REIGADA Mauricio Troncoso

Professor Titular di Derecho Mercantil University Professor. Department of Commercial Law. Facultad de Derecho.

Universidad Autònoma di Mardrid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

current position

Jan. 1996 - present        Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Faculty of Law.                                                                                   Madrid

University Professor. Department of Commercial Law.

Subjects taught: Undergraduate students: theory and practice of Patent and Trademark Law, Commercial Law, Contract Law and Procedure Law. Graduate Students: Courses in European Law and Business Law.

Education and Academic awards

Sept. 1989 - June1993  Università degli Studi di Bologna.                                                                                                                    Bologna

Juris Doctor, Summa Cum Laude. Title of Thesis: Le vendite predatorie nel diritto antitrust.

Advised by Prof. Dr. Cándido Paz-Ares and Prof. Dr. Vito M. Mangini

Jan. 1992 - June 1993   Università degli Studi di Bologna.                                                                                                                    Bologna

Laureato in Giurisprudenza (LLB Bachelor of Law), 110 su 110 e lode (with major honours).

Sept. 1984-June 1989   Universidad Complutense.                                                                                                                                 Madrid

Licenciado en Derecho (LLB Bacherlor of Law), with major honours (22 Matrículas de Honor, 2 Sobresalientes, 1 Notable).

Awards:                              “Primer Premio Nacional de Licenciatura en Derecho” (First National Award in Law Degree), 1988-1989.

“Premio Extraordinario Complutense de Licenciatura y Diplomatura. Área de "Ciencias Jurídico-Sociales" (University Award in Social and Legal Sciences). Universidad Complutense de Madrid.,1988-1989.

Premio Extraordinario de Licenciatura” (Faculty Award). Law Faculty. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 1989

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES and lectures

Jul. 2013                            International Conference on the Patent Declaration

(Max-Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law –

                                              National University Singapore, Faculty of Law)                                                                                         Singapore

                                                     Member of the Drafting Committee

Oct. 2012                          The Hong Kong University. Law an Technology Centre                                                                         Hong Kong

                                              Lecture “European Patens: Dream or Reality?”

Oct. 2012                          National University Singapore. Faculty of Law                                                                                          Singapore

                                              Lecture: “Is there really a solution to the European Union Patent Problem?”

Oct. 2012                          Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade                                                                                                               Shanghai

                                              Lecture: “European Union Patents: A Mission Impossible?”

 

Oct. 2012                          Huazhong University of Science and Technology. School of Management.                                       Wuhan

                                              Chinese-German Institute for Intellectual Property.

                                              Lecture: “Towards a new European Patent Law? The European Union patent”    

Sept. 2012                        Xiamen University. Intellectual Property Research Institute                                                                     Xiamen

                                              Lecture: “Hot issues in European Patent Law”

Sept. 2012                        Academia Sinaca. Institutum Iurisprudentiae                                                                                                  Taipei

                                              Lecture: "European Patents; approaches, historic and current"

April 2012-June 2012   Facoltà di Giurisprudenza della Università degli Studi di Palermo.                                                        Palermo

Visiting Professor. Patent Law

July. 2010                          AEDE Annual Conference.                                                                                                                                    Madrid

Lecture “Rationality and Efficiency of Antitakeover Defenses”.

Mar. 2009                         Chicago-Kent College of Law.                                                                                                                              Chicago

Visiting Researcher and Lecturer.

Research and Lectures on Antitakeover Law and Corporate Governance.

Mar. 2009                         Marquette University Law School.                                                                                                                 Milwaukee

Lecture “Rationality and Efficiency of Antitakeover Defenses”.

Dec. 2008                          Facoltà di Giurisprudenza della Università degli Studi “Roma Tre”                                                            Roma

Lecture “Takeover Law and Antitakeover Defenses”.

 

Oct. 2008                          Facoltà di Giurisprudenza della Università degli Studi di Palermo.                                                        Palermo

Lecture “Razionalità ed efficienza delle misure antiopa”.

May 2007                          Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law.                                          Munich

Lecture “Rationalität und Effizienz von Abwehrmaßnahmen gegen feindlichen Übernahmeangebote“.

Sept. 2006                        European Association for Law and Economics Annual Conference.                                                        Madrid

Discussant, Hatzis-Zergovianni “Judge-Made Contracts. Reconstructing Unconscionable Contracts”.

