Pompeu Fabra University · Barcelona

Juan Carlos
Covilla

Professor of Administrative Law at Pompeu Fabra University. Lawyer and international expert in public law, infrastructure, arbitration and regulated sectors.

Portrait of Juan Carlos Covilla

Profile

Professional profile

Professor of Administrative Law at Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona). He holds a PhD in law and is an attorney with international experience in both the public and private sectors. His legal practice and academic work focus on infrastructure, public procurement, arbitration, public services, technology, and regulation, with a notable track record in Colombia and Spain.

He has advised public authorities, international organizations, and companies. He also served as Legal Director for Colombia’s Ministry of Housing, City, and Territory and has acted as Secretary of the Arbitral Tribunal and counsel for parties in complex arbitration proceedings.

He regularly advises public and private institutions through the execution of agreements provided for in Article 60 of the LOSU.

Education

Academic background

2017

PhD in Law and Political Science

University of Barcelona · Spain

Thesis: “The inter-administrative relationship of coordination and the guarantee of local autonomy”. International PhD Mention. Grade: “sobresaliente cum laude” (highest grade with honours).

2016

International Intensive Master of Laws (I.I.LL.M) in European Law

Academy of European Public Law · Athens, Greece

2012

Master's Degree in Administrative Law

Universidad Externado de Colombia

2012

Postgraduate Diploma in Arbitration Litigation

Ministry of Justice and Law and the Arbitration and Conciliation Center of the Bogotá Chamber of Commerce · Colombia

2009

Law Degree (Abogado)

Universidad Externado de Colombia

Outreach

International Speaker and Professor

He regularly takes part as a speaker and visiting professor at universities, conferences and international academic forums on Administrative Law, regulation, public procurement, artificial intelligence and governance, with activity in Spain, Colombia, Italy, Chile, Mexico, France, the Dominican Republic and Taiwan, among other countries.

Lecture at University College Dublin
Keynote lecture at the podium
Panel with the Penn Program on Regulation at Pompeu Fabra University
Lecture on Artificial Intelligence and Administrative Discretion — ICON-S Conference, Madrid 2024
International Conference on Administrative Law
Address at the Congress of the Republic of Colombia
Lecture at Pompeu Fabra University
Institutional session at the Senate
Institutional panel in Madrid
Lecture at the University of Ferrara
Lecture at University College Dublin
Keynote lecture at the podium
Panel with the Penn Program on Regulation at Pompeu Fabra University
Lecture on Artificial Intelligence and Administrative Discretion — ICON-S Conference, Madrid 2024
International Conference on Administrative Law
Address at the Congress of the Republic of Colombia
Lecture at Pompeu Fabra University
Institutional session at the Senate
Institutional panel in Madrid
Lecture at the University of Ferrara

Selection of international lectures and panels