Paloma Castro Hernández
Senior Legal Counsel
About
Paloma Castro joined Deminor in June 2022. She focuses on litigation funding in the Iberian and Latin American markets, with particular experience in commercial litigation and arbitration. Her practice includes international and domestic arbitration, intellectual property, recovery actions, and securities litigation. Before joining Deminor, she worked as in-house counsel at a Spanish multinational and held positions at leading international and national law firms in Spain. Paloma holds a law degree and a master’s in legal practice from Carlos III University in Madrid.
Main tasks
- Assessment of litigation funding opportunities in international arbitration and commercial litigation.
- Promoting and managing Spanish and Latin American cases in the three core business areas of Deminor: Investment Recovery, Antitrust Damages and Commercial Litigation.
Previous work experience
- In-house Counsel, Legal Operations Department, Tecnicas Reunidas, Madrid (Spain), 2020-2022.
- Lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Litigation and Arbitration department, Madrid (Spain), 2019-2020.
- Lawyer, Pérez-Llorca, Litigation and Arbitration department, Madrid (Spain), 2015-2019.
Deminor articles
- January 2024 - Article - Litigation financing as an opportunity in the investment market
Education
- Master’s in Legal Practice, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid (Spain), 2013-2015.
Bachelor´s Degree in Law, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid (Spain), 2009-2013.
Publications
- “La financiación de litigios como oportunidad en el mercado de inversión” (link).
- “Third-Party funding for International Arbitration in Latin America” (link).
- Contributor to the 13th edition of the “Revista Industria legal para Mexico” (link).
- “Third-Party Law Review: Spain Chapter (2022 and 2023)”.
- “Litigios financiados por terceros: El perfil de las empresas que recurren al TPF y sus inversionistas” (LexLatin | Litigios financiados por terceros: El perfil de las empresas que recurren al TPF y sus inversionistas).
- “Waivers of Sovereign Immunities in Enforcement Proceedings and the 1958 NY Convention” (Wolters Kluwer. February 2019).
- “Awaiting a decision on the compatibility of Investor-Sate dispute settlement with EU Law” (IBA Arbitration Newsletter. February 2018).
- Contributor to “Principios básicos de la Ley Española de Arbitraje” (Thomson Reuters – Aranzadi, 1st ed. 2019).
- Contributor to “Código de Arbitraje” (Thomson Reuters – Aranzadi, 1st ed. 2018).
Additional information
- Shortlisted as Rising Star in the 2023 edition of Lexology European Counsel Awards.
- Coach of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Team for the Moot Madrid (13th and 14th edition).
- Professor in Private Contracts, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2019) and Universidad Pontificia de Comillas – ICADE (2020).
- Nova 111 List Spain: included in the list as one of the top 10 professionals under 35 with the highest potential in the category of Legal Services.
Languages
- Spanish (native).
- English (advanced).