbitration Association;
  2. Foreign Control, Ownership and Investment Arbitration, January 2021, Jus Mundi;
  3. Evidence in Investor-State Arbitration, September 2020, Jus Mundi.