Fernando Peña López is a Spanish lawyer specialized in civil law, and the current director of Fundación INADE-UDC Chair of risk management and insurance at

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. He is an expert in

civil liability In law, liable means "responsible or answerable in law; legally obligated". Legal liability concerns both civil law and criminal law and can arise from various areas of law, such as contracts, torts, taxes, or fines given by government agencie ...

insurance law Insurance law is the practice of law surrounding insurance, including insurance policies and claims. It can be broadly broken into three categories - regulation of the business of insurance; regulation of the content of insurance policies, especial ...

, and

consumer law Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent business ...

, and is author of publications in this field. He has worked as of Counsel for law firms and acted as am arbitrator of the Galician Arbitration Court. He earned a PhD from

in 2000 with a thesis on ''culpability in extracontractual civil liability'', and furthered his studies at the universities of Roma-La Sapienza,

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and Fordham.

Academic achievents

As part of the activities of his Fundación INADE-UDC Chair of risk management and insurance at

, Peña introduced an innovative

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program known as ''Veredicto Ejemplar'', which is already in its third edition.

International affairs

Fernando Peña was director of the international relations office of

between 2012 and 2015, period in which he promoted the use of English as a medium of instruction, relations with multinational firms such as

Inditex Industria de Diseño Textil, S.A. (Inditex; , ; ) is a Spanish multinational clothing company headquartered in Arteixo, Galicia, in Spain. Inditex, the biggest fast fashion group in the world, operates over 7,200 stores in 93 markets worldwide ...

, and the creation of an International Summer School. He was also one of the coordinators of an EU-funded

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project on ''Reform of Education THru INternational Knowledge exchange (RETHINK)'', coordinated by the

University of Lisbon The University of Lisbon (ULisboa; pt, Universidade de Lisboa, ) is a public research university in Lisbon, and the largest university in Portugal. It was founded in 2013, from the merger of two previous public universities located in Lisbon, th ...

, which allowed him to cooperate with universities in countries such as

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Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

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, and

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. In 2015 he engaged on a tour of

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that allowed him to visit several universities and culminated with the signature of a

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agreement with

Valentin Popa Valentin Popa is a Romanian engineer, university professor, and politician. On 17 February 2012, he was elected rector of the Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava (USV). He was also minister of education of Romania from 29 January to 28 Septemb ...

, rector of the University of Suceava, who would later become minister of education of Romania.

Publications

* Peña López, F. (2002). La culpabilidad en la responsabilidad civil extracontractual. Comares. * Busto Lago, J. M., Álvarez Lata, N., & Peña López, F. (2005). Reclamaciones de consumo: derecho de consumo desde la perspectiva del consumidor. Thomson/Aranzadi; Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo: Instituto Nacional del Consumo. * Álvarez Lata, N., Busto Lago, J. M., & Peña López, F. (Dir.) (2015). Curso de derecho civil de Galicia. Atelier.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peña López, Fernando Living people 21st-century Spanish lawyers Year of birth missing (living people) Academic staff of the University of A Coruña