Alberto Fernández Matía

Foreign Associate at Allen & Gledhill | Senior Associate at Uría Menéndez | Mediator | International Arbitration, Litigation and Global Dispute Resolution

Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

About

Six and a half years of experience at Uría Menéndez Abogados (Spain). I am currently on secondment at Allen & Gledhill (Singapore). My practice focuses in commercial arbitration, civil litigation, international litigation, investment arbitration, and dispute resolution (mediation, expert determination, dispute boards, etc.). I am an registered mediator in Spain. My experience includes working for Spanish and foreign firms, as well as sovereign States, in complex contentious matters related to oil & gas, construction, engineering, transport, commodities and renewable energies. My most relevant cases at Uría includes, inter alia: 1) Representing an East-Asian State in multiple judicial proceedings in Spain, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands arising from an 1878 agreement related to the cession of territories and sovereign rights in the north of Borneo, under which an ad hoc arbitration was initiated (in Madrid) for USD 32.2 billion. 2) Representing a Spanish company in an ad hoc arbitration against an Iranian SOE. 3) Representing a Spanish company in a judicial dispute worth more USD 19 million regarding a supply contract in Mexico. 4) Representing a Spanish company in a CIMA arbitration regarding a dispute over an anti-embarrassment clause, as well as in the subsequent annulment and enforcement proceedings of the award. 5) Representing a Latin-American State in enforcement proceedings in Spain related to commercial/investment awards. 6) Representing a Peruvian company in foreign award recognition/enforcement proceedings before the Spanish courts. 7) Representing a Spanish company in MIAC mediation proceedings in relation with a dispute derived of an ICC award. 8) Advising a Spanish company in the renegotiation of its sovereign debt with an African state. 9) Representing an American company in an ICC arbitration in relation with several agreements regarding Europe's plastic polymer markets. 10) Representing a Spanish company in an ICC arbitration against an Algerian SOE. 11) Representing a Saudi company in recognition proceedings in Spain of an ICC award. I have won the second edition of the ELSA Spain Moot Court Competition (ESMCC) (which dealt with maritime law) in 2019 and the XV Moot Madrid prize for the Best Arbitral Award in 2023. I have also recently coached the team of the Universidad CEU San Pablo at the 32nd edition of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. I usually act as a university teacher in the fields of my expertise. I am proficient in English, fluent in French, and have some knowledge of German.

Experience

  • Foreign Associate at Allen & Gledhill LLP
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    International arbitration and dispute resolution team. - Construction disputes. - Shipping disputes. - Commercial and corporate litigation disputes. - Internal investigations matters. - Pro bono in criminal law matters.

  • Uría Menéndez ()
    • Senior Associate
      Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos

      Arbitraje internacional, litigación internacional y Derecho procesal civil.

    • Associate
      Aug 2020 - Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Arbitraje internacional, litigación internacional y Derecho procesal civil.

    • Legal Trainee
      Sep 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr

      - Corporate, M&A y mercado de valores (6 meses). Equipo de Rafael Sebastián Quetglas. - Arbitraje internacional, litigación internacional y Derecho procesal civil (6 meses). - Organizador de la tercera edición del ESMCC, centrado en Derecho de Sociedades, contratos y arbitraje, en colaboración con ELSA Spain: http://elsa-spain.org/actividades/actividades-academicas/moot-court-competitions/esmcc-3rd-edition/

  • Profesor at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Profesor de la asignatura de "Litigación civil: fundamentos procesales e internacionales del ejercicio de la abogacía", en el Máster Universitario en Acceso a la Abogacía y a la Procura.

  • Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance (Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho y Finanzas) (8 yrs 6 mos)
    • Junior Fellow
      Nov 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

      Colaboración en distintos trabajos de investigación sobre Derecho y Finanzas, traducción/edición de libros jurídicos, actualización de obras recomendadas por el Instituto (en materia de Derecho de Sociedades, Concursal y regulación financiera) y revisión de working papers del Instituto.

    • Colaborador
      Feb 2018 - Nov 2022 · 4 yrs 10 mos

      Colaboración en distintos trabajos de investigación sobre Derecho y Finanzas, traducción/edición de libros jurídicos, actualización de obras recomendadas por el Instituto (en materia de Derecho de Sociedades, Concursal y regulación financiera) y revisión de working papers del Instituto.

  • Miembro at Nova Talent
    Dec 2018 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

    Miembro de la red de talento joven Nova Talent Spain.