Dr. Javier López-Galiacho
Javier López-Galiacho, Associate Professor of Civil Law at Rey Juan Carlos University, Director of Compliance and Sustainability at Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC), President of the Association of Friends of Spain’s Historic Theatres and of the Mazzantini Forum, and full member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors (READ), is the principal driving force behind the new Foundation of Friends of Spain’s Historic Theatres, which carries forward the legacy of the association of the same name with the aim of protecting performance spaces threatened with disappearance and of promoting both their historical and heritage legacy and their cultural activity, as well as contributing to their programming. López-Galiacho himself will chair the board of trustees of the new foundation.
“Anyone familiar with Spain’s theatrical heritage knows where this organisation’s strength lies. The Teatro Circo of Albacete is its great achievement: recovered, safeguarded, and today a benchmark. But it has not been the only front. There have been more buildings, more battles, more awareness campaigns about a heritage which, paradoxically, many Spaniards tread upon without knowing what they are treading upon. And then there are the awards. The National Awards of the Association of Friends of Spain’s Historic Theatres have for years been the sector’s seal of recognition. That asset is one the new foundation has no intention of letting go,” noted the specialist portal Confilegal on 5 July, highlighting the birth of the foundation and the decisive role of the academic, whose track record in the association speaks for itself.
Moreover, López-Galiacho has played a prominent role in creating the poster for the Albacete Bullfighting Fair for 2026, which revives an original watercolour on cardboard by the architect Julio Carrilero Prat from the months leading up to the inauguration of the bullring in September 1917. “Behind this continuity and aesthetic coherence lies, once again, the fruitful collaboration between the professor and member of the Royal European Academy of Doctors, Javier López-Galiacho, and the bullfighting impresario Manuel Amador. Both have succeeded in consolidating a line that unites research, artistic sensitivity and commitment to tradition, offering the city posters that transcend their announcing function to become true pieces of cultural memory,” states the specialist portal Cultoro in a publication dated 17 June.
Teatro Circo of Albacete – santiago lopez-pastor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
López-Galiacho has been Director of the San Pablo Hall of Residence in Madrid and Secretary-General and Head of the Law Division of the Cisneros Foundation of the Complutense University of Madrid, and he was Director of the Official Master’s Degree in Access to the Legal Profession at the Faculty of Law of CEU San Pablo University, an institution of which he was also a trustee. He has a long-standing commitment to culture and, in addition to being a researcher, writer, and columnist across various media, he is the author of several books and an extensive body of research in the fields of civil law, good corporate governance, foundations, and business sustainability and ethics. On 31 May, he was recognised as Adopted Son of Castile-La Mancha by the Governing Council of the Regional Government of Castile-La Mancha for his distinguished teaching and business work and his firm commitment to culture and heritage, including his initiative for the preservation of the Teatro Circo of Albacete, an emblematic venue for the performing arts.
