Track Record

CASES AS ARBITRATOR (2010-TODAY)

Eliseo Castineira has acted in numerous arbitration matters involving private entities, states and state-controlled entities in M&A, joint venture, construction (including FIDIC) and engineering (including Orgalime), energy and natural resources, distribution, automotive and pharmaceutical disputes, among others.

Mr Castineira’s cases have involved international conventions (e.g., CISG) and the substantive laws of the following jurisdictions: Algeria, Belgium, Brazil, California, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Libya, Macao, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia and United Arab Emirates.

Mr Castineira has acted as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, president of the arbitral tribunal and emergency arbitrator in numerous domestic and international institutional and ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) proceedings. In particular, Mr Castineira has acted as arbitrator under the rules of the following institutions: AFA (Association Française d’Arbitrage), CAIP (Chambre Arbitrale Internationale de Paris), CAM (Corte de Arbitraje de Madrid), CCB (Centro de Arbitraje y Conciliación de la Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá), CCJA (Cour Commune de Justice et d’Arbitrage de l’OHADA), CMAP (Centre de Médiation et d’Arbitrage de Paris), DIS (Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V.), GMAA (German Maritime Arbitration Association), ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) and SCC (Stockholm Chamber of Commerce).

English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German were used in Mr Castineira’s cases as a language of the arbitration or as a language in which evidence could be submitted without a translation.

Cases as Sole Arbitrator

1. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the sale of aircraft equipment between a French claimant and a Spanish respondent (AFA; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
2. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to an agency agreement in the aviation industry between a Spanish claimant and an Israeli respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Spanish law).
3. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the sale of drilling equipment between an Italian claimant and an Indian respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: CISG, Indian law).
4. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the distribution of food products between a French claimant and a Chinese respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Geneva; applicable law: law of Macao).
5. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the sale of solar panels between a German claimant and a Chinese respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Berlin; applicable law: CISG, Swiss law).
6. Sole Arbitrator in a dispute relating to shareholder agreement in the real estate sector between French parties (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law, amiable composition).
7. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the development, registration and marketing of pharmaceutical products between an English claimant and a Belgian respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Brussels; applicable law: Belgian law).
8. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the rehabilitation of railway lines between German, Austrian and Romanian claimants and a Romanian state-owned entity as respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Bucharest; applicable law: Romanian law).
9. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the design, construction and operation of food-processing industrial equipment between a U.S. claimant and a German respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: CISG, German law, California law).
10. Sole Arbitrator in a dispute relating to the distribution of clothing goods between French parties (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
11. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to a joint venture for the production of construction materials between a French claimant and a Polish respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Berlin; applicable law: French law).
12. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the design, construction and operation of plastics manufacturing equipment between a Tunisian claimant and a German respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: CISG).
13. Sole Arbitrator in a dispute relating to an agency agreement in the food industry between a Portuguese claimant and a Spanish respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Madrid; applicable law: Portuguese law).
14. Sole Arbitrator in a dispute relating to a joint venture for the design, construction and commissioning of a power station between a French claimant and an Italian respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
15. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the design, construction and commissioning of a railway line between Spanish members of a consortium (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
16. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to various share purchase agreements in connection with a real estate redevelopment between Spanish and Swedish claimants and a Dutch respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Dutch law).
17. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the design, construction and commissioning of a container terminal in a port in West Africa between a Portuguese claimant and a Spanish respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Lisbon; applicable law: Spanish law).
18. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the aluminium industry between a German claimant and a French respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
19. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the construction of a natural gas fuelled power station between a Spanish claimant and a Mozambican respondent (CAM; place of arbitration: Madrid; applicable law: Spanish law).
20. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the design, construction and commissioning of a telecommunications infrastructure between a German claimant and an international organisation as respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: confidential; applicable law: confidential).
21. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the aviation industry between a French claimant and a Thai respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
22. Sole Arbitrator in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the real estate industry between French parties (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French).
23. Sole arbitrator in a dispute relating to the construction of a metro line between European and Latin American claimants and a Latin American state-owned entity respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Latin America; applicable law: law of Latin American country).

