José Mª Méndez Hernández

HIGHER ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Graduate in Law. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2011).

Graduate in Economics. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2011).

Pre-Master’s in Economics. Erasmus Scholarship, University of Rotterdam (2010).

Master’s Degree in Business Law. Centro de Estudios Garrigues – Harvard Law School (2012).

Master’s Degree in Bankruptcy Administration. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) (2014).

Diploma in Bankruptcy Law. Universidad de Deusto (2014).

Master’s Degree in Civil Procedure. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) (2016).

Specialist Course in Civil Procedural Law. Centro de Estudios Cajasol (2017).

Member nº. 13011 of the Bar Association of Seville.

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Specialist in Litigation and Arbitration. He intervenes before all types of courts. He handles obligations and contracts, non-contractual liability , unfair competition, corporate law (challenges to corporate resolutions, directors’ liability, enforcement of shareholder agreements, etc.), and litigation involving financial products (procedures initiated by consumers and users regarding general contracting conditions and the enforcement of judicial and extrajudicial decisions).

Specialist in Bankruptcy Law. His experience ranges from assisting debtors facing current or imminent insolvency to defending creditors’ claims and interests in bankruptcy and pre-bankruptcy proceedings , including intervention and technical defense in transaction and guarantee termination proceedings.

Advising financial institutions on banking law issues.

He has extensive experience in plant variety matters, both from a contentious and contractual perspective.

Due to his close connection with the field in which he specializes, he regularly intervenes in criminal cases and proceedings within the scope of Economic Criminal Law.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Regular speaker at seminars and symposia on Civil, Bankruptcy and Procedural Law.

Lecturer of the Master’s Degree in Access to the Legal Profession at the University of Seville since the 2023/2024 academic year onwards.