Dr Jonatan Echebarria Fernandez

Overview

Dr Jonatan Echebarria Fernández joined The City Law School in January 2020. He teaches Commercial Law and Contract Law modules on the LLB programme alongside Carriage of Goods by Sea and International Trade Law on the LLM programme. He has previously taught Maritime Law, EU Law, International Commercial Law and International Business Law at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS).

Dr Echebarria Fernández holds a PhD in Law from CBS, where he was employed as a PhD Fellow and a Research Assistant. He was awarded two LLMs (European Union Law and Shipping Law, respectively) in Spain. He has undertaken PhD courses from the Hague Academy of International Law, the University of the Basque Country, CBS, Lund University, Aarhus University and the University of Southern Denmark. He has pursued specialised courses and certificates from the Lloyd's Maritime Academy, the Cambridge Judge Business School, Columbia University, the College of Europe, the University of the Basque Country, CBS Executive and Harvard University.

Dr Echebarria Fernández's research interests span from Maritime & Commercial disputes and European Conflict of Laws to Environmental Law. He is currently working in some articles and book chapters related to the impact of marine pollution focused on least developed countries’ coastal communities. His PhD-based book titled “Jurisdiction and arbitration agreements in contracts for the carriage of goods by sea – limitations on party autonomy” will be published by Routledge in early 2021. He has delivered presentations at international conferences during the last years.

Dr Echebarria Fernández has carried out research activities at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, the University of the Basque Country, the University of Cambridge, the World Maritime University, the International Maritime Organization, the Ghent Law School, the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law, the UCD Sutherland School of Law and the University of Southampton. His research has attracted funding from different foundations such as Otto Mønsteds Fond, Professor dr. jur. Sørens mindefond, Reinholdt W. Jorck og Hustrus Fond or Oticon fonden. He was awarded the Basque Government´s Internationalisation grant in 2011 and the Claes Isacson scholarship 2016 handed over by Gard AS.

Dr Echebarria Fernández is a Spanish qualified lawyer and he has been registered as a member of the Biscay Bar Association in Spain between 2010 and 2016. His earlier professional experience includes working at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU (Shipping Working Party at the Council of the EU), the European Investment Bank, the Trade Office of the Spanish Embassy in Belgium and Luxembourg, the Luxembourg Maritime Administration and the Bilbao Port Authority (Spain).

Qualifications

• PhD in Law, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, Feb 2019
• LLM in Political Integration and Economic Union in the European Union (specialty: Economic Integration and Business in the European Union), University of the Basque Country, Spain, Oct 2013
• LLM in Maritime Law and Sea-port enterprises management, University of Deusto, Spain, Oct 2010
• Bachelor of Laws (License), University of Deusto, Spain, Oct 2009

Employment

• Academic Visitor Programme Director, City, University London, Sep 2020 – present
• Lecturer in Law, City, University London, Jan 2020 – present
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour, Jul – Dec 2019
• PhD Fellow and Research Assistant, Copenhagen Business School, Sep 2014 – Feb 2018
• Legal expert, Bilbao Port Authority, Jan – May 2014
• Legal consultant, Ministry of Economy and Foreign Trade, Dec 2012 – Jul 2013
• Assistant to the Counselor at the Shipping Working Party of the Council of the European Union, Spanish Permanent Representation to the European Union, Jan – Dec 2012
• International Trade Advisor, Economic & Commercial Office of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium and Luxembourg, Jan – Dec 2012
• Trainee at JESSICA Middle Office and Southwest Europe Office, European Investment Bank, Apr – Aug 2011
• Legal consultant, Kontseilaritza Asesoría Legal, S.L., Jan – Apr 2010
• Legal Assistant to the CFO and the CEO, Avalon Group, Sep 2008 – Dec 2009

Memberships of professional organisations

• Member, Spanish Maritime Law Association, Oct 2020 – present
• Member, Spanish Association of International Law and International Relations Professors (AEPDIRI), Apr 2020 – present
• Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy, Feb 2019 – present
• Lawyer, Biscay Bar Association (Spain), Jul 2010 – Jul 2016
• Alumnus, University of Deusto Alumni Association

Languages

Basque (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review), English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review), French (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review), German (can read, speak and understand spoken), Italian (can read, speak and understand spoken), Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch (can read, write, speak and understand spoken), Portuguese (can read, speak and understand spoken) and Spanish; Castilian (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review).

Featured publications

1. Echebarria Fernández, J. (2019). Paramount Clause and Codification of International Shipping Law. Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, 50(1), pp. 45–89.

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