Javier Gómez Bermúdez > Ramón y Cajal Abogados > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile
Ramón y Cajal Abogados Offices
CALLE ALMAGRO 16-18
28010 MADRID
Spain
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Javier Gómez Bermúdez
Work Department
Arbitration, Insolvency, Criminal
Position
Partner
Career
He has been a partner of the criminal litigation practice since he joined the firm in 2017.
Javier Gómez Bermúdez has enjoyed an outstanding career in the judiciary. In 1999 he was appointed judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Spanish Audiencia Nacional, being elected its President in 2004, a position which he held until 2012.
He has also been judge of the Central Examining Magistrates’ Court, judge of the Central Juvenile court and Prison Supervision judge of the Spanish Audiencia Nacional. In May 2015 he was appointed Spanish Liaison Magistrate in France by the Spanish Council of Ministers, a position which he held until joining the firm.
Although he has extensive experience in relation to terrorism, of both Islamist extremists and ETA –he is regarded as the originator of the Parot doctrine-, Gómez Bermúdez specialises in particular in financial criminal law. As an authority in this regard, in 2000 he was responsible for enforcing the judgment in the “Banesto” case and presided as judge at the courts trying high-profile cases relating to financial crimes, such as the “Torras”, “Interfur”, “PSV”, “KIO” and “Huarte” cases, among others. In more recent times, he has been the judge examining the case of corruption among senior officials of the Regional Government of Madrid.
He is also an expert in penitentiary law, having been the first Prison Supervision judge.
Languages
French
Education
- Degree in law from the Universidad de Granada (1984).
- Judge by competitive examination, entering the judiciary in 1987 and being promoted to senior judge in 1989.
Personal
Teaching:
- Professor of Commercial Law and Company Law at the UNED (1990-1999).
- Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Litigation Law at the Universidad Europea de Madrid (2007-2016).
- Speaker at national and international conferences.
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > White-collar crime
Equipped with ‘great knowledge of criminal law and the functioning of the justice system’, the team at Ramón y Cajal Abogados advises well-known Spanish companies and high-profile individuals on a wide range of white-collar crime matters, including tax evasion, corruption, forgery, fraud and environmental offences. Leadership is shared between ‘excellent criminal lawyer‘ Enrique Molina, who is ‘highly respected in the courts and tribunals’, and Javier Gómez Bermúdez, who has extensive experience in corruption cases.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
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