Jesus Esparza Torrecilla - Wilhelm Merton-Zentrum

Jesus Esparza TorrecillaAssociateT: +44 (0) 20 7490 6644M: +44 (0) 7585 401 276E: jesus.esparza@pinsentmasons.comJesus is an Associate in the Construction Advisory and Disputes Group. He focuses his practiceon project support and on international dispute resolution in the construction and engineeringindustry.Key recent experience includes:Investment Arbitration – Advising a UK contractor in the proceedings filed against theRepublic of Poland for indirect expropriation of the economic rights arising from a contract forthe construction of a motorway.Investment Arbitration – Advising international investment funds in their claims against theKingdom of Spain for breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty due to change of legislation.Commercial Arbitration – Acting for a contractor in a multi party LCIA arbitration in Londonin relation to claims arising out of the design of oil and gas facilities in Russia. The contractwas subject to English law. IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration.Commercial Arbitration – Acting on behalf of an Italian contractor in an ICC arbitration filedagainst the Romanian authorities to settle the dispute arising from breach of the contract forthe construction of a motorway in Romania. The contract was subject to Romanian law.Commercial Arbitration – Acting on behalf of an Italian contractor in an EDF arbitration filedagainst the Tanzanian authorities to settle the dispute arising from breach of the contract forthe construction of a road financed by the European Development Fund. The contract wassubject to Tanzanian law.Commercial Arbitration – ICC arbitration in relation to disputes arising between contractorand subcontractor in connection with an EPC contract for the construction of a gas-firedcombined cycle electric generating plant located at Union Industrial Estate, La Brea, on theisland of Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The contract was subject to Englishlaw.Commercial Arbitration – Acting on behalf of a US corporation in an ICC Arbitration inrelation to disputes arising out of a joint venture agreement for the construction of a state-ofthe-arthospital in Doha. The contract was subject to Spanish law.Project Support – Advising Anglo American, one of the world's largest mining companies, onan Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) contract for a coppermining project in Peru.Pinsent Masons LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales (registered number: OC333653) authorised andregulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the appropriate regulatory body in the other jurisdictions in which it operates. Theword 'partner', used in relation to the LLP, refers to a member of the LLP or an employee or consultant of the LLP or any affiliated firmwho is a lawyer with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the members of the LLP, and of those non-members who aredesignated as partners, is displayed at the LLP's registered office: 30 Crown Place, London EC2A 4ES, United Kingdom.© Pinsent Masons LLP 2012

EducationLicenciado en Derecho, Universidad Complutense de Madrid – 2001 - 2006Graduate Level Course in Management and Accounting – 2005 - 2006LL.M. in Corporations, New York University (NYU) – 2008 - 2009QualifiedIlustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid, Spain, 2006Admitted as an Attorney and Counsellor at Law in the State of New York, 2011Registered European Lawyer (Solicitors Regulation Authority), 2012CareerCuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira, Spain – 2006 - 2010Allen & Overy, Spain – 2010 - 2012Pinsent Masons, London – 2012 to datePinsent Masons LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales (registered number: OC333653) authorised andregulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the appropriate regulatory body in the other jurisdictions in which it operates. Theword 'partner', used in relation to the LLP, refers to a member of the LLP or an employee or consultant of the LLP or any affiliated firmwho is a lawyer with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the members of the LLP, and of those non-members who aredesignated as partners, is displayed at the LLP's registered office: 30 Crown Place, London EC2A 4ES, United Kingdom.© Pinsent Masons LLP 2012