Marco de Benito is a law professor and international arbitrator based in Madrid.

He holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European Civil Procedure at IE University, where he teaches comparative civil procedure, arbitration, contracts, and legal history.

His doctoral research was conducted at Yale Law School and the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg; his PhD was conferred by Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid.

He has taught and researched at Harvard, Bologna, Bonn, Tilburg, Maastricht, and Beijing, among others.

He is a delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and a member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, ICCA, and the International Association of Procedural Law. He is also a corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation.

He is the author of monographs, textbooks, articles, and book chapters, including The History of Law in Europe (2017) and Colloquies on European Civil Procedure (2025).

His arbitration practice spans infrastructure, energy, corporate, and commercial disputes across continents and legal systems.

He works in English, Spanish, and Italian.

A small team of experienced lawyers and researchers supports his work.