Tomás Gómez Álvarez

Tomás has been partner at Abdón Pedrajas partner since 2019 and a long-standing lawyer of the firm. He has led the legal direction in numerous contentious and non-contentious matters and has consistently provided ongoing labor law advice.

Education 

Bachelor of Law, specializing in Business Law, from the Faculty of Law at the University of Seville. Graduated third in the class.

PhD in Law, with the doctoral thesis “Labor Aspects of the Transformation of Companies and Public Entities”, defended at the Faculty of Law of the University of Seville on November 4, 2002. Awarded the distinction Outstanding Cum Laude.

Professional Career

External Contributor to Portal Derecho S.A., from April 2002 to December 2003, and from July 2006 to January 2010, as a legislation annotator.

External Contributor to Portal Derecho S.A., as a case law annotator from April 2002 to December 2003; from May 2004 to August 2004; and from June 2006 to January 2010.

External Contributor to Portal Derecho S.A., from July 2003 to January 2010, as a legal consultant for the FUNDOSA – DISCAPNET legal advice service.

Practicing lawyer, member of the Bar Association of Seville (Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Sevilla), registration number 11,412, since June 27, 2005, to the present.

Teaching Experience

Practical Class Instructor for the subject Trade Union Law, fourth year of the Law Degree, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Sevilla. Academic Year 1999–2000.

Lecturer for the subject Social Security Law, fifth year of the Law Degree, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Sevilla. Academic Year 2000–2001.

Practical Class Instructor for the subject Social Security Law, fifth year of the Law Degree, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Sevilla. Academic Year 2000–2001.

Lecturer for the subject Social Security Law, fifth year of the Law Degree, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Sevilla. Academic Year 2001–2002.

Practical Class Instructor for the subject Social Security Law, fifth year of the Law Degree, Faculty of Law, Universidad de Sevilla. Academic Year 2001–2002.

Lecturer for the subject Labor Law, second year of the Degree in Labor Sciences, Faculty of Labor Sciences, Universidad de Sevilla. Academic Year 2002–2003.

Delivered a 21-hour training session for civil servants of the Madrid City Council on December 1, 2, 3, and 4, 2008, on the topic “Legal Framework of the Civil Service and the Basic Statute of Public Employees”, organized by the Madrid City Council.

Delivered a 21-hour training session for civil servants of the Madrid City Council on December 9, 10, 11, and 12, 2008, on the topic “Legal Framework of the Civil Service and the Basic Statute of Public Employees”, organized by the Madrid City Council.

Delivered a 1-hour training session for officials of the Andalusian Regional Government (Junta de Andalucía) on February 23, 2007, on the topic “The Provision of Health Care: From Unified Management to the Multiplication of Managing Entities by the Autonomous Communities. Special Reference to the Universalization of Protection”, as part of the conference “Current Perspectives on the Development of the Social Security System”, organized by the Andalusian Institute of Public Administration, February 21–23, 2007.

Delivered a 4-hour training session titled “Financing Social Protection: Some Legal Issues”, within the “Summer School on Social Protection in Europe”, organized by the Department of Social Law at Ghent University, on August 11, 2006.

Tutor of Module II in the University Expert Course on Public Administration, organized by the International University of Andalusia, from February 2 to July 11, 2004.

Adjunct Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, teaching the subject Labor Law in the Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Faculty of Commerce and Tourism, attached to the Department of Labor and Social Security Law, Faculty of Law. Academic Year 2015–2016 (6 ECTS credits).

Lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid, teaching the subject Labor Law in the Bachelor's Degree in Commerce, Faculty of Commerce and Tourism, attached to the Department of Labor and Social Security Law, Faculty of Law. Academic Year 2016–2017 (6 ECTS credits).

Lecturer in the Master’s Program for Admission to the Legal Profession (Master de Acceso a la Abogacía) at CUNEF, Academic Year 2014–2015.

Lecturer in the Master’s Program for Admission to the Legal Profession (Master de Acceso a la Abogacía) at CUNEF, Academic Year 2015–2016.

Languages

Spanish, English, Italian, and French.