Brussels, Brussels Region, Belgium
Member of the Legal Service of the European Commission. I joined the Commission through the Junior Professionals Programme (JPP), a highly competitive scheme that selects 25 young professionals each year to rotate across two Directorates-General, building cross-service experience before returning to contribute to their DG of origin. As part of the programme, I rotated in the Secretariat-General of the Commission, within the Coreper I team, and in the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries. Prior to joining the Commission, I served as Junior Advisor in the European Affairs Department of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister of Spain. I hold an LL.M. in EU Law from the College of Europe (Bruges) and a dual Bachelor's degree in Law and Political Science from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. My Master's thesis was awarded the Jacques Delors Prize for the best thesis on a subject related to the European project. Beyond my professional career, I co-founded Equipo Europa, the Spanish pro-European youth organisation with over 7,000 members, and served as its President for three years. I also served as a member of the High-Level Advisory Group on the Conference on the Future of Europe.
• Provide legal advice to the Commission • Represent the Commission before the EU, national and international courts • Advise the Commission in its legislative and regulatory tasks
Second rotation of the Junior Professionals Programme (JPP) in SG.H2: My responsibilities included monitoring and coordinating the meetings of Coreper I and the Council within the Commission. I was responsible for the Energy, Environment and Transport Council configurations, and the backup for the COMPET configuration. In addition, I assisted with the coordination of the Mertens Group and Coreper I weekly cycle.
First rotation of the Junior Professionals Programme (JPP): Legal Officer in MARE B.1., the unit responsible for international ocean governance, which handles multilateral and bilateral negotiations on the law of the sea and represents the European Commission in international fora and bodies, such as the UN. My responsibilities include providing legal advice on the UN High Seas Treaty (BBNJ), preparing analysis on issues of the Law of the Sea and International Ocean Governance, and participating in meetings with stakeholders and EU institutions.
Junior Adviser at the cabinet of the Prime Minister of Spain, under the European Affairs Department - Secretariat General of Public Policies, European Affairs, and Strategic Foresight. The European Affairs Department is responsible for advising the Prime Minister on matters relating to the European Union and the bilateral relations with other EU Member States.
Blue Book Trainee at the cabinet of Daniel Calleja, the Director General of the European Commission Legal Service. My responsibilities include assisting the Director General and his assistants in the preparation of submissions before the Union Courts, developing legal research, and preparing presentations and speeches for the Director General.
As a student at the College of Europe, I founded and co-chaired the Brugge Students Institute on the Future of Europe (BSIFE). It is the first student-led think tank of the College of Europe. Our aim was to develop policy and institutional proposals for the future of Europe. Besides being the co-chair of the BSIFE, I was also one of the Rapporteurs of the Institutional Reform Working Group.
I coordinated, together with Daniel Sarmiento and Pablo Torres, AEDEUR's I Summer School on EU law, that took place in the Diplomatic School of Spain (Madrid) on 4-8 July 2022. The initiative was funded and supported by the Secretary of State for the European Union through the grant 'Hablamos de Europa'. As a coordinator, I worked on the grant application, reached out to the summer school's speakers, organised the visits to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain and to the Reina Sofía Museum, managed the summer school's finances and dealt with the day-today logistics. The summer school was focused on the Rule of Law, and the lectures were given by renowned academics and experts such as Paz Andrés Sáenz de Santa María, Chair of International Public Law and State Counsellor; Román Petrov, Chair of International Public Law and EU law at Kyiv University; or Pedro Cruz Villalón, former President of the Spanish Constitutional Court and former Advocate General of the Court of Justice. Over 80 participants signed up for the summer school, 50 of which participated in person and the rest of them online.