International Contracts: from deal to design, from draft to disputes

One of the few American lawyers also admitted to practice law in Europe, Professor Marsden began his professional career at an international firm in Spain, before establishing his own practice specializing in commercial, administrative, and international arbitration matters.

Since 2004, Professor Marsden has dedicated himself full-time to the education and training of lawyers and executives, starting at Instituto de Empresa in Madrid, where he was voted Best Professor by the graduating classes of 2007 and 2011. Currently, he is a professor at Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey and founder of the academic coaching company Arc Law Prep.

His research activity focuses on international negotiation and contracting, as well as pedagogical methodology in the teaching of law. He has been a visiting professor at several universities, including the University of Miami, Tilburg University (Netherlands), Hubei University of Economics (China) and INIDEM Law & Business School (Panama).

Professor Marsden earned a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Irvine. He is qualified as a lawyer in California (1991), Nevada (2020), and Madrid (1998-2022).

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Founding partner, Arc Dome Consulting, USA, 2020 - Present

• Lawyer in private practice, Spain, 1998 - 2004

• Founding partner, Marsden, Wirga & Asociados, Spain, 1996 - 2004

• Associate, Law Firm of José Mario Armero, Spain, 1990 - 1996

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Professor of Law, Facultad Libre de Derecho de Monterrey, Mexico, 2016 - Present

• Director of International Affairs and Graduate Programs, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, USA, 2014 - 2016

• Professor of Law, IE Law School (Instituto de Empresa), Spain, 2004 - 2013

• Adjunct Faculty, Schiller International University, Spain, 1995 - 2004

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Juris Doctor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, USA, 1990

• Bachelor of Arts, University of California, Irvine, USA, 1986

A connoisseur of several branches of the Private Law in both the civil law and the common law legal systems, Mr. Muñoz specializes in the negotiation and drafting of all kinds of international deals and transactions.

Javier is currently Director of the Legal Department of Prisa Radio. Over the last decade, he has worked in different top Madrid law firms handling international commercial matters for domestic and international clients, and as the in-house head of legal services for American and European companies conducting business worldwide. Javier has been General Counsel at WRS - National Geographic Retail.

Javier has been a professor at the IE Law School, lecturing in different areas of the Private Law, and most importantly, teaching the subject of International Contracts within the International LL.M. program. He was elected best professor of the International LL.M. for the graduating class of 2012.

Javier specializes in the negotiation, drafting and closing of all sorts of international and domestic contracts, and has closed numerous deals in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and America. He has conducted many inorganic growth transactions (mergers, spin-offs, company and large-asset acquisitions, project financing, joint-ventures, etc.) and corporate restructurings, all both at an international and a domestic scale. His broad international experience and his command of several European languages (he is a fluent English, Spanish, French, German and Italian speaker) are vital assets in highly complex multinational scenarios.

His main specialties are International Private Law, Law of the European Union and Commercial Law, both in the Civil Law and the Common Law systems, which he actively combines, bridging the differences that exist between both systems for better legal results.

He also has broad experience in corporate counseling, having been legal advisor and secretary to the Board of Directors of several companies.

Academic background

• EMBA, ESADE Business School (2010)

• LLM in European Law, European Institute of Studies at Université Libre de Bruxelles (2004)

• Diploma in Commercial Law, Field of study Commercial Law, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas ICADE (2003)

• Graduate in Law, Universidad Pontificia de Comillas ICADE (2003)