Jose Luis Palma

José Luis is a member of the Advisory Counsel at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

He specialises in administrative, civil and agro-food law.

He holds a degree in Law from the University of Malaga (Spain), a doctorate in Law from the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and a diploma in English Public Administration from the Royal Institute of Public Administration, London (UK).

He is a member of the Higher Corps of State Civil Administrators (where he held posts in the ministries of Public Administrations, Justice, the Interior and Tourism – TURESPAÑA – from 1987 to 1993) and is currently on leave of absence. He belongs to the Legal Corps for the State Council (since 1993). He is an Associate member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation.

José Luis has been repeatedly recognised as a Food Law expert in the prestigious Legal500 directory.

Currently, he is the Director of the specialisation course on agro- food law at the Law School at the Complutense University of Madrid. He has served as a lecturer at various prestigious universities in Madrid and Málaga. He is the author of the book “Derecho Agroalimentario”, which has been re-edited annually by the Ministry of Agriculture since 2015 and is available in electronic version. Since 2021 it has been published by the Boletin Oficial del Estado (Official Gazette) as a free and open access e- book.

He has participated as author or co-author in several specialised legal publications.