Fernando Bañez

Dr. Bañez has experience in arbitration, litigation, regulatory, and market manipulation, particularly in finance, energy, and infrastructure projects. He has provided expert testimony before key arbitration venues and national courts.

Dr. Bañez has worked on projects related to a wide range of industries – including conventional and renewable energy power plants, electricity and gas networks, oil and gas, district heating, financial services, real estate, hospitality and transport – and he advises private and public sector clients on valuation, pricing, and regulatory matters in different geographies (Europe, America, Middle East, Africa, Oceania). He also has experience with large infrastructure projects and performing sophisticated commodity price analyses (oil, gas, carbon, electricity) and financial modeling.

He provided expert testimony in international arbitrations, national arbitrations, and Spanish litigations. Additionally, Dr. Bañez has contributed to expert reports on more than 40 international arbitrations on matters before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), and Spanish, English, US, and New Zealand courts.

Previously, Dr. Bañez worked as a researcher at Comillas Pontifical University (ICAI), where he obtained his PhD in engineering. His research focused on the functioning, regulation, and expansion of the power system. His academic work has appeared in scientific journals, including Energy, Applied Energy, and Electric Power Systems Research.