Numerary Member and Deputy to the Presidency
Social Sciences: PhD in Economics
Date of admission: June 3, 2014
Admission speech: «Corporate and Business Law in the Century of Quality»
Reply speech: Dr. Carlos Dante Heredia García, PhD in Medicine
Outstanding career: Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession, and professor at IE Law School and ESADE. Expert in economic analysis, regulation and innovation in legal services; co-director of the Big Four in Law Research Project and partner at Bufete Escura since 1999.
Dr. MARÍA J. ESTEBAN FERRER
UNIVERSITY QUALIFICATIONS
- Leadership in Law Firms Program, Harvard Law School (2011).
- PhD in Economics and Business from the Universitat Ramon Llull (2010). Extraordinary Doctorate Award.
- Advanced Doctoral Studies (DEA), Universitat Ramon Llull (2007).
- Senior Management Program (PADE), IESE Business School (2002–2003).
- Degree in Law from the University of Barcelona (1984).
TEACHING ACTIVITY
- Expert in the economic, social, and regulatory analysis of legal services and the legal profession.
- Researcher in innovation, quality management, and globalization of professional service organizations.
- Commissioned research for the International Bar Association, Future of Legal Services Commission.
- Regular contributor to academic journals and speaker at seminars and conferences in her areas of expertise.
- Fellow and Professor at the IE Law School.
- Professor at ESADE.
- Co-Director of the Big Four in Law Research Project, an initiative of the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession.
- Senior Research Fellow and affiliated research professor at the Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession (2019 – Present).
- Professor at the Universitat Ramon Llull (2010 – 2021).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
- Partner at Bufete Escura S.L.P. (1999 – Present).
- Practicing lawyer since 1984.
- Vice-President of the Social Sciences Section of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (2020 – Present).
- Numerary Member of the RAED.
