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Profile
Félix J. Montero has extensive professional experience in litigation and arbitration. After several years as a practising lawyer, he joined Pérez-Llorca in July 2004 and became a partner in January 2008. Throughout his professional career, Felix’s litigation activity has focused on civil and commercial matters, both locally and internationally, as well as on domestic and international arbitration.
Studies:
- 2012 Master’s degree in Law, PhD preparatory course, University of Alcalá de Henares (Madrid). Master’s thesis entitled “Reconocimiento y ejecución de sentencias y laudos extranjeros: inmunidad de ejecución de bienes soberanos en Derecho español”
- 1999 Master’s degree for Access to the Legal Profession, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
- 1997 Degree in Law, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
He speaks Spanish and English and also has knowledge of German and French.
Experience
Litigation
Felix has advised on civil and commercial litigation concerning inter alia, unfair competition, agency, distribution, international sale and purchase of goods, directors’ liability, challenges to corporate resolutions, horizontal property, insurance, energy, construction, real estate and corporate sales and purchases, patents, trademarks, sports law, tort law, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and awards.
Arbitration
Félix also has extensive experience in international and domestic, institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. In Spain, he has participated in major arbitrations administered by the Madrid Court of Arbitration (CAM), the Civil and Commercial Court of Arbitration (CIMA) and the Spanish Court of Arbitration (CEA) in relation to construction and mediation contracts, MBO transactions and corporate acquisitions, call options, land development, contract simulation, export credit insurance, energy, engineering and infrastructure construction, technology transfer and financial derivatives. Internationally, Felix has participated in major arbitrations administered by the Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), mainly on international corporate law, international loan agreements, turnkey contracts for industrial facilities, civil works contracts, distribution, construction of telecommunications, energy, gas and oil infrastructures, administrative concessions and engineering.
Academic and Publishing Collaborations
Félix has teaching experience and has lectured on the following courses: (i) Procedural Law in the Master’s degree for Access to the Legal Profession at Instituto de Empresa; (ii) Procedural and Bankruptcy Law in the Master’s degree for Access to the Legal Profession at Instituto de Empresa at Universidad Carlos III (Madrid); and (iii) International Arbitration in the Advanced Programme in Arbitration Practice at IE Law School.
He has contributed to the following collective volumes of work:
- Coordinator and co-author of “Código de Arbitraje” (Aranzadi La Ley, 2025), a volume compiling and commenting on the provisions and regulations applicable to arbitration.
- “Medidas cautelares y diligencias preliminares en el ámbito civil” (Aranzadi, 2021), chapter entitled “Medidas cautelares y Derecho Internacional Privado – Comercio Internacional”.
- Coordinator and co-author of “Comentario al Reglamento (UE) Nº 1215/2012 relativo a la competencia judicial, el reconocimiento y la ejecución de resoluciones judiciales en materia civil y mercantil” (Aranzadi, 2016).
- Co-editor, 2015 IBA Litigation Committee Compendium on Multitier Dispute Resolution Clauses.
- “Comentarios a la Ley de Arbitraje de 2003” (Aranzadi, 2005), commenting on articles 6 and 35 to 39.
He regularly writes articles for economic press and specialist legal magazines.
Professional Organisations
- The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
- Madrid Court of Arbitration: Former member of the Full Court (2020-2023).
- International Bar Association (IBA) (Litigation and Arbitration Committees) and Former Officer (IBA Litigation Committee).
- Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA). Member of the current Board of Directors.
- Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) (Former Secretary of the International Arbitration Committee).
Recognition
Félix J. Montero features in various legal directories such as:
- Chambers Global: ‘Arbitration’ (Band 1), ‘Litigation’ (Band 1).
- Chambers Europe: ‘Arbitration’ (Band 1), ‘Litigation: Elite’ (Band 1).
- Legal 500 EMEA: ‘Dispute Resolution’ (Leading Individual).
- Leaders League: ‘International Arbitration’ and ‘Commercial Litigation’.
- Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leader in Commercial Litigation; Recommended in Arbitration & Asset Recovery 2025/Global Leader Asset Recovery 2022/Global Leader Commercial Litigation 2021.
- Best Lawyers®: ‘Arbitration and Mediation’, ‘Construction Law’, ‘International Arbitration’, ‘Litigation’ and ‘Media Law’.
Awards
- Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards: Spain Litigator of the Year (2025)
- Best Lawyers®: Arbitration and Mediation ‘Lawyer of the Year’ (2022).
- Iberian Lawyer IP & TMT Awards: Lawyer of the Year Litigation (2021).
- Benchmark Litigation Awards: Spain Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year (2021).
- Financial Times Innovative Lawyers: Standout Finalist, ‘Most Innovative Law Firms in Dispute Resolution’ (2014) (highlighting a matter on which Félix J. Montero advised).
- Iberian Lawyer: 40 under Forty (2013).
