About
Carlos specializes in complex and cross‑border litigation and international arbitration.
With more than a decade of experience, he has acted in a broad spectrum of contentious matters, including M&A and shareholder disputes, infrastructure and construction claims, product liability, technology‑driven conflicts, and antitrust damages litigation. His practice also includes advising and representing major multinational corporations and sovereign states in arbitration-related court proceedings, both in Spain and abroad.
Carlos is admitted to practice law in Spain. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Catalan, and has a basic knowledge of German.
Litigation
- Representing a global medical devices manufacturer in several product liability claims before Spanish civil and administrative courts and on the impact of related criminal proceedings.
- Representing a European private equity fund in a EUR 200 million post-M&A dispute in Spain.
- Representing a group of English football clubs in a range of commercial disputes in Spain.
- Representing a global technology multinational in Spanish administrative proceedings concerning the defense of its EUR 4 billion takeover of an affiliate.
- Advising and representing US tech companies in connection with consumer, product liability and antitrust damages litigation exposure in Spain.
Arbitration and arbitration-related litigation
- Representing a global mining corporation in Spanish recognition proceedings of an investment arbitration award worth over EUR 270 million.
- Advising a telecommunications conglomerate on its claims against a Latin American State under a bilateral investment treaty.
- Acting as arbitral secretary in a EUR 300 million CIMA arbitration concerning a failed joint venture in the hospitality sector between Arabian groups. Luxembourg law applied*.
- Representing a sovereign state in the global coordination of judicial and arbitral proceedings in Spain, France, the Netherlands and Luxembourg related to a claim worth over USD 32 billion*.
*Matters handled prior to joining Freshfields
Carlos Hernández
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