JUAN FERNÁNDEZ-ARMESTO is a professional arbitrator. He has been President of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV) (1996-2000), partner of Uría Menéndez (1983-1996) and Chaired Professor of Commercial Law (1988-2009).
A profile of Juan Fernández-Armesto was published on November 17, 1997 in the Financial Times.
On May 13, 2009 a jury organized by El Mundo, the Spanish daily, included him among the 20 persons “most important in the global finance and economy within the last two decades.