Bingen Amezaga
Of Counsel at MGC, Bingen is admitted to the Paris, Madrid and Caracas Bars and has more than 17 years of experience in international arbitration.
Prior to assuming his position at MGC, Bingen headed the international arbitration practice of DS Avocats in Paris and before that, he worked in the international arbitration practice of Dechert LLP and Castaldi Mourre & Partners.
Bingen assists his clients, private companies and public entities, in international arbitrations before major arbitral institutions involving various sectors and industries, in particular in the international trade, energy and construction sectors.
Bingen regularly acts as arbitrator, acting as presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator and emergency arbitrator, in proceedings, subject to various procedural rules and national laws, in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish.
As counsel, arbitrator, or administrative secretary of renowned arbitrators, Bingen has had the opportunity to participate in more than 60 international arbitrations, commercial and investment, institutional and ad hoc, relating to various industries and dealing with many different legal issues.
Bingen is actively involved in associative and academic activities in the field of international arbitration. He was president of the French section of the Club Español del Arbitraje (CEA) and is a member of several associations and groups specialized in international arbitration, such as ICC Spain, ICC France, ICC Brazil, the Comité français de l’arbitrage (CFA), CEA, the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the ICC Latin American Group, the board of the LatAmArb youth group and the Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem (CBAr).
He is the author of numerous publications on international arbitration, was editor of the publication Panorama Francés de Arbitraje in the Spain Arbitration Review for several years and is currently on the editorial board of Arbitraje, Revista de Arbitraje Comercial y de Inversión.
Bingen works in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.
AS ARBITRATOR
ICC ARBITRATION
Sole Arbitrator
Italian company vs two Portuguese companies – Master Franchise Agreement
Applicable Law: Spanish
Law Seat: Paris
Language: French
ICC ARBITRATION
Co Arbitrator
Spanish company vs Venezuelan state-owned company – International sales
Applicable Law: Dutch
Law Seat: The Hague
Language: English
ICC ARBITRATION
President
Belgian company vs Cameroonian state-owned company – Infrastructure project – taxation
Applicable Law: Cameroonian
Law Seat: Paris
Language: French
ICC ARBITRATION
President
Maltese companies vs Tunisian individuals – M & A – IT
Applicable Law: Tunisian
Law Seat: Tunis
Language: French
ICC ARBITRATION
President
Peruvian individual vs. Peruvian individual and Panamanian trust. Trust agreement
Applicable Law: Panamanian
Law Seat: Mexico City
Language: Spanish
ICC ARBITRATION
Sole Arbitrator
Portuguese company vs. Brazilian company. International sales – Shipbuilding
Applicable Law: Swiss
Law Seat: Paris
Language: Portuguese
ICC ARBITRATION
Emergency Arbitrator
French company vs. Panamanian company. Joint venture – Distribution and sales
Applicable Law: French
Law Seat: Paris
Language: English
CIAM ARBITRATION
Sole Arbitrator
Spanish company vs Nicaraguan individual. Public procurement – Agency
Applicable Law: Spanish
Law Seat: Madrid
Language: Spanish
DELOS Dispute Resolution Arbitration Sole Arbitrator French company vs. Guinean state-owned company – IT services contract
Applicable Law: French
Law Seat: Paris
Language: French
AS COUNSEL
Counsel in a pre-arbitration case arising from a FIDIC contract between a French company and a Danish company concerning the construction of a chemical processing facility in Denmark
Applicable Law: Belgian
Law Seat: Brussels
Language: English
Counsel in an ICC arbitration between an Indian company and a Bolivian state-owned company arising from the joint exploitation of a mining project in Bolivia.
Applicable Law: Bolivian
Law Seat: Santa Cruz de la sierra
Language: Spanish
Counsel in a PCA-UNCITRAL arbitration, between a US company and an Ecuadorian state-owned company arising from a contract for the exploration and exploitation of a petroleum field in Ecuador.
Applicable Law: Ecuadorian
Law Seat: Santiago de Chile
Language: Spanish
Counsel in an ICC arbitration in relation to a finance agreement between a Portuguese Bank and a Brazilian construction company.
Applicable Law: French
Law Seat: Paris
Language: English
Counsel in an ICC commercial arbitration between an Italian company and a Spanish company relating to a gas liquification plant in the middle east.
Applicable Law: Swiss
Law Seat: Geneva
Language: English
Counsel in an ICC arbitration between a French company and a Brazilian company in relation to a commercial dispute arising out of a financing agreement for the construction of a packaging plant in Brazil.
Applicable Law: French
Law Seat: Paris
Language: English
Counsel in an ad hoc arbitration between an Italian company and a French company arising out of a joint venture agreement in the food industry.
Applicable Law: French
Law Seat: Paris
Language: English
Commentary on French case law in 2021, Arbitraje. Revista de Arbitraje Comercial y de Inversiones, Ed. Aranzadi, (to be published).
Mesures provisoires et conservatoires en Arbitrage International (with A. Mourre), Jurisclasseur, fasc. Nº780, Ed. Lexis Nexis.
L’instance arbitrale (with A. Mourre), Jurisclasseur, fasc. Nº775, Ed. Lexis Nexis.
Commentary on French case law in 2020, Arbitraje. Revista de Arbitraje Comercial y de Inversiones, Ed. Aranzadi, Vol. XII, 2021(1).
Aplicação da Convenção Internacional de Compra e venda de Mercadorias na arbitragem, in A evolução do direito no século XXI (with A. Mourre) (to be published).
