Experiencia y Casos | Ricardo Cuesta Arbitration

International experience in construction arbitration

Throughout my more than 35 years of professional experience, I have led and supervised more than 30 arbitration proceedings in construction matters in 7 different jurisdictions, with disputed values ranging from hundreds of thousands to several hundred million euros or dollars.

Case 1 · Madrid Court of Arbitration. Joint Venture members dispute in water treatment plant project. Value: undetermined.

Case 2 · Madrid Court of Arbitration. Constructor vs. developer. Claim for settlement of construction works and opposition to penalty claim for delays. Value: €0.7M | Counterclaim: €0.9M

Case 3 · Ad Hoc Arbitration. JV of constructors vs. concessionaire. Claims for cost overruns and price escalation. Value: €45M

Case 4 · Seville Chamber of Commerce Constructor vs. developer. Return of called bond and opposition to claim for loss of profits. Value: €0.3M | Counterclaim: €1.7M

Case 5 · Madrid Court of Arbitration Constructor vs. developer. Return of called bond and opposition to claim for damages. Value: €9M | Counterclaim: €6.4M

Case 6 · Madrid Court of Arbitration. Constructor vs. developer. Return of called bond and opposition to claim for damages. Value: €7.3M | Counterclaim: €33M

Case 7 · Madrid Court of Arbitration. Constructor vs. developer. Return of called bond and opposition to claim for damages. Value: €0.3M | Counterclaim: €33M

Case 8 · CIMA. Concessionaire vs. JV of constructors. Claim for construction defects in hospital building. Value: €9.8M

Case 9 · CIMA.Dispute between shareholders of a company. Value: €5M

Case 10 · CIMA. Dispute between Joint Venture partners. Value: €1.2M

Case 11 · Madrid Court of Arbitration. JV of constructors vs. public entity. Claim for damages due to lack of project definition and price escalation. Value: €80M

Case 12 · International Ad Hoc Arbitration. Constructor vs. Spain and another European State. Claim for rebalancing of a concession contract. Value: Undetermined

Case 1 · AAA. Engineering vs. Construction Company. Cost overruns due to scope modification in highway design in Florida. Value: USD 7M

Case 2 · AAA. Joint Venture of construction Companies vs. State Agency. Differing Site Condition in underwater tunnel. Value: USD 571M

Case 3 · AAA. Two Construction Companies. Breach of Joint Venture agreement — New York City subway section. Value: USD 91M | Counterclaim: USD 62M

Case 4 · AAA. Engineering vs. Construction Company. Payment of price in a dam construction contract. Value: USD 0.6M

Case 5 · AAA. Engineering vs. Joint Venture of Construction Companies. Payment for Bridge Project price. Value: USD 0.4M

Case 6 · AAA. Subcontractor vs. Construction Company. Payment for concrete supplied for a Florida highway. Value: USD 5M

Case 7 · AAA. Subcontractor vs. Construction Company. Damages due to work not included in the contract — Florida highway. Value: USD 2.5M

Case 8 · AAA. Subcontractor vs. Construction Company. Machine Capacity Deductions — Tunnel in Washington. Value: USD 3M

Case 1 · CCI. Construction Company vs. seller of shares of a listed company in Warsaw. Damages for breach of representations and warranties in a purchase and sale agreement. Value: €40.5M

Case 2 · Warsaw Chamber of Commerce. Construction Company vs. State Agency. Collection of work price and damages for wrongful termination of contract — dam construction. Value: €107M | Counterclaim: €34M

Case 1 · ICSID (under contract). Construction Company vs. State. Damages for delays in metro line construction. Value: USD 500M | Counterclaim: USD 713M

Case 2 · ICSID (under contract). Construction Company vs. State. Damages for delays in metro line construction. Value: USD 387M

Case 3 · ICSID (under contract). Construction Company vs. State. Payment for price revision in metro line construction. Value: USD 269M