May 2001 – Oct. 2001 Facoltà di Giurisprudenza. Università degli Studi di Lecce.                                                                          Lecce

Co-Director of the thesis "Il diritto antitrust spagnolo e le modifiche della Ley de Defensa de la Competencia", defended on 26 October 2001.

Oct. 2001                          Istituto Superiore Universitario di Formazione Interdisciplinare.                                                              Lecce

Conference "Il quadro normativo dei comportamenti sleali di rilevanza antitrust (riflessioni sull´art. 7 LDC)", within a Course on “Competition Law”.

June 1997 - July 1997    Humboldt Universität.                                                                                                                                                Berlin

Visiting Professor of Prof. Dr. Christian Kirchner.

Research on Commercial Law.

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH Experience

Sept. 2013                        Oxford University, Faculty of Law                                                                                                                       Oxford

                                              Visiting Researcher

July 2011                           Oxford University. Faculty of Law                                                                                                                       Oxford

                                              Visiting Researcher

 

 

Nov. 2005 – Oct. 2008 Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law.                                          Munich

Visiting Researcher.

Sept. 2005 – Oct. 2005                  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität.                                                                                                                        Munich

Visiting Researcher of Prof. Dr. Claus-Wilhelm Canaris.

Research on Commercial Law.

Oct. 1995 – July 1996   Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität.                                                                                     Bonn

Visiting Researcher of Prof. Dr. Marcus Lutter.

Research on Commercial Law.

Jan. 1992 – July 1993    Istituto Giuridico Antonio Cicu. Università degli Studi di Bologna                                                           Bologna

Research on Antitrust Law

July 1992                           Institut für deutsches und europäisches Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsrecht

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg                                                                                                         Heidelberg

Research on Antitrust Law

INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS (SELECTION)

Mar.2007 – Oct. 2008  Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Scholar, foreign professor nominated to carry out research in Germany.                                                                                                                                                             Munich

Oct. 1995 – July 1996   Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) Scholar.                                                                           Bonn

Jan. 1993 – June 1993  Italian Government Scholar.                                                                                                                               Bologna

July 1992 – Aug.1992   Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) Scholar.                                                                 Heidelberg

July 1988                           Irish Government Scholar.                                                                                                                                          Cork

SIGNIFICANT Research PROJECTs

July 1997 - present         Researcher Member

Derecho Mercantil y Análisis Económico del Derecho (Commercial Law and Economic Analysis of Law)

(Consolidated Research Group)

Principal Researcher: Professor Cándido Paz-Ares

2002                                                      Researcher Member

Derecho de la contratación y Análisis Económico del Derecho (Contract Law and Economic Analysis of Law)

Principal Researcher: Professor Cándido Paz-Ares

1991 - 1993                      Researcher Member

Competencia desleal y sistema de mercado (Unfair Competition and Market System)

Principal Researcher: Professor Cándido Paz-Ares

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Feb. 2011- present        Baylos Abogados                                                                                                                                                                       Madrid

                                              Of Counsel

Jun. 2010 – Jun. 2011   Davies Arnold Cooper, LLP                                                                                                                                    Madrid

Of Counsel

Provide legal advice and written opinions on specific questions of law related to Patent and Trademark, Commercial and Contract Law.

 

Dec. 2003                          Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, LLP                                                                                                            Frankfurt

External legal consultant.

Provided a Legal Opinions related to Spanish Securities Law

Jan. 2003 - Dec. 2003  Cuatrecasas Abogados                                                                                                                                           Madrid

Of Counsel

Constituent member of the “Knowledge Management Unit”. Tasks: Drafted, reviewed and concluded contracts by request of companies; Advised companies and furnished legal opinions in patent and trademark, contractual and commercial matters;

Jan. 2001 – Jan.2002    Alkhaid Technologies Group                                                                                                                                 Madrid

Head of the Legal Department and Secretary of the Board of Directors.

Drafted and negotiated contracts with customers and suppliers, predominately including companies in the high-tech sector (Wireless LAN, Satellite Communications, etc.).

1999 –2000                       Telecommunications A.I.E. of Telecom Italia, Endesa and Union Fenosa (currently ORANGE)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Madrid

External legal consultant.

Legal advise on Patent and Trademark Law, Contract Law, Spanish and European Competition Law and Corporate Law.

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)

I. Monographs.

El embargo de acciones de SA y de participaciones de S.L., Civitas, Madrid, 2005, 360 pages.

Transmisión forzosa de acciones y participaciones de S.L. y cláusulas restrictivas, Civitas, Madrid, 2004, 224 pages.

