Eugenia Castrillón Martínez-Bordiú

Eugenia Castrillón is the Vice Dean of Programs (Undergraduate & Graduate) at IE Law School, IE University. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her role, particularly in the fields of law, legal practice skills and policy innovation. 

Castrillón holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid. She further specialized by completing an LL.M. in Securities and Financial Regulation at Georgetown University Law Center in the USA, and an LL.M. in Taxation from the Centro de Estudios Financieros in Spain.

Before transitioning into academia, Castrillón practiced law at the international law firms Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills.

At IE Law School, she teaches courses on Legal Practice Skills, helping students develop forward-thinking approaches to legal challenges. She is also pursuing a Ph.D. in the field of Innovation Policy.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Associate, Freehills, Spain, 2009 – 2014

• Junior Associate, Linklaters, Spain, 2006 – 2009

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Vice dean for programs (undergraduate & graduate), IE Law School, Spain, 2022 – Present

• Junior Associate, Linklaters, Spain, 2006 – 2009

• Vice dean for undergraduate programs, IE Law School, Spain, 2020 – 2022

• Executive Director of Undergraduate Studies in Law, IE Law School, Spain, 2016 – 2020

• Adjunct Professor, IE Law School, Spain, 2015 – Present

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Doctoral candidate - PhD, History of science and innovation, National University of Distance Education (UNED), Spain, 2024

• LL.M. in Taxation, Centro de Estudios Financieros, Spain, 2008

• Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Banking, Corporate, Finance and Securities Law, Georgetown University Law Center, USA, 2006

• Executive Director of Undergraduate Studies in Law, IE Law School, Spain, 2016 – 2020

• Bachelor’s degree in law and Diploma in Business Sciences, Comillas Pontifical University, Spain, 2005