He serves as Co-Chairman of the 2017 YEL edition.

José M. De Areilza is the Secretary General of Aspen Institute España.

He is Professor of Law and Jean Monnet Chair at ESADE Business and Law School. He holds a Doctorate in Juridical Sciences (S.J.D.) from Harvard Law School and he is a member of the New York Bar. Between 1996 and 2000 he served as Advisor to the Spanish Prime Minister on European and North American affairs. He has been Professor and the Dean of IE Law School at IE Business School. He writes a weekly column on international affairs in the newspaper ABC. Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, Senior Research Fellow at Elcano Royal Institute and Academy Adjunct Faculty, Chatham House, London.

José serves as Trustee of the Spanish Navy Museum, His last book is entitled ‘Law and Power in the European Union’ (Civitas, 2014).