Mauricio Troncoso/Patricia Pérez, Competition Law: Spain, International Encyclopaedia of Laws, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (in press)

Exclusión automática, exclusión imperativa, exclusión facultativa. Posibilidades de configuración e implementación (in press).

 

II. Scientific Articles.

“Die Kompetenz zur Vereinbarung des Ausschlusses eines Gesellschafters aus einer Kapitalgesellschaft im spanischen Recht: Können die Satzungen diese Entscheidungsbefugnis anderen Personen oder Organen als der Hauptversammlung übertragen?”, (in press).

“European Union Patents: A Mission Impossible? An Assessment of the Historical and Current Approaches”, Marquette Intellectual Property Law Review (International Intellectual Property Scholars Series), Vol. 17, 2013, pp. 231-263.

“Customs for IP infringement”, The European IPR Helpdesk Bulletin, European Commission, nº 9, April-June 2013, pp. 3-5

“¿Es posible en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico una reducción del capital que opere de forma automática?”, Anuario de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Extremadura, número XXX, 2012 (in press).

“El juego de la autonomía de la voluntad a la hora de atribuir la competencia para acordar la exclusión de un socio de una sociedad de capital”, Revista de Derecho Mercantil, nº 282, 2011 , pp. 101-118

“Sobre la competencia para acordar la exclusión de un socio en Derecho español de sociedades de capital”, in Estudios de Derecho Mercantil. Homenaje al Profesor Aníbal Sánchez Andrés, Civitas, Madrid, 2010, pp. 513-526..

“Why should Restrictive Clauses be applicable in Cases of Forced Selling of Corporate and Limited Liability Company Shares?”, Lex Electronica, Universitè de Montreal, Volume 14, Number 1 (Spring), 2009, pp. 1-13.

“Razionalità ed efficienza delle misure anti-opa”, Contratto e impresa/Europa, 2009, n. 1 Gennaio-Giugno, pp. 328-344.

 

“Forced Selling of Limited Liability Company Shares and Statutory Restrictions on Transfers”, Giureta. Rivista di Diritto dell’Economia dei Transporti e dell’Ambiente, Volume VI, 2008, pp. 1 ss.

“La exclusión de un socio de una sociedad de capital ¿Tiene que ser necesariamente acordada por la Junta General?”, Revista Jurídica de la Comunidad de Madrid, 2008, num. 27, pp. 137-145.

“On Seizure of Corporate and Limited Liability Company Shares in Spanish Law”, Global Jurist, Berkeley Electronic Press, Vol. 7 (2007), Iss. 3 (Topics), Article 1, pp. 1-15.

“Las prestaciones ligadas como condiciones abusivas (Comentario a los apartados 23 y 24, disposición adicional primera de la Ley 26/1984, de 19 de julio, general para la defensa de los consumidores y usuarios”, in Comentarios a la Ley de Condiciones Generales de la Contratación, Civitas, Madrid, 2002, pp. 1321-1329.

“Doctrina del TJCE en materia de Golden Shares”, Revista Jurídica de la Comunidad de Madrid, num. 13, mayo-agosto, 2002, pp. 175-182.

“Cláusulas restrictivas a la libre transmisibilidad y transmisión forzosa de acciones y participaciones”, in Libro Homenaje a Fernando Sánchez Calero, Volumen IV, Mc Graw Hill, Madrid, 2002, pp. 3583-3625.

“Derecho de la Competencia y Nuevas Tecnologías: Algunas pinceladas”, Comunicaciones del Instituto de Derecho y Etica Industrial (currently Comunicaciones en Propiedad Industrial y Derecho de la Competencia), num. extraordinario 2001, pp. 231-252.

“El marco normativo de los ilícitos desleales de relevancia antitrust (Reflexiones en torno al art. 7 LDC)”, in Estudios jurídicos en homenaje al Profesor Aurelio Menéndez, Tomo I, Civitas, Madrid, 1996, pp. 1034-1079.

“A propósito del Real Decreto-Ley 22/1993 y de la competencia para regular los horarios comerciales”, Revista General de Derecho, nums. 604-605, Enero-Febrero 1995, pp. 615-624.

“Notas críticas a la Proposición de Ley de Comercio Interior del Grupo Parlamentario Catalán”, Revista Jurídica La Ley, 4 (1994), pp. 968-982

Language Skills

English              Fluent in speech and writing.

German            Fluent in speech and writing.

Italian                Fluent in speech and writing.

Spanish             Native.

French               Fair.

July 2014