Juan Jorge Piernas López

is a Doctor of Laws from the European University Institute (Florence, 2013). Formerly, he graduated from Harvard University (LL.M., Harvard Law School, 2007), the College of Europe (Master in Advanced European Studies, Natolin, Poland, 2009) and the University of Murcia (Law degree, Spain, 2003). Juan Jorge is currently Jean Monnet Chair holder and Tenured Professor of European Union Law and Public International Law at the University of Murcia (Spain) and international consultant on European Union State aid law and policy for the World Bank and other international and national institutions. He has published extensively on European Union Law.