Founder, Partner and President of Antràs. Lawyer specialising in employment and social security law. Director of Spanish Lawyers' Mutual Society 1976-present and head of international relations
José María Antràs is a graduate in law from the University of Barcelona and a member of the Bar Associations of Barcelona and Madrid. He has spent his entire career in the field of employment and socal security law
His professional and personal career has been devoted to four areas: practising as a lawyer, institututional representation of the legal profession, the promotion of mutual societies for coverage of professional social security and sports representation
Recognition and distinctions received
- "President Macià" medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia (2010)
- Best employment lawyer in Spain, Spanish Association of Labour Lawyers (2013)
- Distinguished cross of the first class of the Order of San Raimundo de Penyafort (1986)
- Cross of Honour of the Order of San Raimundo de Penyafort (1990)
- Cross of the Lawyers of Catalonia (2008)
- Medal of the Bar Asssociation of Barcelona in honour of 50 years membership (2010)
- Medal of the Lawyer's Mutual Society of Catalonia (1974)
- Mutual Society Merit Medal (1974)
- Golden Badge A.B.V. (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berufsständischer Versorgungseinrichtungen e.V., Germany, 2019)
Posts held:
- Member of Board of Governance of Bar Association of Barcelona (1976-1980)
- President of Bar Association of Barcelona (1986-1989)
- President of Council of Bar Associations of Catalonia (1988)
- Vicepresident of General Council of the Spanish Legal Profession (1986-1989)
- Founder and ex-president of European Bars Federation (formerly Conference des Grands Barreaux de la Comunauté Europeene)
- Founder of Arbitration Tribunal of Barcelona (1988)
- Founder and director of Caixa dels Advocats de Catalunya (1979) and vicepresident (1999-present)
- President of Lawyers' Mutual Society of Catalonia (currently ALTER-MUTUA) (1977-1986)
- President of Federation of Mutual Societies of Catalonia (1995-1999)
- Vicepresident of Spanish Confederation of Mutual Societies and head of international relations (1995-1999)
- Director of Lawyers' Mutual Society of Spain (1976-present) and vicepresident (2004-2016). Currently director responsible for international relations
- Secretary and chairman of legal committee and spokesman for governing board of FC BARCELONA
Languages: Catalan, Spanish, French and English
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