PhD in Law (Universidad Complutense de Madrid); Post-Doctoral Studies (University of Dundee). Master’s degree in Energy Law (Instituto Superior de la Energía (ISE)-Fundación Repsol-YPF). Lawyer, Universidad Externado de Colombia. Founding partner Estudio Jurídico Montoya y Asociados.
Member of Academic Advisory Group (AAG) of the Energy and Natural Resources Section (SEERIL), International Bar Association (IBA).
Member of the Board of Directors, Colombian Mining and Oil Attorneys Association.
Professor Montoya has been legal consultant of the Colombian National Mining Agency, Agency for State Legal Defense, Interamerican Development Bank, among others.
Research Director, Mining and Energy Law Department, Universidad Externado de Colombia