Alfonso Arévalo Gutiérrez

Education

Degree in Law with distinction from the Complutense University of Madrid (1980-1985).
Doctorate Courses, Complutense University of Madrid
Diploma in Constitutional Law and Political Science from the Centro de Estudios Constitucionales (1985-1987)
Master’s degree in Urban planning law (1997)

Professional career

Since 1990, Civil servant pertaining to the Corps of Lawyers serving the Madrid Assembly, having obtained such position through competitive examinations in which he gained first place. He has served as Director of Parliamentary Management, Director of Studies and Documentation, and Assistant Secretary General
Registered Property Manager, practicing as such from 1983 through to 1990.
Collaborator with the Law Office of the Carlos III University in Madrid. Collaborator with the Instituto de Derecho Público (Barcelona) in the preparation of the “Autonomous Communities Report” (years 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007)
President of the Administrative Court for Public Procurement of the Madrid Assembly since November 2011

Specialisation

Contentious-administrative law, Parliamentary Law, Regional and Local Law, Town Planning and Environmental Law

Teaching

Associate lecturer in Administrative Law at the Carlos III Univeristy in Madrid (1992-2008)
Collaborating lecturer in Administrative law at the Pontifical University of Comillas in Madrid (ICADE) (since 1994)
He has also taught at the Francisco de Vitoria University Centre, attached to the Complutense University of Madrid (1994-2000), at the Centro de Enseñanza Superior CEU–Architecture, attached to the Polytechnic University (2000-2003), and at the Centro Superior de Estudios Jurídicos–Fundación Notarial para la Formación Jurídica (2005 and 2006)
He is a frequent lecturer for various Courses and Master’s degree programmes run by the following: the Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública; the Instituto Madrileño de Administración Pública; the Instituto Pascual Madoz del Territorio, Urbanismo y Medio Ambiente; the Instituto de Fomento Empresarial; and the Real Colegio Universitario “Escorial–María Cristina”

Membership of professional bodies and associations

Madrid Bar Association

Languages

Spanish
English
French

Publications

He is the author of more than 80 publications, including books and specialised law journals, focusing in particular on Parliamentary law, Autonomous regional and local law, Planning Law and Environmental Law

Practice areas

• Administrative and regulatory
• Town Planning