Uría Menéndez

Public Law, Litigation

Miguel Martínez Gimeno is a partner in the Madrid office. He joined the firm in June 2021 after serving as Secretary of the Board and General Director of the Legal Service of the Spanish Securities and Exchange Commission.

He has been a state lawyer (Abogado del Estado) since 2003, having held various positions, including Deputy-Head of the Legal Service of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and Head of the Legal Service of the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

Miguel has also served as a representative of the General Office of State Lawyers (Abogacía General del Estado) on the Governing Committee of the FROB (Spanish Executive Resolution Authority), a member of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offences and of the Board of the “Royal Spanish Mint” and as a legal advisor-secretary of the Board of the state-owned company CERSA.

He was a law clerk (référendaire) at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for six years. He also lectures at various national and international universities.

Miguel specialises in administrative and European Union law, working in its various different branches (regulatory matters, public procurement and public-private partnerships, regulated sectors, sanctioning law, financial law, internal market matters, state aid, subsidies, etc.). He also advises on proceedings before national or EU public authorities, as well as before civil and contentious-administrative courts, the CJEU and national and international arbitral tribunals.

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Law Degree, Universidad de Navarra, 1999 (last semester at Ludwig Maximilians Universität, München, Germany). State lawyer (Abogado del Estado), 2003. MBA specialising in finance, UNED, 2005.