Ramon M. Mullerat O.B.E. Bio

Legal Education: Faculty of Law, Central University of Barcelona (1960); Extraordinary Graduate Award of the Law Faculty of the University of Barcelona (1962).

Legal Practice: Abogado in Barcelona and Madrid; Avocat à la Cour de Paris ; Honorary Member of the Bar of England and Wales; Honorary Member of the Law Society of England and Wales; Honorary Member of the International Committee of the Florida Bar.

Legal Awards: Licenciate Award “Duran i Bas” (1969); “Federico Roda Ventura” Prize of the Barcelona Law Society; Old Presidents Prize of the XIV AIJA Congress (1975); Medal of the Barcelona Bar Association (1999); Dr. Ivo Politeo Award of the Croatian Bar Association (2004); Cruz de Honor de la Orden de San Raimundo de Peñafort (2005).

Honours: Order of the British Empire (OBE); Grosse Ehrenzeichen für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich; Medal of the Barcelona Bar Association.

Teaching: Professor of Civil Law of the University of Barcelona Law Faculty (1970-1980); Professor of Civil Law at the Legal Practice School of Barcelona Bar (1973-1991); Professor of Practicum of the University of Barcelona Law Faculty (1999); Adjunct Professor of the John Marshall School of Law (Chicago); Professor at Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE); Director of International Master in Law of Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE).

Other: Honorary Legal Adviser to the British Consulate General in Barcelona; Honorary Legal Advisor to and former Chairman of the Barcelona British Chamber of Commerce; Former President of the Civil Law Section of the Barcelona Bar; President of the Conference of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) (Barcelona, 1988); Director of the “Trias de Bes i Giró” Summer University on International Legal Relationships (1988-1990); Former Chairman of the Commission of Culture of the Barcelona Bar (1990-1992); Spanish representative in the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community (CCBE) Company Law Committee; General Reporter in the Third Commission on the Fifth Congress of the Spanish Legal Profession (1989); Reporter in Euro-Med Civil Forum (1995); Speaker at the Graduate School of Business, International Executive MBA of the University of Chicago in Barcelona (1995); Director of the Common Law courses of the Barcelona University (1995-1997); Professor of the Summer Program of the University of Puerto Rico School of Law in Barcelona (1995-2001); Expert Programmes Themis and Démo-droit of the Council of Europe; President of the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union (CCBE) (1996); Member of Legal Affairs Group of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce and Industry (1997); Member of the American Law Institute (ALI) (1997); Member of the Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Catalonia (1997); Member of the American Bar Foundation (ABF) (1998); Co-Chair of the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association (2000); Co-Chairman of the Subcommittee of International Business Ethics of the Section of Business Law of the ABA (2000); Chairman of the Editorial Board of The European Lawyer; Special Advisor to the Committee on the Research of the Future of the Legal Profession (ABA) (2001); Foreign Lawyer Representative of the Section of International Law and Practice of the ABA (2001); Member of the Council of Justice of Catalonia (2002); Chairman of Commission 2020 of the International Bar Association (IBA); Co-chair of the Commission of Corporate Social Responsibility of the IBA (2004); Member of the Board of the Northamerican Studies Institute; Member of the Board of “Juristes sense fronteres”.