Faculty Profile

• JSM, Stanford University
• MSc in Law and Finance, University of Oxford
• PhD in Law, CEU San Pablo University
• Bachelor of Laws, University of Granada
• Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Granada

Academic Positions Held

Current Appointment:

• Associate Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, January 2023- Present
• Head, Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative, SMU Centre for Commercial Law in Asia, May 2020-present

Previous Appointment:

• Assistant Professor of Law, Singapore Management University, August 2018- December 2022.
• Visiting Lecturer and Senior Fellow in Law, Melbourne Law School, June 2024
• Visiting Professor, Reichman University, Harry Radzyner Law School, May 2023
• Visiting Scholar, Becker-Friedman Institute for Economics, University of Chicago, June 2022.
• Fellow, Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems and Program on Corporate Governance, September 2016-July 2018.
• Visiting Researcher, Columbia Law School, January 2014-March 2015.
• Advisor, Ministry of Justice, Government of Spain, June 2015-May 2018.
• Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany, March-June 2015.
• Lecturer in Comparative Corporate Law, University of Los Andes, Summer School, 2015-2019.
• Lecturer in Business Law, CEU San Pablo University, Madrid, Spain, September 2010-September 2014.
• Partner, Corporate, Finance & Restructuring Department, Dictum Abogados, September 2010-July 2018.
• Auditor, Audifaith Europe, July 2008-September 2010

Other Positions

• Research Member, European Corporate Governance Institute, February 2025-present
• Consultant, World Bank Group, April 2024-present
• Chair, Insolvency Law Academy’s Task Force on Insolvency Law in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies, 2023-present
• Member, Editorial Board, International Corporate Rescue, 2023-present
• Member, Advisory Panel for work relating to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Working Group V (Insolvency), Singapore Ministry of Law, December 2021-present
• Member, World Bank Task Force on Insolvency and Creditor/Debtor Regimes, 2021-present
• Member, Drafting Team, Asian Principles of Business Restructuring, International Insolvency Institute and Asian Business Law Institute, 2021-present
• Member, American Bankruptcy Institute, 2021-present
• Member, Academic Steering Committee, INSOL International, 2020-present
• Member, OECD-Latin America Corporate Governance Roundtable, 2017-present
• Member, International Insolvency Institute NextGen Group, 2017-present
• President, Ibero-American Institute for Law and Finance, 2015-present
• Member, American Law and Economics Association, 2014-present
• Academic Member, European Corporate Governance Institute, 2013-present
• Member, Spanish Bar Association, 2009-present
• Member, Spanish Registry of Qualified Auditors, 2009-present

Honours & Awards

• Cross-Border Insolvency Academic of the Year, Global Restructuring Review, 2024
• American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 under 40 Award, 2021
• Master of Laws Teaching Award, SMU Yong Pung How School of Law, 2021
• Research grant for project on the use of litigation funding in insolvency proceedings, INSOL International and University of South Australia, 2021
• Lee Kong Chian Fellowship, Singapore Management University, 2021
• Research Grant, Ministry of Law, 2020
• Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, SMU School of Law, 2019
• Silver Medal in International Insolvency Studies, International Insolvency Institute, 2017
• Rising Star of Corporate Governance Award, Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, Columbia University, 2016
• Cruz de la Orden de San Raimundo de Peñafort, Spanish Ministry of Justice, 2016
• Talentia Fellowship to pursue studies at the University of Oxford, Andalusian Government, 2013
• FPU Fellowship for Young Researchers, Spanish Ministry of Education and Science, 2010-2014

Courses Taught in SMU

• Comparative Corporate Governance
• International and Comparative Insolvency Law
• The Law and Finance of Corporate Transactions
• Securities and Financial Regulation
• Company Law

Research Areas / Areas of Specialisation

• Corporate insolvency law
• Business restructuring
• Corporate governance
• Capital markets and financial regulation
• Law and finance
• Fintech

Selected Publications

For additional publications, please see SSRN and Curriculum Vitae. 

• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, 'Reinventing Insolvency Law in Emerging Economies', Cambridge University Press, 2024.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, 'Debtor-in-Possession Financing in Reorganization Procedures: Regulatory Models and Proposals for Reform' (2023), 24(3) European Business Organization Law Review, pp. 555-582.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, 'The Rise of Pre-Packs as a Restructuring Tool: Theory, Evidence and Policy' (2023), 24(1) European Business Organization Law Review, pp. 93-116.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez, 'The Future of Insolvency Law in a Post-Pandemic World' (2022) International Insolvency Review, 31(3) International Insolvency Review, pp. 385-402.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez, 'Towards an Optimal Model of Directors' Duties in the Zone of Insolvency: An Economic and Comparative Approach' (2021) 21(2) Journal of Corporate Law Studies, pp. 365-395
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez, 'Implementing an Insolvency Framework for Micro and Small Firms' (2021) 30 International Insolvency Review, pp. 46-66
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, 'Theory, Evidence, and Policy on Dual-Class Shares: A Country-Specific Response to a Global Debate' (2021) 22 European Business Organization Law Review, pp. 475-515.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, 'The Future of Reorganization Procedures in the Era of Pre-Insolvency Law' (2020) 21(4) European Business Organization Law Review, pp. 829-854.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez (with Martin Gelter), 'Addressing the Auditor Independence Puzzle: Regulatory Models and Proposal for Reform' (2020) 53 (3) Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, pp. 787-827.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez (with Nydia Remolina), ‘The Law and Finance of Initial Coin Offerings’, in Chris Brummer (ed.), Cryptoassets: Legal, Regulatory and Monetary Perspectives, Oxford University Press, pp. 117-156 (2019).
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, 'The Avoidance of Pre-Bankruptcy Transactions: An Economic and Comparative Approach' (2018) 93(3) Chicago-Kent Law Review, pp. 711-650.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, 'Re-examining the law and economics of the business judgment rule' (2018) 18(2) Journal of Corporate Law Studies, pp. 417-438.

For additional publications, please see SSRN and curriculum vitae.

Selected Blog Posts

• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, The Future of Insolvency Law in a Post-Pandemic World, Oxford Business Law Blog, 18 November 2021.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, Insolvency Law in Emerging Markets, Harvard Law School Bankruptcy Roundtable, 15 September 2022.
• Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez, Theory, Evidence and Policy on Dual-Class Shares: A Country-Specific Response to a Global Debate, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, 15 July 2019.

Press and Selected Cited Work

• Leading academics and lawyers urge UNCITRAL to replace the concept of COMI, Global Restructuring Review, 14 September 2023.
• Dual-Class Stock: Background and Policy Debate, Congressional Research Service, United States Congress, 8 December 2021.
• Audit committees need a ‘makeover’ to help fix audit, Board Agenda, 3 December 2019.
• Enhancing consumer and investor protection in Initial Coin Offerings, Business Times, 20 November 2019.