Castiñeira Jerez, Jorge

Jorge Castiñeira Jerez is Full Professor in the Department of Law at Ramon Llull University's ESADE Faculty of Law, where he also serves as Dean. He leads the Property Law Research Group and maintains active affiliations with Georgetown University's Center for Transnational Legal Studies, University of Turin, Cornell Law School, and Max Planck Institute for Comparative Law. His legal practice background includes specialized litigation work at Uría Menéndez.

His research examines:

• Supervening alterations in contractual circumstances and risk allocation
• Theoretical frameworks for contractual liability and ineffectiveness
• Civil liability mechanisms in corporate and insolvency contexts
• Comparative analyses between Spanish and American contract law systems

His publications demonstrate consistent focus on contract law evolution, civil liability frameworks, and comparative legal methodologies, with recent work examining labor contract termination (2019) and transatlantic contract law differences (2017).

Significant recognitions include:

• Second State Prize for Academic Excellence (2008)
• FPU Doctoral Research Grant (2012)
• Max Planck Institute Research Fellowship (2017)
• Summa Cum Laude doctoral distinction

As Dean, he oversees academic programming and faculty development while maintaining research leadership in the Property Law Research Group, which focuses on civil and corporate liability frameworks.