del Rey Guanter, Salvador

He holds a PhD in Law with an extraordinary award from the University of Seville. Master of Science in Industrial and Labour Relations Cornell University, NY; and held a Fulbright scholarship from 1979 to 1981 and from 1989 to 1990. He was visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics UK and at the Industrial and Labor Relations School, Cornell University. Practicing attorney Madrid and Barcelona bar associations, and President of Honour of the Cuatrecasas Institute for Legal Strategy on Human Resources. Director of 'Encuentros La Ley-ESADE Labor Relations Forum'. Author of 30 monographs and more than 200 articles and essays in joint books and in both national and foreign journals on labour law and industrial relations, new technologies and whistleblowing and regular speaker at national and international meetings on his specialty. He is arbitrator at the Interconfederal Mediation and Arbitration Service and the Catalonia Employment Tribunal.In November 2020 he was appointed by the European Commission as one of the experts at European level for the development of a Study on the Impact of Covid-19 on Labor Relations Project Delphi 2020 - 2021.In 2020, the committee of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement 'USMCA' appointed him as an arbitrator on the list of labor expert panelists in the dispute settlement processes under Annex 31-A of that agreement: Facility-Specific Rapid Response Mechanism for Labor Complaints applicable between Mexico and the United States. He directed from 2016 to 2021 the TECHNOS PROJECT, a project developed within the Cuatrecasas Institute, which identifies the impact of new technologies on human resources management and the labour legal framework. His Reports and Documents with analysis, conclusions and recommendations have been published in 10 works by La Ley. General Coordinator of 'Colección Prácticas para Abogados' Collection of Yearbooks - Practice Areas for Lawyers 15th edition, a collection of four guides published La Ley, that annually since 2008 showcases major cases represented by forty leading law firms in Spain specializing in business law, in the litigation, tax, labor that he also coordinates and commercial areas.Co-Editor of the 'International Labour and Employment Compliance Handbook', published by Kluwer 2010-2023 with updated chapters on the main legal-labor institutions in more than 20 countries. Member of the editorial board of several academic and professional journals of the specialty. He was a member of the 'Consejo Económico y Social' Economic and Social Board and has participated in numerous expert committees responsible for drafting regulations. He has been part of the expert group which analysed at European level the implementation at European level of mediation and arbitration measures in transnational labour disputes and, more recently, on the Action Plan of the European Pillar of Social Rights. Elected as one of the 10 most prestigious labor lawyers worldwide according to the survey conducted by the who-law directory Who's Who Management Labour & Employment Lawyers. Distinguished also by this ranking as one of the 5 most prestigious lawyers in Europe. Elected in 2023, 2022 and 2021 by Chambers & Partners as Senior Statesperson of work practice in Europe and also included in 2021 by The Legal 500 in Employment in his Hall of Fame. He is recommended by other legal directories such as Plc Which Lawyer, European Legal Experts or Best Lawyers. He has been President of the Global Employment Institute of the IBA International Bar Association 2010 to 2015, President of the Advisory Board of that Institute 2016 to 2019 and Officer of the Legal Practice Division of the IBA 2016-2019.  From 2017 to 2019 he led the IBA Working Group which prepared the 'Report on the Future of Work' for the ILO on the main global trends in the legal management of labour relations, especially under the impact of disruptive technologies. Member of the Spanish Association of Labour Law AEDTSS and Founding Partner of the Spanish Forum of Labour Lawyers FORELAB.