Javier Bicarregui

 

 

 

 

 

PERSONAL PARTICULARS:

Place of Birth:   London (U.K.)
Date of Birth:     19 October 1962
Marital Status:  Married (2 children)

Professional Address:        

IUSFINDER ABOGADOS C/Ercilla, 21 bis, 2º - BILBAO Tel.: 94-435 62 62

e-mail: jbicarregui@iusfinder.es

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
             
Lawyer and founding partner of IUSFINDER Abogados BILBAO since 1989.

1 Specialized mainly in: Labour Law, national and international dealing and Arbitration.

Lawyer at FERNANDO SCORNICK GERNSTAIN lawfirm, London (1987).

Arbitrator and mediator for:

1: The Paris International Chamber of Commerce. Court of Arbitration (ICC).
2: The Bilbao Chamber of Commerce. Council of Arbitration.
3: European Arbitration and Mediation Network (EAMN).
4: Arbitrator and mediator in domain name disputes for the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), Geneva.
5. Mediator and arbitrator for the Basque Labour Relations Board PRECO II.

Teaching:

- Lecturer in Business Law (Derecho Mercantil) at the Commercial University of Deusto (Bilbao).
 
  

Sundry:

- Honorary Legal Counsel for the British Consulate General in Bilbao since 1994.

- Reporter and representative for the National Committee of Spanish Chambers of Commerce in the Small Claims Working Party of the Paris International Chamber of Commerce.

- Chairman of the Executive Committee of Legal Network International, with headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland).

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

1 Master course in company management at the C.E.O.E. (Spanish Confederation of Employers and Industries), and DE BAAK Foundation, Holland.

Diploma in Maritime Law granted by the Basque Government’s Maritime Administration School.

Degree in Law from Deusto University, Bilbao, Spain.

DECORATIONS:

Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.), bestowed by H.M. Queen Elisabeth II on 12 June 2004 for services rendered in favour of the business interests of Britain, the Commonwealth and charities in Spain.

LANGUAGES: (bilingual)

English:    Mother tongue
Spanish:    Mother tongue  
                       
OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Chairman of the British Chamber Association since 1999.
Deputy Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Bilbao (from 1989 to 1997).
Member of the Board of Directors of the Bilbao Society (since 2005.)
Translator and English teacher.

PUBLICATIONS:

- 1993:             Encyclopaedia of International Commercial Litigation
                        Chapter: Spain
                        Published by: Graham & Trotman (London)

- 1990:            European Company Handbook
                       Chapter: Spain
                       Published by: Euromoney Publications, P.L.C. (London)

- 2000:            Remarks on the New Civil Procedure Law

Articles: 382-386

Published by: Dykinson

- 2002:    Geographic Domain Name Registration in International Domain Name Projects Author of article and general co-ordinator of the work Published by: Legal Network International and Dykinson 

 Bilbao, September 2007