Practices and Sectors

• Arbitration
• Litigation

Profile

Félix J. Montero has extensive professional experience in both litigation and arbitration. Félix joined Pérez-Llorca in July 2004 after practising law for several years and was made partner in January 2008. Félix’s practice focuses on civil and corporate litigation, both locally and internationally as well as on domestic and
international arbitration and leads the Litigation and Arbitration practice at Pérez-Llorca.

Studies:

• 2012 Master’s degree in Law (in preparation for PHD qualification), Universidad de Alcalá de Henares. Preparatory thesis on “Reconocimiento y ejecución de sentencias y laudos extranjeros: inmunidad de ejecución de bienes soberanos en Derecho español”.
• 1999 Master’s degree in Legal Practice, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid
• 1997 Degree in Law, Universidad Autónoma, Madrid

He speaks Spanish and English, and has knowledge of German and French

Experience

Litigation

Félix advises clients on civil and commercial litigation regarding, among others, unfair competition, agency, distribution, international sale and purchase of goods, directors’ liability, annulment of corporate resolutions, horizontal property, insurance, energy, construction, real estate and M&A, patents, trademarks, sports, damages, recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements and arbitral awards.

Arbitration

Furthermore, Félix has significant experience in domestic and international commercial arbitration, both institutional and ad hoc. Domestically, Félix advises clients on arbitration proceedings administered by the Civil and Commercial Arbitration Court (CIMA), the Madrid Arbitration Court (CAM) and the Barcelona Arbitration Tribunal (TAB) regarding matters such as construction and mediation contracts, MBO transactions and corporate acquisitions, call option rights, contract simulation, export credit insurance, infrastructure, energy, transfer of technology and financial derivatives. Internationally, Félix participates in arbitrations administered by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on disputes regarding corporate law, international loan agreements, turn-key contracts concerning industrial machinery, civil engineering contracts, distribution contracts, telecommunications infrastructure, oil & gas, energy, construction contracts, and administrative concessions.

Academic and Publishing Collaborations

Félix has experience in the academic field and regularly gives lectures on Litigation Law for the Master’s degree for Access to the Legal Profession at Instituto de Empresa (Madrid) and on Litigation and Insolvency Law for the Master’s degree for Access to the Legal Profession at Universidad Carlos III (Madrid). He also lectured on International Arbitration for the Advanced Programme in Arbitration at IE Law School (Madrid).

He has contributed to the following collective volumes of work:

• “Medidas cautelares y diligencias preliminares en el ámbito civil” (Aranzadi, 2021) commenting on the chapter “Medidas cautelares y Derecho Internacional Privado – Comercio Internacional”.
• Coordinator and contributor to the “Spanish Arbitration Code” (“Código de Arbitraje”), a volume compiling and commenting on various arbitration laws and regulations Aranzadi (2017).
• Coordinator and Contributor to “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”, Editorial Aranzadi (2016).
• Co-editor of the 2015 IBA Litigation Committee Compendium on “Multi-Tiered Dispute Resolution Clauses”.
• Articles 6 and 35-39 of “Comentarios a la Ley de Arbitraje de 2003” Aranzadi (2005).

Félix regularly writes for economic press, specialist magazines and other collective volumes of work.

Professional Organisations

The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).
Madrid Court of Arbitration: Member of the Steering Committee.
International Bar Association (IBA) (Litigation, Arbitration and Insolvency Committees); Former Officer of the IBA Litigation Committee.
Spanish Arbitration Club (CEA). Former Member of its Steering Committee.
Union Internationale des Avocats: Former Secretary of its International Arbitration Commission.

Recognition

Félix J. Montero features in various legal directories such as:

• Chambers Global: ‘Dispute Resolution’ (Band 1).
• Chambers Europe: ‘Dispute Resolution’ (Band 1).
• Legal 500 EMEA: ‘Dispute Resolution’ (Leading individual).
• Benchmark Litigation: Litigation Star (Commercial and transactions, Insolvency, International arbitration).
• Leaders League: ‘International Arbitration’ and ‘Commercial Litigation’.
• Who’s Who Legal: Global Leader Asset Recovery 2022 / Global Leader Commercial Litigation 2021.
• Best Lawyers®: ‘Arbitration and Mediation’, ‘Construction Law’, ‘International Arbitration’, ‘Litigation’ and ‘Media Law’.

Awards

• Best Lawyers®: Arbitration and Mediation ‘Lawyer of the Year’ (2022).
• Iberian Lawyer IP & TMT Awards 2021: Lawyer of the year Litigation.
• Benchmark Litigation Awards: Best Litigator of the Year (2021).
• Financial Times Innovative Lawyers: Standout, “Most Innovative Law Firms in Dispute Resolution” (2014) (featuring a matter Félix J. Montero advised on).
• Iberian Lawyer: 40 under Forty (2013).