José Luis Goñi

Founding Partner

Lawyer dedicated to Maritime and Transportation Law without interruption and exclusively since 1959. Founded the law firm Goñi & Co. Abogados in Madrid in 1964.
President of the Spanish Association of Maritime Law.
Founder in 1992 of the Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law.
Member of the Executive Council of the International Maritime Committee, headquartered in Antwerp.
Member of the Board of ASESMAR (Association for Maritime Studies).
Member of the Board of the Association of Friends of the Residencia de Estudiantes.
Participated in the Spanish government delegation in numerous preparatory meetings of United Nations bodies for international maritime and transportation conventions, as well as jurisdiction and arbitration (IMO, UNCTAD, UNCITRAL).
Member of the Royal Academy of the Sea.
Member of the Spanish Court of Arbitration of the Superior Council of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, and Navigation of Spain.
Spanish Corresponding Member of the Academy of Jurisprudence of Buenos Aires.
Extraordinary Collaborator of the Chair of Private International Law at the Complutense University.
Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid since its establishment.
Professor of the Masters in Maritime Law at the Spanish Maritime Institute and the International Institute of Maritime Law.
Arbitrator in various arbitrations at the International Chamber of Commerce, Spanish Court of Arbitration, Madrid Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Court, and other “ad hoc” arbitrations.
Lawyer or expert in Spanish law in various international arbitrations (“Mar Egeo”, “Marqués de Bolarque”, “Barcelona”, and others).
Professor of Maritime Law Masters at the Spanish Maritime Institute and the International Institute of Maritime Law.
Arbitrator in various arbitrations at the International Chamber of Commerce, Spanish Court of Arbitration, Madrid Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Court, and other “ad hoc” arbitrations.

Lawyer or expert in Spanish Law in various international arbitrations (“Mar Egeo”, “Marqués de Bolarque”, “Barcelona”, and others).
Member of the Advisory Board of the “Revista de la Corte Española de Arbitraje” (Journal of the Spanish Court of Arbitration).
Conferences on arbitration at various Chambers of Commerce.

Counselor of the “European Transport Law” journal.
Published numerous articles in specialized journals and delivered numerous conferences in Spain and abroad. Publications: “Estudios Jurídicos en Homenaje al Profesor Aurelio Menéndez” (Legal Studies in Honor of Professor Aurelio Menéndez), Revista de la Corte Española de Arbitraje, European Transport Law, Droit Maritime Français, Il Diritto Marítimo, Revista de Derecho Mercantil, Revista Española de Derecho Marítimo, Anuario de Derecho Marítimo Español, Boletín de la ADEM.
Highlighted conferences or presentations include: – On arbitration: in London (International Bar Association) 1995; at the International Menéndez Pelayo University (1996); at the Madrid Bar Association (2000).
– Other topics: at the International Menéndez y Pelayo University on Underwater Cultural Heritage (2003 and 2008); and on maritime transport. Comité Maritime International.
– Toledo 2001, on the entry into force of international maritime conventions.
– Conferences or presentations at seminars in Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Belgium, London, Madrid, Bar Associations, CECO, Judicial School, General Council of the Judiciary (Seminar in Santiago), Diplomatic School (2007 and 2008), Hamburg Conference (UNCTAD, United Nations) in 1978 on international maritime transport (Hamburg Rules).

José Luis Goñi

Founding Partner

Goñi & Co. Abogados