Commentary on article V of the New York Convention (with A. Mourre) in El Arbitraje Comercial Internacional: Estudio de la Convención de Nueva York, Ed. Tirant lo Blanch, 2022.
Commentary on the case Tesco v. Neoelectra in Panorama de Jurisprudencia Francesa/French Case Law Review, Kluwer, Spain Arbitration Review, No. 19/2014.
Los deberes de imparcialidad e independencia y la obligación de revelación en Francia, últimos desarrollos, in Anuario Latinoamericano de Arbitraje, Ed. Instituto Peruano de Arbitraje, 3rd Edition, 2014.
Commentary on the “INSERM” judgment of the French Tribunal de Conflits, 17 May 2010, in Panorama de Jurisprudencia Francesa/French Case Law Review, Kluwer, Spain Arbitration Review, No. 15/2012.
Commentary on Article 17 of the New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, (with A. Mourre) in Nuevo Reglamento CNUDMI Anotado y Comentado, Ed. Legis, (2011).
La competencia del juez de apoyo francés, en particular, en caso de denegación de justicia. El Nuevo artículo 1505 del Código Procesal Civil, (with A. Mourre), Kluwer, Spain Arbitration Review, No. 11/2011.
Webinar “Arbitration in the Greater China Region”, organized by the Société de législation comparée and the Ecole de Formation du Barreau de Paris, 15 June 2021, Paris-Taiwan-Shanghai-Singapore.
“El árbitro de emergencia, desarrollos recientes”, XV International Congress of the Peruvian Arbitration Institute (IPA), 6 November 2020, Lima, Peru.
“The importance of properly selecting the arbitrator”, lecture in the international arbitration specialization program of the Universidad del Pacífico/Amcham Peru, 10 October 2020, Lima, Peru.
“Arbitrage International et Force Majeure : comment tirer parti des procédures de rejet anticipé des arguments infondés”, webinar organized by DS Avocats, 17 June 2020.
Regards croisés franco-espagnols sur les bonnes pratiques en arbitrage international, organized by the Club Español del Arbitraje and the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (organizer and director), Paris, France, 27 -28 February 2020.
“El deber de buena fe en el arbitraje”, IX Congress of Central American Arbitration Centers, 26-27 September 2019, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
“La obligación de independencia y el deber de revelación en Francia”, I International Congress of Commercial and Investment Arbitration, 21-22 August 2019, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
“Emerging Technologies and Arbitration”, chair of the panel, XIII International Congress of the Peruvian Arbitration Institute, 25-27 April 2019, Lima, Peru.
“Arbitration seats in Latina America” / “Third Party Funding in Latin America”, ICDR Y&I event, 25 October 2018, Paris France.
Regards croisés franco-espagnols sur la relation entre le juge et l’arbitrage, organized by the Club Español del Arbitraje and the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (organizer and director), 1-2 February 2018, Paris, France.
“Arbitragem envolvendo Estados ou entidades públicas”, in Conferência Arbitragem ICC, 30 May 2017, Luanda, Angola.
“El (difícil) Rol de Abogado Asistente (second chair) y sus desafíos”, chair of the panel, CEA -40 event, 23 February 2017, Madrid, Spain.
“Recommendations for an effective arbitration in the oil & gas industry”, ICDR Y&I event during the 1st International Congress of Energy Arbitration, 23 May 2016, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
“Actualités : Le recours en annulation en France”, in Regards croisés franco-espagnols, organized by the Club Español del Arbitraje and the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage, 18 February 2016, Paris, France.
“La resolución de disputas en el Proyecto del TTIP”, speech given at the Universidad CEU San Pablo, during the Madrid Arbitration Week, July 2015, Madrid, Spain.
“El rol del secretario administrativo”, in Regards croisés franco-espagnols organized by the Club Español del Arbitraje and the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage, 28 November 2014, Madrid, Spain.
“Corruption as a jurisdictional objection in investment arbitration”, Debate on corruption in international arbitration organized by the Swiss section of the CEA, 16 March 2014, Switzerland.
“Cláusula de la Nación Más Favorecida, últimos desarrollos”, V International Congress of International Arbitration, 25 February 2014, San José, Costa Rica.
“Third party funding in investment arbitration”, ICC YAF, 15 June 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
La ‘americanización’ del arbitraje”, Young Arbitrators event during the VII Congress of the Peruvian Institute of Arbitration, 24 April 2013, Lima, Peru.
“The role of the secretary of the arbitral tribunal”, event organized by the Austrian section of the CEA during the Willem C. Vis Moot, 25 March 2013, Vienna, Austria.
“Aspectos resaltantes de la reforma del Derecho del arbitraje en Francia”, speech delivered at the Mexico City Bar, México D.F., 31 October 2011.
“Ethics in international arbitration”, YAF Round table, Paris, France, 22 September 2011.
“La reciente reforma del CPC francés en materia de arbitraje”, CEA-40 International Congress, 19 June 2011, Madrid, Spain.
“La Anulación de laudos en Francia”, Congreso Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional, La Habana, Cuba, 25 June 2010.
“Cláusula arbitral: o que as partes devem prever e o que não devem prever sobre os arbitros”, Young Arbitrators Event during the IX International Congress of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr), 18 October 2009, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
“Maitriser les couts et le temps dans l’arbitrage international”, Seminar organized by the French association of in-house lawyers (AFJE), April 2008, Paris, France.