Cases as Co-arbitrator

1. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the design, construction and commissioning of a power plant between a French claimant and a South Korean respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
2. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to a commercial agency agreement for the sale of magnetic and contactless passes and smart cards in the transport industry between a French claimant and a German respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Krefeld; applicable law: German law).
3. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in relation to turbines, pumping and leak detection systems between a German claimant and French and Italian respondents (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
4. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the trading of cement, rice and sugar between an Andorran claimant and a Guinean respondent (CAIP; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
5. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the sale of software systems between a German claimant and a Spanish respondent (DIS; place of arbitration: Munich; applicable law: German law).
6. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the distribution of electronic consumer goods between French parties (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
7. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the distribution of automobile parts between a French claimant and a Cameroonian respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Cameroonian law).
8. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to a service agreement for oil and gas exploration between a U.A.E. claimant and a Spanish respondent (CAIP; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Spanish law).
9. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the sale of oil exploration equipment between a Brazilian claimant and a French respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Brazilian law).
10. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the software industry between an Israeli claimant and a French respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Israeli law).
11. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to agreements for the sale of electric and mechanical measurement equipment in the oil and gas industry between a French claimant and a Latin American state-owned oil company and its Dutch subsidiary as respondents (ICC; place of arbitration: The Hague; applicable law: French law, Dutch law).
12. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to a power station between French parties (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
13. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the hotel industry between a French claimant and a Polish respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Polish law).
14. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the distribution of medical and hospital equipment between a Tunisian claimant and a Belgian respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
15. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the crash of an aircraft between various banks and insurers as claimants and an international aircraft manufacturer as respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
16. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the concession of various motorways between a Western European claimant and a Western European state-owned entity as respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: confidential; applicable law: confidential).
17. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the food processing industry between a German claimant and a French respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Geneva; applicable law: Swiss law).
18. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the sale of a business of aerospace and automotive products between French and U.S. claimants and French respondents (ICC; place of arbitration: London; applicable law: French law).
19. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the sale of a business in the automotive industry between a French claimant and a Spanish respondent (SCC; place of arbitration: Madrid; applicable law: Spanish law).
20. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to an agency relationship in the defence industry between a Chinese claimant and French, Cameroonian and Senegalese respondents (CMAP; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law)
21. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the construction of a hydropower plant between a Russian claimant and French, Brazilian and Chilean respondents (SCC; place of arbitration: Santiago de Chile; applicable law: Chilean law).
22. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to a distribution agreement in the healthcare industry between a Moroccan claimant and a French respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
23. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the construction of an educational building complex between a Colombian claimant and Columbian and Portuguese respondents (CCB; place of arbitration: Bogota; applicable law: Colombian law).
24. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the design, construction and commissioning of a power plant operating on the basis of electricity generated by sulfuric acid production facilities between a Spanish claimant and Moroccan respondents (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Moroccan law).
25. Co-arbitrator in a dispute relating to the construction of an oil platform between Dutch, Japanese and Singaporean claimants and a Brazilian respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Rio de Janeiro; applicable law: Brazilian law).
26. Co-arbitrator in a shareholder dispute in the food industry between Belgian, Dutch and Egyptian parties (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Egyptian law).

