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Patricia Fernández

Work Department

Art and Cultural Heritage

Career

Legal advisor in art law and cultural heritage. Writer and aca­demic researcher in the history of collecting and patrona­ge. Lecturer in Art Law in the Master of Laws (LLM) at IE. Ho­norary collaborator at the Complutense University of Madrid. Previously she has developed her legal career as associate di­rector of the firm Belzuz Abogados in Lisbon. In the public ad­ministration she has been General Director of European Union affairs of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, being responsi­ble for the management of regional development funds. She has also been Director of the venture capital fund Seed Ca­pital and of the business incubator Beaz Bizkaia. As an execu­tive she has worked at the insurance broker Aon Gil&Carvajal and, as an entrepreneur, as a founding partner of ART-MEDIA, S.L., specialized in the trade of works of art by television media.

Memberships

Secretary of the Toledo Chapter Council, for the defense of Spain’s legacy in North America. ERNOP- European Research Network on Philanthropy-. Deusto Business Alumni Contemporary History Association. Association of Friends of the Guggenheim Museum, the Prado Museum and the MNCARS.

Position

Of Counsel.

Education

PhD in History, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Diploma of Advanced Studies in Contemporary History, Univer­sidad Complutense de Madrid. Degree in Law, specializing in Law and Economics, Universi­ty of Deusto. Erasmus Program in European Law, University of Liege. Master of Research in Cultural Law, UC3M-UNED. International Leadership Program in Visual Arts Management, New York University and Deusto Business School. Management of Cultural Institutions, Focused Program, IESE Business School.