Government Affairs Director Microsoft Iberica
Gabriel Lopez Serrano is Government Affairs Director for Microsoft. His career spans academia, start-ups and top tech companies. He started as General Counsel for a NY based start-up telecom Company (RSL Communications). He then joined AT&T Corp. as Regulatory Affairs manager, specialized in international transactions and regulation for the Americas. Afterwards he worked at Nokia Corp., as Senior Legal Counsel and Government affairs Director for western Europe based in Madrid.
At Microsoft, Gabriel is the Government Affairs Director for Spain and collaborates with several private, public and academic institutions such as the Universitat de Valencia, Universidad de Ganada, and the Universidad de Santiago Compostela. He is a member of the academic council of FIDE (Fundación para la Investigación sobre el Derecho y la Empresa) and participates at the Real Instituto Elcano as an expert on digital economy. He is the President of the Digital Policy Commission at Ametic and a member of the board of directors of Ametic and Adigital. He specializes in the design of national and international public policies and regulation for the responsible use of technology and the development of the data economy. He has authored several articles focused on Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, transparency, sovereignty, accessibility and sustainability. He is also a guest professor at the Madrid Bar Association and the University of Granada.
Gabriel is a licensed attorney in Mexico and Spain, holds a bachelor’s degree and a Masters in Law from the Mexican Institute of Technology, has postgraduate studies at University of Stanford, University College of Dublin, Instituto de Empresa, European Academy of Law Trier, Germany, Georgetown University and the Mexican Institute of Technology.
