Born in Barcelona, he received an undergraduate degree in Law with honours from Universitat de Barcelona in 1949. He earned his PhD in Law in 1959. Currently, he serves as a Numerary Member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, the Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences and the Royal Academy of Doctors, amongst others. He has been distinguished with the Saint Raymond of Penyafort Cross of Honour and the Saint George’s Cross from the Government of Catalonia. He is an extraordinarily friendly person who also transmits his overwhelming legal knowledge while being a wonderful professor. So much so, that he once taught a master class on Catalan Civil Law to King Juan Carlos I.

Awarded with the Gold Medal: May, 10th 2011