Martín Montes is an accomplished lawyer and business executive with three decades of experience helping clients navigate legal, regulatory, economic development and government relations strategies globally. He has managed cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams to achieve client success across a diverse and complex international, federal, state, and local legislative and regulatory landscape.  

Martín leads the Chicago office Government Services and Finance team and is a member of the firm’s Federal Relations lobbying practice group. He is a trusted adviser to a range of industries, including energy, utility, retail, data centers, technology, manufacturing, higher education and healthcare. As advancements in emerging technologies — such as quantum computing and AI — intersect with regulatory and economic development policies, Martín helps clients navigate compliance requirements and strategic opportunities at the federal, state, and international levels.

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I approach each challenge from both sides: as a lawyer who knows the complexities of laws and regulations and an executive who's successfully maneuvered through them to deliver strategic change.”
Credentials

Education

  • University of Illinois, B.S., finance, 1992
  • Indiana University Maurer School of Law, J.D., 1995

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois

Clerkships

  • HonorableJoan B. Gottschall, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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