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International expertise.
Independent service.
Resolving complex cross-border disputes with the foresight of a dealmaker and the precision of a builder.
Check availabilityPilar Prados
International arbitration,
with business judgment.
Pilar Prados is a Spanish-qualified lawyer, admitted to the Madrid Bar (ICAM) since 2010. Her career is built around a strategic international axis linking Spain, Brazil, the United States and Latin America. After her LL.M. at Columbia Law School, she gained experience in New York as part of the Chaffetz Lindsey legal team, specializing in ICC and ICDR international arbitrations in the construction sector in Latin America. She then spent three years in Cuatrecasas's São Paulo office, leading arbitration defenses and advising companies and private equity funds on cross-border transactions in Brazil.
After her time in elite legal practice, she moved into technology. As co-founder of Bounsel (a contract management platform) and Maistik (an artificial Intelligence development studio), she knows first-hand how a business really works: how it is financed, how it contracts, and how software and AI are built. That entrepreneurial experience gives her a unique competitive advantage in unpacking the technical complexity of technology disputes.
Today, free of executive duties and of the conflicts of interest that come with large firms, her independent practice is strictly set up to accept appointments as a neutral in dispute resolution.
Career
From international law practice to arbitration,
by way of the tech sector.
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Founding partner
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Co-founder
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Co-founder
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Legal Counsel
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Associate Brazil
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Foreign Associate
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Associate PPAI
Education
Elite academic
training.
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Master of Laws (LL.M.)
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Specialization in Brazilian Corporate Law
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Master in Stock Exchange and Financial Markets
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Law Degree
Bar admission
Bar
admission.
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Spain
Languages
Working
languages.
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Spanish
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English · Portuguese
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French · German · Catalan
Relevant cases
As party counsel.
Construction, energy and M&A.
- ConstructionBrazil
- I represented a Brazilian construction company against a Brazilian state-owned oil company in an ICC arbitration regarding the construction of an FPSO vessel.
- InfrastructureMining
- I represented a Bolivian company against one of the world’s largest mining companies in a UNCITRAL / ICDR arbitration regarding the construction of a power transmission line between Chile and Argentina.
- Post-M&AEnvironment
- I represented the sellers of a Spanish energy production group against a US listed corporation in an ICC arbitration over post-M&A and environmental disputes.
- EnergyProject finance
- I took part in an ICC arbitration over a project-finance dispute concerning a power plant in Guatemala.
Transactional
Selected
transactions.
- Management buyout
- I advised KKR on the divestment of the Spanish subsidiary of IT group ACECO in Brazil.
- Joint venture
- I advised Patria Investments / Blackstone on the negotiation and execution of the joint venture between Smartfit and its Panamanian partner for fitness centers in Colombia.
- Pharma
- I advised IFC on the divestment of the pharmaceutical group’s Brazilian subsidiary and the negotiation of related commercial agreements.
- Private equity
- I advised Mercapital on the acquisition of 70% of Rubaiyat, the Spanish-Brazilian restaurant chain, and its Latin American expansion.
- M&A Brazil
- I advised Ayesa on the acquisition of a Brazilian engineering firm.
- Energy
- I took part in establishing the Spanish division of the Iberian Energy Market Operator (MIBEL), in accordance with the Santiago Agreement between Spain and Portugal.
Teaching
Teaching
and training.
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Trainer, Negotiation workshop
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Lecturer, Master in Legaltech and Compliance
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Trainer, Negotiation workshop
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Lecturer, Tech Applications and Coding for Lawyers
Publications
Academic
publications.
- Retos Contemporáneos del Arbitraje InternacionalChapter: La Carga de la Prueba y la Admisibilidad en Arbitraje Internacional: Asuntos que Merecen una Temprana Audiencia (pages 99-128), co-author with J. Permesly and D. Guevara.
- Burden of Proof in International ArbitrationLa Carga de la Prueba y la Admisibilidad en Arbitraje Internacional: Asuntos que Merecen una Temprana Audiencia (Publication No. 30/2017), with J. Permesly (Skadden) and D. Guevara (Walsh Guevara)
Speaking
Speaking
engagements.
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Valencia Digital Summit
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South Summit
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Slush
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Spanish Chamber of Commerce in Brazil
Committees
Committees
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Startup Valencia
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Fundación Mutualidad
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Valencia Legal Hackers
Affiliations
Professional
affiliations.
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IBA · Arbitration Committee
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IBA · Latin American Regional Forum
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IBA · Women Lawyers' Committee
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ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAAF)
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Young ICCA
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Columbia Club of Spain
Licenses
Licenses
and certifications.
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Specialist in ODR Mediation
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Certified Mediator
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Expert in Civil, Commercial and Family Mediation
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Online Course on EIB Environmental & Social Sustainability Management
Awards
Awards
and recognition.
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Google for Startups Women Founders Academy
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Scientist and Innovator
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Premio Talento Joven CV
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Innovatia 8.3 Award
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Women in Entrepreneurship
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Cuatrecasas · Pro International Legal Practice Program (PPAI)
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IEB-CECA Honor Scholarship
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Madrid Excellence Award
