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Biography
Manuel López is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Law at CUNEF Universidad. Associate Professor of Corporate Law (appointed through public competition in 2001), Ph.D. (Doctor) in Law, with more than 25 years of research and teaching experience at public universities (Universidad Carlos III, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad de Jaén) and private ones (Universidad de Navarra, Universidad Nebrija). Specialized in financial markets regulation, banking law, and corporate law. Lawyer, partner in international law firms, previously in the legal department of Iberclear (BME - Madrid Stock Exchange) and advisor to the Ministry of Economy. He holds a Master's Degree (LL.M.) in International Banking Law and Securities from Boston University School of Law (2000) with a scholarship from "la Caixa" Foundation.
Education
PhD. in Law, Universidad de Jaén (2000)
Master in International Banking Law and Securities, Boston University School of Law (2000)
PhD courses, J.W. Goethe Universität Francfor am Main (1998)
Research Interests
Financial markets regulation, banking law and corporate law.
Professional Career
Director and secretary of the board of directors at a brokerage firm and a project finance company, 2016 to present
Partner at the law firm Altium Legal, 2025 to present
Lawyer and partner at several international law firms, 2002 to 2025
Lawyer in the legal department of Iberclear (BME - Madrid Stock Exchange), 2000 to 2002
Legal advisor to the Ministry of Economy, Spanish Government, 1997 to 1998
Most relevant publications
López Martínez, M. (2026). La salida a cotizar de sociedades de capital riesgo. En J. J. Asegurado (Dir.), Anuario de Derecho Mercantil: Derecho de Sociedades y del Mercado de Valores (Vol. 1, pp. 623-ss.). Tirant lo Blanch.
López Martínez, M. (2018). Cuestiones de actualidad en relación a procedimientos sancionadores de la CNMV. En Liber Amicorum Gonzalo Jiménez-Blanco (pp. 275-ss.).
López Martínez, M. (2009). Las ofertas por exclusión y sus excepciones. En J. García de Enterría & J. Zurita (Dirs.), La Regulación de las OPAs (pp. 255-ss.). Civitas.
López Martínez, M. (2003). La responsabilidad por el contenido del folleto informativo en las ofertas públicas de valores. Civitas.
López Martínez, M. (2000). Aftermarket purchasers and right of action under Section 11(a) of the Securities Act of 1933. Annual Review of Banking Law, 19, 135-ss.