Born in the United States, he is currently Assistant Professor of Law, University of Navarra (unav.es), and Independent Legal Consultant, Pamplona, Spain.
He has worked as an attorney in the U.S. at the New York, Florida and Massachusetts State Bars. He is registered as a solicitor with the Law Society of England and Wales and registered with the UK Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). He is an adjunct academic fellow at the Pell Centre for International Relations and Public Policy – Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island (USA).
His experience as a lawyer includes Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Milan (Italy) where he worked in the Corporate Department. At Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, London, UK, as an Associate in the Corporate and Capital Markets Department. At Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP as an Associate Attorney and in Palm Beach, Florida (United States), in the Corporate and Venture Capital practice.
Education: Graduate of the Institute of International and Development Studies – Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement (Université de Genève), Geneva, Switzerland (1993 – 1995); Diplôme d’études supérieures (Master) in International Relations – Specialisation in History and Politics. B.A. from Boston College Law School, Newton, MA, 1996 – 1999. He is also a graduate of Providence College, Providence, RI, 1989 – 1993 double major in History and Modern Languages (Spanish and Russian).
Former President, International Law Society, 1997-98, member, 1996-99; participant in negotiation and client counseling competitions, 1996-97; member, Latin American Law Students Association, 1998-99.
Doctor of Law (comparative business and anti-corruption law); Summa Cum Laude (“outstanding cum laude”) with qualification of Doctor Europaeus (to meet transnational and linguistic requirements with respect to research, writing and in-person defence of dissertation). Dissertation title: “The parameters of board duties on corporate corruption and bribery: comparative development of applicable laws, regulations and cases (US, Federal and Delaware vs. the UK – focus on England and Wales)”.
His publications include the book “Directors’ Duties and Corporate Anti-Corruption Efforts in the United States and the United Kingdom, Edward Elgar Publishing”.
Since September 2018 he has been teaching comparative law courses at IBLP (International Business Law Program) at the University of Navarra Law School also at Clifford Chance London Legal Week.
From an academic point of view he has been an adjunct/visiting professor of law and independent legal consultant, in Milan, Italy (March 2006 to August 2018). He has provided academic training in 14 countries on four continents (and in four languages) mainly focused on international and comparative corporate governance; company law; capital markets and securities regulations; anti-corruption laws and international contract drafting, as well as other areas of commercial/trade law, such as competition/antitrust law.
