Óscar Franco

Mr. Franco’s representative experience includes advising:

Commercial Litigation

• Spanish Real Estate company on litigation proceedings related to five construction agreements terminated by our client before the counterparty was declared insolvent
• Heavy machinery distributor on a dispute related to the termination of a construction contract
• Leading investment bank in civil proceedings related to various foreign exchange derivative transactions
• Spanish construction company from a claim filed by a US holding, based on the termination of negotiations concerning a potential acquisition of a group of companies located in Spain
• Power company on judicial proceedings related to its joint venture with a leading engineering company for the construction of a biomass energy plant in the north of Spain
• Spanish collecting society against a hotel chain claiming damages on the basis of an alleged anti-competitive behavior in the establishment of tariffs
• Global developer of gaming and hospitality projects on a claim against an urban development consultancy firm regarding the cancellation of a major leisure project which was going to be built in Madrid 
• Spanish listed IT company on judicial proceedings brought by a civil engineering group related to the client’s ownership of two Peruvian companies
• Japanese company on a dispute arising from the acquisition of a Portuguese manufacturer

Private Equity / Fund Litigation

• US private equity firm in a major dispute against a Spanish bank regarding a joint venture 
• Leading US fund on numerous litigation proceedings against the main debtors of its non-performing loans (NPL) portfolio
• Leading investment fund in all judicial proceedings related to their NPL portfolios, including foreclosure and mandatory insolvency proceedings

International Arbitration

• A property management company in an ICC arbitration related to a payment obligation derived from an SPA
• Major international pharmaceutical company in arbitration proceedings against a US corporation regarding the potential breach of a multi-million licensing agreement
• Spanish life sciences company in an ICC arbitration regarding the breach of licensing agreements for the supply of medicinal products in Belgium