Torre de Silva López de Letona Víctor Pío

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After graduating in Law at Universidad Complutense de Madrid with extraordinary honours and a national undergraduate award, he obtained a Master in Law from Harvard University (funded with a scholarship from La Caixa) and later a PhD in Law from Universidad Complutense de Madrid with extraordinary honours. He has been Counsel to the Council of State since 1991 and was a Professor at IE Law School (2004-2023). He has held the positions of Undersecretary of Defense, Parliamentary Speaker’s Chief of Staff and President of the Observatory of Military Life. He has been a board member at several private and public companies (including RENFE, CASA and Puertos del Estado). He is a visiting professor at the School of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal and an Honorary Auditor of the Military Legal Corps. HE has authored multiple scientific publications. He speaks English and French.

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Orcid ID: 0000-0002-9379-4545

Education

Ph.D. in Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2012)

LLM, Harvard University (1994)

Bachelor in Law, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1989)

Research Interests

Public Law, with a special interest in Human Rights, European Law and Administrative Law.

Career

Counsel (1991–2016), and Senior Counsel (2016–present), Council of State (Consejo de Estado), Spain

Professor, IE University, IE Law School, 2004–2023

President, Observatory of Military Life, Spain, 2014–2018

Undersecretary, Ministry of Defense, Spain, 2000–2004

Parliamentary Speaker’s Chief of Staff, Spanish Congress, Spain, 1996–2000

Publications in Scientific Journals

Torre de Silva, Víctor: “Are national football federation bodies governed by public law? Setting the boundaries of EU Public Procurement directives”, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 29(1), 156-174, 2022.

Torre de Silva, Víctor: “Enlarging the Immunities of European Parliament’s Members: The Junqueras Judgment”, German Law Journal, 22(1), 85-10, 2021.

Torre de Silva, Víctor: “El impacto de las normas reglamentarias estatales en la familia: análisis crítico”, Revista Española de Derecho Administrativo, 203, 2020.

Torre de Silva, Víctor: “Responsabilidad por nacimiento evitable (wrongful birth) y discapacidad”, Revista de Administración Pública, 203, 2017.

Sayin, Yigit; Lehavi, Amnon; Oder, Bertil Emrah; Önok, Murat; Francavilla, Domenico; Torre de Silva, Victor; Sudarshan, R.: “Land Law and Limits on the Right to Property: Historical, Comparative and International Analysis”, European Property Law Journal, 6(1), 2017.

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