Sebastián Sastre > Ramón y Cajal Abogados > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Sebastián Sastre

ssastre@ramoncajal.com View profile

Work Department

Civil Litigation

Position

Of Counsel.

Career

Sebastián is Of Counsel in the Civil Litigation Practice. He joined the firm in 2015 as a specialist in commercial law and legal proceedings before the civil courts.

Sebastián was Senior Judge (Magistrado) of the First Chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court, being selected for a fifth term of office (Quinto Turno) in recognition of his professional standing, from 2013 to 2015, when he retired as a judge.

Between 1985 and 2012 he was Executive Director of the Legal and Tax Department and Secretary of the Board of Directors of different companies of the current CaixaBank. Prior to this he was General Counsel of Banco de Europa (1973-1984) and member of the Legal Department of Banco Atlántico (1969-1973).

Languages

French, Italian

Memberships

Member of the Madrid and Barcelona Bar Associations.

Education

• Degree in Law from the Universidad de Barcelona, 1968 (Special Recognition Award for Degree and Prize for the second best academic achievement).

• PhD in Law, Cum Laude, from the Universidad de Barcelona, 1987.

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Management (MBA) from the Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE), 1970.

• Full Professor in Commercial Law of the Universidad de Barcelona (UB) by competitive examination in 1989.

Personal

Teaching:

• Full Professor in Commercial Law of the Law School of the Universidad de Barcelona (1968-2015).

• Professor at the Universidad CEU Abad Oliba.

• Professor on the Master’s Degree in Insolvency at ESADE.