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J. Félix de Luis –

J. Félix de Luis holds a Law Degree from the Complutense University of Madrid (Centro de Estudios Universitarios, C.E.U. San Pablo). He has been a Central Government Attorney-Abogado del Estado, since 1986, working in the Ministry of Public Administration, the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Economy and Finance. He has served as Technical Secretary General of the Ministry of Public Administration and as a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Securities Market Commission (C.N.M.V.). In the private sector, he has been Chief Compliance Officer of Banco Santander Central Hispano and an Associate Attorney at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York. J. Félix de Luis combines his international legal expertise, holding an LL.M. (Columbia Law School, Columbia University, New York), with a passion for business, corporate governance, and the world of Business. He has participated in the A.M.P., Advanced Management Program (Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, USA), where he was elected Class Secretary, as well as the PADE, Senior Management Program (IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Madrid, Spain). He recently obtained the Corporate Director Certificate (C.D.C.) from Harvard Business School and has conducted various seminars in the field of Corporate Governance.

He is admitted as an Arbitrator in the main Spanish Arbitration Courts and in the main International Arbitration Courts, with a particular presence in Asian Arbitration Courts.

J. Félix de Luis has participated as Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator, and President of the Arbitral Tribunal in numerous important national and international arbitrations procedures, in the main arbitral institutions and in ad hoc arbitrations.

He is a frequent speaker and lecturer on arbitration matters. in Spain and abroad, as well as on matters related to the business world. He is the author of books, articles, and scholarly works related to arbitration and business.

He is a member of the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM), the IESE Business School Alumni Association in Spain, the Columbia Law School Alumni Association, and the Harvard Business School Alumni Association, in the United States.

J. Félix de Luis has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club (CEIA) and was the founder and promoter of its Chinese Chapter.