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José Feris is a partner in the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Practice Group based in our Paris office. He represents private and public entities as well as sovereign states in commercial and investment arbitration proceedings. He also sits regularly as arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings and teaches international arbitration at SciencesPo in Paris.
Before joining the firm, José served as deputy secretary general of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, where he also served as acting secretary general, managing counsel, counsel and deputy counsel. During the course of his career, he has supervised thousands of international arbitration cases and reviewed an equal number of arbitral awards in a wide range of jurisdictions and economic sectors, including energy, construction, telecommunications, transportation, banking and finance, information technology and general commerce and trade.
José also played an important role in key strategic initiatives at the ICC, such as the 2012 and 2017 revision of the ICC Rules of Arbitration, and the drafting of the revised 2017 Rules of ICC as appointing authority. He was also instrumental in designing and implementing the ICC Court’s new policies to increase efficiency, transparency and diversity in international arbitration. José assisted in the establishment of the ICC Court case management offices in New York City and Sao Paulo, the ICC Arab Arbitration Group, and the opening of an ICC Court representative office in Shanghai.
José has been recognised as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal 2023. Legal 500 2023 says that “José excels in preparing cases as well as advising clients on the way forward”, and the GAR 100 2022 describes him as “an excellent cross-examiner, with clear objectives and remarkable poise”.
Previously in his career, José served as law clerk to Judges Kooijmans and Rezek at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, where he worked on diverse questions of public international law, including issues relating to the use of force, consular assistance, international humanitarian law, expropriation, procedural burdens before the court and boundary disputes. He also worked for the Legal Advisor to the President of the Dominican Republic and represented the Dominican Republic during the negotiations of the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas.
As Counsel and Legal Expert
As Arbitrator
Listed in the Arbitrators’ Rosters of:
Recognized in Lexology Index: Arbitration 2026 – Thought Leaders, Arbitration
Recognized in Legal 500 Hall of Fame for Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration, 2023 and 2025
Recognized in Chambers Global 2025 for International Arbitration
Global Elite Thought Leader – Who’s Who Legal 2023
Top Latino Lawyers 2017 and 2021 – Latino Leaders Magazine
40 under 40 ranking, Revista Mercado 2016
“One of the most noteworthy careers of the Latin American Diaspora” – Global Positioning, Latin Lawyer, August 2008
Co-author, “Battle Of The Arbitration Seats: Contrasting The 2025 English Arbitration Act Reform With France's Reform Proposal”, Mealey's International Arbitration Report, 26 January 2026.
Co-author, Chapter 2 (The Powers of Arbitrators to Grant Provisional Relief) and Chapter 3 (Scope and Jurisdiction under Institutional Arbitration Rules), Provisional and Emergency Measures in International Arbitration, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Author, “One standard, many interpretations: the highly varied practice of arbitrator disclosure of potential conflicts and what can be done about it”, Leadership, Legitimacy, Legacy: A tribute to Alexis Mourre, ICC Dispute Resolution Library, 2022.
Co-author, “Impact of Parallel Criminal Proceedings on Procedure and Evidence in International Arbitration: Selected ICC Cases,” ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, Issue 3 – 2019.
Co-author, “2018: Un año Clave para la Evolución del Arbitraje en América Latina”, Anuario de arbitraje 2019, Civitas, 2019.
Author, “ICC Arbitration in Review: A focus on the United States”, International Arbitration in the United States, Wolters Kluwer, 2018.
Co-author, “Jurisdictional Issues in Construction Arbitration: the ICC Experience”, ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, Issue 4 – 2017.
Co-author, “Новый Арбитражный регламент ICC: Правила ускоренной процедуры”, Закон, 2017.
Author, “The 2017 ICC Rules of Arbitration and the New Expedited Procedure Provisions: A View from Inside the Institution”, ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, Issue 1, 2017.
Author, “New Policies and Practices at the ICC: Towards Greater Efficiency and Transparency in International Arbitration”, ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, Issue 2, 2016.
Co-author, “La participación de Estados y Entidades Públicas Latinoamericanas en el Arbitraje CCI: Diez Años de Experiencia,” International Investment Law in Latin America, Brill Nijhoff, 2016.
Co-author, “A Aplicabilidade da Convenção de Viena em arbitragem CCI,” A Convencao de Viena sobre Contratos de Compra e Venda Internacional de Mercaderias, Atlas, 2015.
Co-author, “Running in the ICC Emergency Arbitrator Rules: The First Ten Cases”, ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, Volume 25/Number 1, 2014.
Co-author, “Consolidation, Joinder, Cross-claims, Multiparty and Multicontract Arbitrations: Recent ICC Experience”, Multiparty Arbitration, Dossier VII, ICC Institute of World Business Law, 2010.
Co-author, “References to the IBA Guidelines on Conflict on Interest in International Arbitration when deciding on Arbitrator Independence in ICC Cases”, ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, Volume 20/Number 2, 2009.
Co-author, “Arbitraje Comercial Internacional en República Dominicana: Marco Legal y Jurisprudencial”, El Arbitraje Comercial Internacional en Iberoamérica: La Ley, Wolters Kluwer España, 2009.