Education:
- Law degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
- PhD in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
Professional experience:
- He has extensive professional experience and has held, among others, the following positions:
- Professor of Constitutional Law at the Universities of Valencia and A Coruña.
- Legal Counsel at the Spanish Constitutional Court.
- Lawyer specialising in public law, corporate law, competition law, transparency, data protection and compliance.
- Secretary of State for Relations with Parliament.
- Secretary of State for Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs.
- Minister of Justice.
- President of the Justice and Home Affairs Council of the European Union during the Spanish Presidency.
- Member of the Congress of Deputies.
- Member of the Parliament of Galicia.
- Academic Adviser to CCS Abogados Corporativos.
- Founding Partner of Marcafranca, a firm specialising in compliance systems and internal reporting channels.
- Member of the Advisory Board of ASCOM (Spanish Compliance Association).
Other relevant information:
- Author and director of numerous academic publications on Constitutional Law, institutional organisation, good governance and compliance.
- Recipient, among other honours, of the Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III and the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Ramón de Peñafort.