Cases as President of the Tribunal

1. President in a dispute relating to the sale of a real estate business between two French companies (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
2. President in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the billboard industry between French claimants and a Polish respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law, amiable composition).
3. President in a consolidated dispute relating to the design, construction and commissioning of a turn-key electricity plant with various Italian and Spanish companies (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Spanish law).
4. President in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the restaurant industry between two French companies (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law, amiable composition).
5. President in a dispute relating to the sale of automotive equipment between German and French claimants and an Ecuadorian respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Ecuadorian law).
6. President in a dispute relating to the sale of luxury goods between a Spanish claimant and an Italian respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Milan; applicable law: Italian law).
7. President in a dispute relating to the design and sale of a food-processing plant between a Belgian claimant and a Tunisian respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Tunisian law).
8. President in a dispute relating to civil engineering works in the mining industry between various entities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (CCJA; place of arbitration: Abidjan; applicable law: law of the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
9. President in a dispute relating to two agreements for the performance of electrical works for certain transmission lines and the delivery, engineering and installation of an electricity grid to supply pumping stations of water between various Belgian claimants and a North African public authority (ICC; place of arbitration: confidential; applicable law: confidential).
10. President in a dispute relating to the provision of flight data and monitoring systems and services in the airline industry between a French claimant and a Singaporean respondent (ad hoc UNCITRAL; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
11. President in a dispute relating to a consortium tasked with the design, construction and commissioning of a driver’s license and car registration management system for a national authority between a Moroccan claimant and a French respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French).
12. President in a dispute relating to the design, construction and commissioning of several biomass plants between a Spanish claimant and Portuguese respondents (ICC; place of arbitration: Lisbon; applicable law: Portuguese law).
13. President in a dispute relating to the sale and purchase of natural gas and liquefied natural gas between Spanish parties (ICC; place of arbitration: San Sebastián; applicable law: Spanish law).
14. President in a dispute relating to public road works between a Swiss claimant and an African state (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: law of African state).
15. President in a dispute relating to an EPC contract for a natural gas plant between several Mexican parties (ICC; place of arbitration: Mexico City; applicable law: Mexican law).
16. President in a dispute relating to consultancy agreements in relation to governmental services between a Senegalese claimant and French and Singaporean respondents (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
17. President in a shareholder dispute relating to the liquidation of a company in the construction industry between Colombian, Panamanian and North American parties (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Bogota; applicable law: Colombian law).
18. President in a dispute relating to the construction of a hospital between a Spanish claimant and a Columbian respondent (CCB; place of arbitration: Bogota; applicable law: Colombian law).

Cases as Emergency Arbitrator

1. Emergency arbitrator in a dispute involving a guarantee in relation to the supply of oil products between a Swiss Claimant and a state-owned Mauritanian company as respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Mauritanian law).
2. Emergency arbitrator in a dispute involving a guarantee in relation to the supply of gas between a Spanish claimant and a state-owned Algerian company as respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Algerian law).

CASES AS COUNSEL (1997-2002 AND 2010-TODAY)

1. Counsel (associate) in various settlements in arbitration matters involving debt restructuring in Europe and in the Middle East.
2. Counsel (associate) in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the drink industry between a French claimant and a Polish respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
3. Counsel (associate) in ICC award set-aside and enforcement proceedings between a French drink company and a Polish distributor.
4. Counsel or co-counsel in various mediations (ICC and ad hoc) and in pre-arbitration matters (including case assessments, pre-arbitration correspondence and settlement agreements in relation to agency, distribution, construction and engineering, shareholder and joint venture agreements).
5. Counsel in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the cocoa sector between a South African claimant and a French respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
6. Co-counsel in a dispute relating to a share purchase agreement in the packaging sector between French parties (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law).
7. Co-counsel in four disputes involving share purchase agreements between French claimants and various respondents in the Middle East and the United Arab Emirates (CRCICA, place of arbitration: Dubai; applicable law: law of the United Arab Emirates).
8. Co-counsel in a dispute relating to the sale of cement between a French claimant and an E.A.U. Respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Dubai; applicable law: law of the United Arab Emirates).
9. Co-counsel in a dispute relating to an agency agreement in the pharmaceutical sector between a Swiss claimant and Canadian and Middle Eastern respondents (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Swiss law).
10. Co-counsel in a dispute relating to an agency agreement in the travel industry in Mexico between a French claimant and a Mexican respondent (ad hoc; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Mexican law).
11. Counsel for the enforcement in France of an IFTA award rendered in California in the film industry between a U.S. claimant and a French respondent.
12. Co-counsel in a dispute relating to distribution and licence agreements in the sports apparel business between a French claimant and a Brazilian respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: French law, Brazilian law).
13. Co-counsel in a dispute relating to a distribution agreement in the electronic consumer goods sector between an Israeli claimant and a French respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: London; applicable law: English law).
14. Counsel in a dispute relating to a distribution agreement in the pharmaceutical sector between a Spanish claimant and an English respondent (ICC; place of arbitration: Paris; applicable law: Spanish law).