nireEHU JUAN JOSE ALVAREZ RUBIO
- Knowledge area
- International Private Law
- Department
- Centre
- Faculty of Law
- Electronic mail
- juanjose.alvarez@ehu.eus
Juan José Álvarez is a Doctor of Law, in the area of Private International Law, by the UPV / EHU; He obtained the extraordinary Doctorate Award, along with the Extraordinary Degree Award and the Bachelor's Degree, with the Outstanding Qualification / Honor Roll. He received the Eusko-ikaskuntza-Laboral Kutxa Prize for Humanities, Culture, Arts and Social Sciences in 2015. He is a Professor of Private International Law at the UPV / EHU and a visiting professor at numerous universities and national and European research centers. He also serves as Counselor-Lawyer of the law firm CUATRECASAS and is co-founder and Secretary of GLOBERNANCE (Institute for Democratic Governance). He was Secretary General of the Basque Council of the European Movement (EUROBASK / CVME) (May 2003-2012) and designated as expert by the EUROPEAN COMMISSION (Directorate General of Justice, Freedom and Security), dated December 17, 2007, for the Civil Justice areas, borders, personal data protection and security areas. His research focuses on Maritime Law, International Trade Law and Human Rights, European Law and areas related to internal conflicts. Among his latest research, we can mention The Legal Lessons of the Prestige Case . Towards a new Maritime Damage Law: current trends (ARANZADI THOMSON REUTERS, 2012), Human Rights in Business. Removal of Barriers to access to Justice in the European Union TAYLOR-FRANCIS, 2017), Brexit and Gibraltar: the perspective of legal persons, incidence on the freedom