César Bernales

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  • Degree in Law, University of Deusto
  • Qualified Real Estate Agent, (Ministry of Development)
  • LLM in Tax Law, University of Deusto
  • Diploma in Legal Practice (School of Legal Practice, University of Deusto)
  • Diploma on Insovency Practitioner
  • Course on Specialization in Civil and Commercial matters. (Bilbao-Biscay Bar Association)
  • Course on Specialization in Insolvency Mediation
  • Advanced course on Mediation (Bilbao-Biscay Bar Association)
  • Several course on different legal matters.

SPECIALIZATION

  • General Civil law (Contracts, civil liability, family law, inheritance law, etc)
  • General Commercial & Business advice
  • Data Protection and New Technologies
  • Out-of-Court ADR
  • Insolvency Proceedings

EXPERIENCE

  • Practicing lawyer since 1993. Defence of individuals and companies in civil and commercial proceedings.
  • Extensive experience in Negotation and application of ADRs procedures.
  • Advice to all type of companies in contracting (commercial or public procurement procedures) and in any aspect of the daily business traffic problem.
  • General counsel (external) of Generali Insurance Company (former Banco Vitalicio) since 1993, having participated in more than 3,000 cases, especially referred to all areas of civil liability.
  • Defence of civil liability of administrators.
  • Official Receiver since 2010
  • Insolvency Mediator registered in the Official Registry of the Ministry of Justice.

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member of SEMICASB (Mediation Service of the Bilbao-Biscay Bar Association)
  • Member of APEP (Spanish Professional Association of Privacy)
  • Member of ENATIC (Association of Lawyers specialized in ICT
  • Member of ADCE (Collaborative Law Association of the Basque Country)
  • Member of the New Technologies Studies Group of the Bilbao-Biscay Bar Association
  • Member of the Collaborative Law Studies Group of the Bilbao-Biscay Bar Association