Pablo Marrodan Lázaro is an associate at the firm B. Cremades y Asociados, since March 2009.
Pablo holds a Law Degree from the Universidad de La Rioja and an L.L.M. Degree from Instituto de Empresa, Business School. He has a wealth of experience in corporate matters, litigation and arbitration.
Professional expecience
Corporate advisor
Generally, Pablo provides legal advice to individuals and domestic and international companies. In particular, he advises individuals and companies on corporate transactions (the incorporation of companies, capital increases, liquidation, etc.), analyses and drafts commercial contracts and issues legal opinions. He is also non-director secretary of the Board of Directors of several companies and performs the habitual tasks of Board Secretary. He has also, on occasion, participated in insolvency proceedings.
Litigation
Pablo has solid experience in the preparation and submission of all manner of procedural pleadings, claims and appeals acting either as legal director or under the legal direction of another lawyer. Of particular note is his participation in the defense of the interests of investors who lost their investment as a result of the resolution of Banco Popular Español (now Banco Santander, S.A.) adopted on 7 June 2017 by the Single Resolution Board (SRB). He has intervened both in legal proceedings (i) against Banco Popular, S.A. before the Spanish Courts and Tribunals, in all judicial instances (including the Constitutional Court), as well as (ii) against the SRB and the European Commission before the Court of Justice of the European Union, and (iii) against Spain before the European Court of Human Rights.
Arbitration
In Arbitration, Pablo has been involved in a number of commercial and investment protection arbitrations including:
- ICC national institutional Arbitration between an investment company and a Spanish bank (Official Secretary of the Arbitral Tribunal).
- ICC national institutional Arbitration between a leading Spanish insurance company and a Spanish savings bank (assistance to the Arbitral Tribunal).
- CIMA national institutional Arbitration between a Spanish savings bank and a Spanish bank (Official Secretary of the Arbitral Tribunal).
- ICC national institutional Arbitration between two construction companies (party counsel).
- CAM national institutional Arbitration between a start-up company and a multinational advanced mobile services company (party counsel).
- UNCITRAL ad hoc international arbitration between a bank and a State (party counsel).
Articles
- “La responsabilidad de los administradores en el concurso de acreedores: responsabilidad de la sociedad matriz como administrador de hecho” (“Administrator responsibility in insolvency proceedings: Head Office responsibility as de facto administrator”). This article was submitted for the José María Cervelló Award in 2009 (available at https://www.cremades.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/La-responsabilidad-de-los-administradores-en-el-concurso-acreedores-Pablo-Marrodan-Lazaro.pdf ).