Numerary Member
Social Sciences: PhD in Law
Date of admission: January 26, 2004
Admission speech: “The Transformation of Legal Business as a Consequence of New Information Technologies”
Reply speech: Dr. Jaime Manuel de Castro, PhD in Law
Outstanding career: Renowned expert in commercial, financial and foundation law. He has advised major public and private institutions and is the author of numerous publications on governance, corporate ethics and legal responsibility.
Dr. RAFAEL MATEU DE ROS
UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATIONS
- Specialized in Commercial Law, Corporate Governance, National and International Tax Law, Litigation, and Arbitration.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, with Honors, from the Complutense University of Madrid.
- PhD in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid.
- Graduate of the P.M.D. Program at the Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Massachusetts (USA).
- State Attorney (on leave).
- Graduate in European Community Law from the Directorate General of State Litigation.
- Languages: English, French, and Catalan.
TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Founding Partner of Ramón y Cajal Abogados.
- As State Attorney at the Ministry of Finance, he held positions as Head of the Central Appeals Service, Head of the Technical Cabinet of the Undersecretariat, and Deputy Director General.
- He later moved into the private sector, serving as Secretary of the Board and Head of Legal Counsel at Endiasa, Eniepsa, and Hispanoil.
- General Secretary and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Bankinter from 1986 to 2009. Currently, he is an Independent Director of Bankinter, S.A.
- Board Member and Trustee of various companies and foundations.
- Legal Counsel to the Board of Directors of Iberdrola, S.A..
- Arbitrator of the Civil and Commercial Arbitration Court of Madrid (CIMA), the Arbitration Court of Madrid (CAM), and member of the Banking and Financial Arbitration Committee of the European Association of Arbitration (AEA).
- Has served as ad hoc arbitrator in national and international arbitration proceedings.
- Visiting Professor of Corporate Governance at the IE Law School (Instituto de Empresa), ICADE, the Ortega-Marañón Foundation, and the Menéndez Pelayo International University.
- Honorary Member of the Friends of the Prado Museum Association.
- Friend of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), the Reina Sofía Museum, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum.
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Hispanic Society of America (Spanish Chapter).
- Numerary Member of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Catalonia.
- Arbitrator in national (CIMA, Spanish Court of Arbitration, Chamber of Commerce Court of Madrid, Arbitration Court of the Madrid Bar Association) and international institutions (ICC).
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Arbitration Club.
PUBLICATIONS
- Author of numerous monographs and articles in legal journals such as: Revista de Derecho Bancario y Bursátil, Hacienda Pública Española, Crónica Tributaria, Impuestos-La Ley, Gaceta Fiscal, Revista de Derecho Administrativo, and Revista de Derecho del Mercado de Valores.
- Regular contributor of opinion articles in major newspapers such as El País, Cinco Días, and Expansión.