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María Ángeles Alcalá

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Work Department

Corporate and Corporate Governance

Position

Of Counsel.

Career

María Ángeles has spent much of her professional life at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, where she is Professor in Commercial Law and also holds various university management positions such as Director of the Centre for Employment Information and Promotion, Student Vice-Chancellor and General Secretary.

Of particular note during her career was her appointment as Director-General of Registries and Notaries of the Ministry of Justice (2009-2011), where she carried out important pre-legislative, organisational and advisory work for the Ministry in relation to private law. She is a permanent Vocal Member of the General Codification Commission of the Ministry of Justice. And, she also has extensive experience in providing legal advice to law firms through the preparation of expert reports and opinions.

Additionally, she has been an independent director on the Board of Directors of Neoenergía, S.A., where she was also a member of its Finance Committee and Appointments and Remuneration Committee. She has also been an independent director of Iberdrola España, S.A.U. She is currently an independent director on the Board of Directors and member of the Audit and Risk Oversight Committee of Iberdrola, S.A.

Languages

English, German, Italian

Education

She has completed research placements at the universities of Freiburg, Hamburg and Berlin, as well as at the Max Planck Institut für Privatrecht of Hamburg.

She has participated in both national and international research projects in relation to a wide range of subjects (corporate law, corporate governance, securities market law, the creation and management of SMEs, commercial contracts, international trade, business accounting and auditing and insolvency law).

Personal

Teaching: She has taught on the full programme in Commercial Law on the Degree and Grade in Law and the Degree and Grade in Business Administration and Management. She has also taught on further training programmes and on doctorate courses in relation to subjects such as Corporate Law, Banking Law and Financial Markets, the Reform of Listed Companies, Takeover Bids and Public Offerings, among others. She has been involved since they were established in the Master’s Degree in International Trade, the Master’s Degree in Credit Institutions and the MBA. She has also participated in numerous national and international conferences.