Fitxa persona

Rafael Marimón Durá is a Full Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Valencia and the Director of the "Manuel Broseta Pont" Department of Commercial Law. He has been awarded five six-year terms (four in research and one in knowledge transfer) and five five-year terms in teaching. He also leads the Minsait-UV Chair in LegalTech & AI & the UV LegalTech Lab.

His research work has been particularly focused on banking and financial markets law, field in which he has made numerous contributions. He has participated in 14 research projects, with a particular emphasis on those addressing the regulation of shadow banking and banking contracts, where he has served as the principal investigator (PI). He has completed numerous research stays in Germany (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg) and the United Kingdom (London School of Economics & Political Science, University of Edinburgh). He co-edits the Revista Española de Capital Riesgo and the Revista de Derecho del Sistema Financiero.

He has extensive teaching experience at both national and international levels, spanning undergraduate and postgraduate education. He has participated in several doctoral programs, teaching various modules and supervising multiple research projects. He has also taught in numerous specialized programs at the University. Currently, he is part of the teaching panel for the Master’s Degree in International and European Union Studies and the Master’s Degree in Business Law, both offered by the University of Valencia. Additionally, he directs the UV LegalTech Lab and the Permanent Training Master’s in LegalTech & Compliance Officer.

In the field of university management, he served as Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law for three periods, totaling nine years. Professionally, he maintains advisory contracts with various companies and law firms, managed by the University of Valencia's Research and Innovation Transfer Office (OTRI) under the framework of Article 60 of the Spanish Universities Law (LOSU). He has been an independent board member of the Valencian Institute of Finance. Currently, he serves as of counsel at the law firm Baker & McKenzie