Practices and Sectors

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate/M&A
• Private Equity

Profile

Javier Gutiérrez has a Doctorate of Laws from Università Degli Studi di Bologna through the Real Colegio de España in Bolonia (1996). He has a degree in Law from Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Extraordinary achievement prize (1993). Extraordinary achievement prize in Public Law (School of Law, Universidad Complutense in Madrid, 1992-1993) and Graduation Award (School of Law, Universidad Complutense in Madrid, 1994).

Javier received a Fellowship for Training of Teachers and Research Staff (Subdirectorate General for Research Staff Training of the Ministry of Education and Science, 1993), a Fellowship from the Real Colegio de España in Bolonia (Italy) for the completion of the doctoral thesis (1994-1996) and the Fellowship “Risk and Insurance” from Mapfre Foundation (2004-2005. Research topic: The risk involved in the Insurance for Civil Liability of Statutory Auditors).

He speaks Spanish, English and Italian.

Experience

Javier Gutiérrez is a Tenured Lecturer of Company Law (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos). He was an Education Counselor at the Spanish Consulate in Argentina under the auspices of the relation between the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport and the Republic of Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay during 2010 and 2012; External Counselor (CMS Albiñana y Suárez de Lezo in 2010); Tenured Lecturer of Company Law at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos from 2004 until 2010 and Lecturer of Company Law at the Centro de Estudios Superiores Ramón Carande as part of Universidad Complutense in Madrid from 1996 until 1998.

Professionals Organisations

The Madrid Bar Association (ICAM).

Visiting researcher. Harvard University, as a member of the group on advanced research on Listed Companies (Real Colegio Complutense 2006).

Co-director of the international congress on the private enforcement of Competition Law, Valladolid (2010).

Member of the Organising Committee of the first and second National Congress on Commercial Distribution and Competition Law (2008-2009).

Secretary of the first Congress on Insolvency Law. Dos años de la Ley Concursal. Balance y perspectivas (2007).

Secretary of the Revista de Derecho de la Competencia y la Distribución since 2007.

Editorial coordinator of the Revista de Derecho Concursal y Paraconcursal from 2004 to 2010.

Recognition

Javier Gutiérrez features in the legal directory:

• Best Lawyers® for Corporate and Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Corporate Governance and Compliance Practice.