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Lucía Montes Saralegui

Lucía Montes Saralegui

Europe 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Partner. Lucía Montes represents and advises clients in relation to international commercial arbitration. She is an expert in particularly complex disputes, from both a technical and economic perspective. She has represented clients in over 50 arbitration cases involving large international projects, mainly in Latin America and the Middle East. She also regularly advises on court proceedings related to arbitration, both in her jurisdiction as well as coordinating crossborder actions and actions involving many jurisdictions. Lucía acts regularly as an arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings and is on the list of arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre.

Career

She lectures on arbitration in the Master for Admission to the Practice of Law at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and in the Master in Construction Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas-ICAM.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club’s Scientific Committee, as well as a member of the Advisory Committee to the Madrid Bar Association’s Construction and Engineering Law Section. She is also a member of the Cuatrecasas Pro Bono Committee.

Publications

She is the author of publications in her area of specialty and speaks at Spanish and international conferences.

Personal

Bachelor of Laws, and Business Administration and Management, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2009. Frédéric Eisemann Award, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, 2008. Corporate Law and Governance course, London School of Economics, 2007.

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Arbitration - Spain

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Individual Editorial

Lucía Montes Saralegu is especially active representing both Spanish and Latin American clients in arbitration proceedings related to the energy, agriculture and construction sectors.

Strengths

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  • Lucía Montes Saralegui knows what she's talking about and is very helpful.

    ArbitrationChambers European Guide
  • Lucía has demonstrated the ability to lead a team efficiently.

    ArbitrationChambers European Guide
  • She does a fantastic job.

    ArbitrationChambers European Guide
  • Lucía gets things done and is able to see the bigger picture. I would definitely work with her again.

    ArbitrationChambers European Guide

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