Fernando Bañez

Dr. Bañez has experience in arbitration, regulatory, finance, and market manipulation projects, particularly in the energy sector. 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, oil and gas, district heating, financial services, real estate, hospitality, and transport. He advises private and public sector clients on valuation, pricing, and regulatory matters in different geographies spanning Europe, North and South America, the Middle East, Africa, and Oceania. Dr. Bañez also has experience performing sophisticated electricity price and financial modeling.

He has provided expert testimony for arbitrations and Spanish litigations amounting to damages claims of more than €1.5 billion. Additionally, Dr. Bañez has contributed to expert reports on multiple 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.

Prior to joining Brattle, Dr. Bañez worked as a researcher at Comillas Pontifical University (ICAI), where he obtained his PhD in engineering. His research focused on the functioning and regulation of the power system and the expansion of the transmission network. His work has appeared in scientific journals, including Energy and Applied Energy.