and a specialist in international commercial arbitration. Public appointment In 1996, Juan F.-Armesto was designated by the Spanish government Chairman of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission (CNMV), an institution modelled on the American SEC, and with equivalent powers. The CNMV is an independent regulator, entrusted with the supervision of the Spanish stock exchanges, including public offerings and tenders of securities and mergers and acquisitions among listed companies.It also acts as regulator of brokerage and the investment fund industry.The CNMV's scope of activity includes the investigation and sanctioning of insider trading, market manipulation and other abusive conducts in the securities area. As Chairman of the CNMV he chaired more than 200 disciplinary proceedings in matters relating to the securities markets. The four-year term for which he was designated expired in October 2000. Professional experience Between 1983 and 1996, Juan F.-Armesto was partner of the law firm Uría & Menéndez, one of Spain's best known law firms. In 1993 he became the head of the litigation and arbitration area of the firm. During this period he served as mediator in the first case which took place under the ICC Rules on Mediation, in a dispute that affected the oil pipeline between Italy and Switzerland. He has acted as counsel, co-arbitrator or chairman in more than 80 arbitration proceedings. Disputes involved sales of enterprises, termination of agency and distributorship agreements, termination of joint venture contracts, turn key construction contracts.... Academic experience Curriculum Vitae In 1978 he started to teach commercial law as Assistant Professor at Comillas University ICADE in Madrid. He was designated Chaired Professor of such University in 1988. Born in New York in 1953, he lived for 10 years in Germany, obtained the Abitur at the German School in Madrid (1972), and then received Degrees in Law (ICADE, Madrid, 1977) and in Business Administration (ICADE, Madrid, 1978) and a Iuris Doctor (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1983, summa cum laude.) Member of the Madrid Bar Association, the International Bar Association, the LCIA, the Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit E.V. (DIS), and of the Institut pour l'Arbitrage Internationale. The Spanish Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has designated Juan Fernández-Armesto Spanish representative in the ICC Arbitration Commission. He has been awarded by the Spanish Government the "Gran Cruz de la Orden de Isabel la Católica", Spain's highest civil order. Bilingual Spanish-German; English; working knowledge of French and Portuguese. Profile On November 17, 1997 the Financial Times published the following profile of Juan Fernández-Armesto. Publications
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