Professor Miguel Verdeguer, a member of both the Valencia Bar Association (ICAV) and the Valencia Association of Economists (Comeva), holds a Ph.D. cum laude with International Mention in the joint program of European Union Law and Economics from CEU San Pablo University (Madrid, Spain). His doctoral thesis was supervised by Professor Jerónimo Maillo.

During his research stage (2015-2019), he carried out part of his work at Fordham University (New York, United States) under the supervision of Professor Barry Hawk, and benefited from the bibliographic and documentary resources of the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom). He also completed extensive academic training at prestigious institutions including King’s College London, the Brussels School of Competition (Belgium), the Diplomatic School of Spain (Madrid), the Institute of Stock Market Studies (Madrid), as well as distance-learning courses of the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium).

Professionally, Professor Verdeguer has worked in the private sector as a lawyer specialized in Competition Law and European funds management. In the public sector, he has served at the European Commission (Directorate-General for Agriculture) and at the Delegation of the Region of Valencia in Brussels.

In politics, and with a strong commitment to public service, he has been active in the Partido Popular (People’s Party of Spain) since 2004. In the district of Ciutat Vella (Valencia), he has served since 2015 as Secretary General for European Affairs, a position he continues to hold today. He is also spokesperson of the Ciutat Vella Municipal Board.

Currently, Professor Verdeguer teaches European Union Law at CEU San Pablo University (Madrid) and European Union Economics at EDEM Business School (Valencia).