José M. de Areilza

José M. de Areilza Carvajal, Count of Rodas, (born 1966 in Madrid, Spain) is Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair at ESADE Law School, Ramón Llull University, Barcelona and Madrid and Secretary General of Aspen Institute España foundation, a partner institution of The Aspen Institute in the US.
He holds a masters and a doctorate in Law from Harvard University and is the author of works relating to the institutions of the European Union and the allocation of powers between the Union and Member States. He writes a weekly column on international affairs at ABC newspaper and is a member of its Board of Directors. In 2013, he was appointed Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations.

José M. de Areilza received a Licenciado en Derecho degree (LL.B) with the Special Graduation Prize at Universidad Complutense de Madrid Law School. He obtained a Master of Laws (LL.M) and a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (S.J.D.) from Harvard Law School, where he worked with Professors Joseph Weiler and David Kennedy and was a Fulbright Scholar. He also received a Master of International Relations (M.A.) from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. In 1992 he was admitted to the New York Bar.

José M. de Areilza begun his academic career at Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, where he taught European Union Law between 1994 and 1996. That year he was appointed Advisor on European and North-American affairs at the Spanish Prime Minister’s Office, where he worked four years with Prime Minister José María Aznar.

In 2000 he became Director of Legal Studies at Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School. In 2002 he was appointed Vice Dean of IE Business School and in 2008 first Dean of the new IE Law School. The European Commission awarded him a Jean Monnet Chair in 2007 and in 2009 he became President of the IE University-Jean Monnet Center for European Studies.

In April 2012 he became Secretary General of Aspen Institute España, an independent foundation that is a partner of The Aspen Institute in the US. In September 2012 he was appointed Professor of Law at ESADE Law School, Ramón Llul University, Barcelona and Madrid. In 2013 he was elected Member of the European Council of Foreign Relations (ecfr.eu) and was granted the Jean Monnet Chair-ESADE by the European Commission. That year he was also appointed Senior Research Fellow at the Real Instituto Elcano.

José M. de Areilza has published over thirty five academic articles on European Union decision-making, institutional reform, allocation of powers between the EU and Member States, enhanced cooperation, regions in the EU and Spanish foreign policy. In 2014 he published the book (in Spanish) "Law and Power in the European Union", Civitas. He has been the editor of the books “España y las transformaciones de la Unión Europea” (1998) and, with Pablo Mayor, “Internet, una profecía” (Ariel, 2002).

José M. de Areilza is the son of Enrique de Areilza Churruca and Pilar Carvajal Urquijo, Counts of Motrico. He is married to María Salgado Madriñán. They have two sons, Blanca and Santiago.

Member of the Board of Directors of ABC newspaper and of the Real Maestranza de Ronda.

Trustee of Fundacion Transicion Politica Española, the Spanish Navy Museum and Fundacion Museo ABC