Profile
Belén joined Pérez-Llorca in 2020 and is part of the Litigation and Arbitration practice area in Barcelona.
Studies:
- 2020 – Master’s degree for Access to the Legal Profession, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid.
- 2019 – Degree in Law and Bachelor in Global Governance, ESADE Law School, Barcelona.
- 2019 – Politics and Society Exchange Programme in Latin America, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú (PUCP), Lima.
- 2018 – Exchange Programme, Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Law and Justice, Fordham University School of Law, New York.
She speaks Spanish, English, French and Catalan.
Experience
Belén’s professional experience focuses on civil and commercial litigation before Spanish courts, as well as on commercial arbitration before leading domestic (CAM, CIAM-CIAR) and international (ICC, DIA) arbitration institutions.
She specializes in the resolution of complex, high-value disputes in contractual matters (construction and engineering projects, energy, post-M&A), corporate disputes (shareholder conflicts, challenges to corporate resolutions, directors’ liability), and in the public and private enforcement of competition law.
She also advises on proceedings related to the recognition, enforcement, and/or annulment of foreign judgments and awards, as well as on international asset restructuring processes aimed at the reciprocal protection of investments through investment arbitration.
Academic and publishing collaborations
- Collaborator to the “Arbitration Code” (Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 2nd Ed., 2025).
- Collaborator to the “Arbitration Yearbook 2025” (Thomson Reuters Aranzadi, 1st Ed., 2025).
- ‘States should take a prudential approach to the implementation of GLoBE rules to avoid ISDS’ Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 393, September 30, 2024.
- “Cross-border enforcement of judgments against states – jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction guide“, IBA Litigation Newsletter 2024.
Professional organisations
The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
Club Español de la Litigación de los Negocios (CEL).
