Román Gil Alburquerque

Practicing attorney.  Román is a lawyer specialized in Labor Law and has extensive procedural and negotiating experience in all areas related to labor law and labor relations. He is a member of the EELA (European Employment Lawyers Association) and the IBA (International Bar Association), as well as Mediator of the Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service (SIMA).

He is the author of several books and specialized publications in his area. He has been recognized by Chambers (Band 1) and Who's Who Legal as Thought Leader and Global Elite Lawyer for several years and Benchmark Lawyer for the EMEA region in 2016 and in 2022, as well as Leading Individual by The Legal 500 since 2017 uninterruptedly.

He has served as a member of the Governing Board of the Madrid Bar Association for five years, and has been a member of the boards of directors of the Spanish Labor Relations Forum (FORELAB) and the National Association of Labor Lawyers (ASNALA).

Corporate Experience

• Partner of Sagardoy Abogados and member of its Board of Directors

• Director of Nueva Mutua Sanitaria

Academic Experience

• Professor in the Master's program on access to the legal profession of the University of Navarra

• Adjunct Professor in the Master's program on access to the legal profession at IE University

• Former Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidad Carlos III (Madrid) and still  teaches occasionally at the same university

• Fellow of the Aspen Institute España, where he moderates its Seminar on Justice and Civil Society

• Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain

Academic Background

• Law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid

• Diploma in Comparative Law from the Faculty of Strasbourg

• PhD in Law from the University of Castilla La Mancha

• Diploma in Negotiation Techniques from Harvard Law School, Harvard Law School

• SMP (Senior Management Program) from IE

• He is the author of several books and specialized publications in his area, as well as a lecturer at various institutions such as the University of Navarra, IE Law School and IE Business School, as well as Sagardoy Business & Law School