LEOPOLDO CALVO-SOTELO
Legal adviser to the Council of State by competitive examination
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- Graduate in Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1979
- M.A., The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 1985
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Legal adviser to the Council of State by competitive examination. Seconded to the Second Section (Foreign Affairs and Justice) of the Council of State (1983-1996)
- Secretary General of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences of the Juan March Institute for Studies and Research (1991-1996)
- Sub-Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior (1996-2001)
- Secretary of the Board of Directors and Director of the Legal Department of Vodafone España, S.A. (2001-2003)
- Villar Arregui Lawyers (2004-2005)
- Professor of the Legal Department and Director of the Master's Degree in International Relations at IE (2007- 2013)
- Lecturer in International Law, Comparative Law and History of International Relations
- Lecturer at the University of San Pablo, CEU (2014-2016)
- Lecturer at ESADE Law School, Madrid (2015-2016)
- Senior Lawyer, Fourth Section of the Council of State (Defence and Environment, 2005-2007; Defence and Industry, 2007-2016)
- Judge at the General Court of the European Union (2016-2019)
- Senior Lawyer of the Fourth Section of the Council of State (Defence and Industry, since October 2019).
- Contributor to ABC (2004-present)