Arantxa Cuadrado
Associate
Overview
Arantxa Cuadrado is a litigation attorney who focuses on international arbitration and is based in Holland & Knight's New York office. Ms. Cuadrado has handled commercial and investment arbitrations administered by the main arbitral institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and governed by the laws of common law and civil law jurisdictions. She assists clients in English, French and Spanish, and has experience in disputes involving the mining, pharmaceutical and transport sectors, among other industries.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Ms. Cuadrado trained at the international arbitration teams of two leading Swiss law firms where she was involved in commercial and investment arbitrations. She also worked as an ad honorem assistant at the United Nations' International Law Commission and as an intern at the United Nations' Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Representative Experience
- Represents a United Arab Emirates entity in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitration concerning a contract for the supply of liquefied natural gas in Mexico
- Represents a Mexican financial institution in a Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre arbitration, concerning the enforcement of a security interest
- Represented a European steel supplier in an ICC arbitration with a seat in Toronto, Canada, concerning a steel supply agreement for the construction of a submarine assembly building
- Represented a pharmaceutical company in an ICC arbitration with a seat in San Francisco, California, concerning a licensing agreement dispute under New York law
- Represented a Panamanian company in an ICDR arbitration with a seat in New York concerning breaches of a fuel supply agreement under New York law
- Represented a U.S. company advising on a potential UNCITRAL arbitration with a seat in New York related to the sale of a lubricant additive plant in Mexico and involving alleged breaches of a share sale agreement
- Represented a Latin American state in an ICSID arbitration under the CAFTA-DR concerning the mining sector
- Represented a coal company in an ICC arbitration among the shareholders in the concessionaire of a railway in Colombia
- Assisted in the representation of a Latin American state in an UNCITRAL arbitration arising out of the alleged termination of mining concessions*
* experience prior to Holland & Knight
- Represents a Spanish entity in an action to compel arbitration before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Represents a Delaware entity in an action to compel arbitration before the New York Supreme Court, County of New York
- Represents a U.S. entity in an action to vacate a default judgment confirming a foreign arbitration award issued in Geneva, Switzerland
- Represented a U.S. entity in a parallel litigation in New York and Delaware involving a membership interest purchase agreement
- Represented a Honduran company advising on a potential litigation against a Swiss company concerning breaches of a fuel supply agreement under New York law
Credentials
- Columbia Law School, LL.M.
- Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, M.A., International Law
- Universidad de Valencia, J.D., with honors
- New York
- Spain
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York
- All State Courts in New York
- New York International Arbitration Center, Program Committee, Secretary
- Club Español del Arbitraje
- LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)
- Swiss Arbitration Association
- Holland & Knight Pro Bono All-Star, 2019-2023
- Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Columbia University Law School, 2017
- Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law Recognition, Columbia University Law School, 2017
- Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies, Ramón Areces Foundation, 2011-2013
- Collaboration in University Departments Scholarship, Spanish Ministry of Education, 2010-2011
- Extraordinary Law Degree Award, Universidad de Valencia, 2011
- English
- French
- Spanish