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Biography
Lorenzo Prats is a Full Professor in the Department of Law at CUNEF Universidad. He was educated at the Universities of Valencia, Bologna, Cambridge (UK), and Chicago (USA). He has previously held the following positions: Assistant Professor of Civil Law (UVEG) from 1984 to 1990; Associate Professor of Civil Law (UVEG) in 1990; Full Professor of Civil Law (UniCan) in 2002; Full Professor of Civil Law at UCM (on secondment) in 2007; and Full Professor of Civil Law at UAB (14/07/2008-30/09/2020, on leave of absence). He has been awarded four positive research evaluation periods (sexenios) by the (CNAI). He has supervised six doctoral dissertations and has served as principal investigator in four research projects (two funded by the Ministry of Science and Research, one by the Instituto de Estudios Autonómicos-Generalitat de Catalunya and one by AGAUR -Generalitat de Cataluña.
Education
PhD in Law, UVEG (1989)
Master in European Law. ICADE/CIERVAL (1986)
Bachelor's Degree in Law, UVEG (1986) and Bachelor in Law, UVEG (1984)
Research Interests
Contract, Real estate and succession law. Intellectual property. Arbitration. Conciliation. Mediation
Professional Career
Lawyer, Madrid Bar Association, 1986-present.
Arbitrator in Law, Spanish Court of Arbitration, Madrid Chamber of Commerce Court of Arbitration, Barcelona Arbitration Tribunal, 2007-present.
Permanent Member, Civil Law Section 1, General Codification Commission, Ministry of Justice, 2022-present.
Advisor to the Minister of Justice, 2003-2006.
Representative of the Government of Spain in the Network of National Experts in European Contract Law of the European Commission. Appointment: 3 December 2004-2009.
Most relevant publications
Prats Albentosa, L., & Calvo Vidal, I. (2022). Changes in Spanish law as a consequence of the EU succession regulation. En I. Bariatti, F. Viarengo, & G. Villata (Eds.), EU cross-border succession law (p. 471). Edward Elgar Publishing.
Prats Albentosa, L. (2020). Deberes y cargas de información precontractual y tutela notarial ex ante de su cumplimiento (en la financiación para la adquisición de viviendas e inmuebles de uso residencial). En L.Prats Albentosa (Ed.), Ley de contratos de crédito inmobiliario: Estudios y comentarios (pp. 145-174). Thomson Reuters Civitas.
Prats Albentosa, L. (2018). El derecho a la propiedad privada en la Constitución de 1978. Revista Jurídica del Notariado, 321-367. Lefebvre.
Prats Albentosa, L. (2016). Hacia unas reglas comunes para la transmisión de bienes muebles en la UE. En B. Añoveros Terradas & S. Llebaría Samper (Coords.), El contrato: Apuntes para una revisión (pp. 61-114). Thomson Reuters Aranzadi.
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