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Practice Areas
Maritime and Transport Law
Ports
Aviation Law
International Litigation and Arbitration
Education
Law Degree,
Universidad de Oviedo, 1989
Masters in Maritime Law (European Institute of Maritime Studies), 1990
Languages
English
Membership of Professional Associations
Spanish Association of Maritime Law (AEDM)
Spanish Section of the
International Association of Insurance Law (SEAIDA)
International Bar Association |
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Tomás Fernández-Quirós
Partner
Barcelona office
tfq@uria.com
Tel: +34 934 165 100
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Tomás Fernández-Quirós Tuñón is a partner in the
Barcelona office of Uría Menéndez. He joined the firm in January 2000 at
the time when the firm “Figaredo & Asociados”, specialising in maritime
law and of which he was a member, merged with Uría Menéndez.
Tomás specialises in maritime and transport law, and in international
litigation and arbitration. He is regarded as a Recommended
Individual for Maritime and Shipping in the 2005 edition of Global
Counsel 3000 and as a Legal Expert in Maritime and Transport Law in the
2004 and 2005 editions of European Legal Experts. He is also Recommended
for Shipping in the 2003 and 2004 editions of the European Legal 500. |
Legal Teaching
Tomás is a frequent speaker on maritime law at seminars
and conferences both in Spain and abroad.
He lectures on maritime law in various Masters’
programmes organised by the Spanish Maritime Institute and IPEC (Valencia)
in conjunction with the University of ICADE (Madrid), the European Institute
of Maritime Law (Gijón) and the “Facultad Náutica” (Barcelona).
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Seminars and Conferences
Tomás is a frequent speaker on maritime and transport law at seminars and conferences
both in Spain and abroad.
“Liability of ship agents after
the new 62/1997 Act” and “Distribution of liabilities in loading and
discharging operetions under charterparties”, II Canary
Conferences on Maritime Law (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 20-30 October
1998).
“Liablility regime of port terminal operators”, National
Congress of Maritime Law, 50th Anniversary of the Spanish Maritime Law
Association, Madrid, 18-22 October 1999. “The effects of article 17, 1968 Brussels Convention, on
jurisdiction clauses in bills of lading: a Spanish approach”,
International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators (Auckland, New Zealand ,
March 1-5, 1999). “Assistance of Spanish Courts in connection with foreign
arbitration proceedings”, International Congress of Maritime
Arbitrators (New York, October 22-26, 2001). “The International Convention on the Arrest of Sea Going Vessels,
of 10 May 1952”, Conferences on Ship Arrest, Spanish Maritime
Law Association, Barcelona, June 2002. “Regulation of marinas” (Barcelona, Spain, November 4, 2003). “Port security: ports and port terminals facing the ISPS Code”
(“International Ships and Port Facilities Security”), Recoletos Seminar
on Maritime and Port Liabilities and Security, Madrid, 19 February 2004. “Spain: legislative measures following the "Prestige" oil spill”,
XV International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, London, 29 April 2004. “Application of port tariffs to marinas: the new Ports Act”, X
Symposium on Marinas, Gijón, 7 May 2004. “Public-private initiative in the construction and management of
infraestructures”, BCL Seminar on “Challenges and needs of logistic
infraestructures in Spain”, Barcelona, May 27, 2004. “Legal implications of the ISPS Code”, International Seminar on
Ship Security, Barcelona, May 28, 2004. “Legal contents of the agreements entered between a shipper and an
inland carrier”, V National Transport Forum, Madrid, March 9, 2005. “Legal aspects on the financing, construction and management of
transport infraestructures”, III Recoletos Seminar on Transport
Infraestructures in Catalonia, Barcelona, April 28, 2005.
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