Miquel Montañá specialises in dispute resolution (including arbitration), intellectual property and competition law.
Miquel has worked on multi-jurisdictional intellectual property and commercial disputes involving patents, trademarks, unfair competition, distribution and agency agreements, copyright and breach of confidential information.
- Advising and representing a major manufacturer of smoking paper in the contractual matters arising from the distribution network and in all its trademark and unfair competition matters in Spain
- Representing one of the largest food and beverages company in patent, trademark and unfair competition proceedings with regard to the selling of coffee capsules
- Representing one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies in patent infringement proceedings against all the companies that launched generics of Viagra
- Representing a multinational electronics and information technology company in an action for declaration of non-infringement filed by its main competitor in relation to a tablet design
- Representing an American global cigarette and tobacco company in an over EUR€8 million claim for damages
News and client work
Contact details
- Clifford Chance, Barcelona
- +34933442223
- Email me
- Speaks Spanish, Catalan, French and English
- Practice area Intellectual property, Litigation, dispute resolution & risk management, Antitrust, EU & trade
- Sector Healthcare, life sciences & chemicals, Telecommunications, media & technology
Career and qualifications
- University of Barcelona (LLB) 1989
- Lecturer on European Law at several universities since 1990
- Masters Degree in European Community Law from the Autonomous University of Barcelona 1991
- Harvard University (LLM) 1992
- Admitted as an abogado in Madrid 1993
- Joined Clifford Chance 1993
- University of Barcelona (LLD) 1995
- Partner since 2000
- Lecturer of International Law at ESADE - Universitat Ramón Llull 2014
Professional bodies
- Member of the Editorial Board of Comunicaciones en Propiedad Industrial y Derecho de la Competencia” (Communications in IP and Competition Law), “Cuadernos de Derecho Farmacéutico” (Pharmaceutical Law Journal) and “Revista Española de Economía de la Salud - ReES" (Spanish Health Economics Journal).
- Currently the editor of “Patent World” and “Kluwer Patent Blog” for Spain
Awards and citations
- Star Individual
"The 'exceptional' Miquel Montañá is highly recommended for his litigation skills, with one source saying: 'He has an incredibly sharp mind, is very experienced, and a great fighter for his client's interests in court. You could not wish for a better lawyer.' "
Chambers Europe 2020: Spain – Life Sciences: Patent Litigation - Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA: Spain – Healthcare and Life Sciences - "He is one of the only "ten star individuals"."
Chambers 2012 - "Miquel Montañá is the best pharma patent litigator in Spain. He always finds the best solution."
Chambers 2012 - "An absolute star ", Miquel Montañá is "a wonderful lawyer who has achieved many important results in court."
IAM 2012