Iñigo Sagardoy de Simón

Iñigo Sagardoy has served as Professor of Labour Law at the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria since 2018 and is a Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation.

He brings over thirty years of professional experience and has chaired the law firm founded by his father, Juan Antonio Sagardoy—also a Professor of Labour and Social Security Law—since 2010.

He holds executive positions and sits on the boards of numerous organisations, including the following:

Chairman of Sagardoy Abogados
Chairman of Fundación Máshumano
Vice Chairman of the EY–Sagardoy Institute for Talent and Innovation
Member of the Board of Directors of CEI (Ges Seguros)
Member of the Advisory Board of Expansión and Actualidad Económica
Member of the Executive Committee of Círculo de Empresarios
Member of the Advisory Board of the University of Navarra
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the CEF Labour Law Journal
Member of the Advisory Board of ISS Integrated Facilities
Former Chairman of the Spanish Forum of Labour Lawyers (FORELAB)
Former Chairman of the Advisory Committee of IRCO IESE

He is admitted to the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM) and is also a member of the National Association of Labour Lawyers (ASNALA), the International Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Association (IPEBLA), the European Foundation on Social Quality, and the Spanish Forum of Labour Lawyers (FORELAB).

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE)

Ph.D. in Law, specialising in Labour Law
Universidad de Alcalá de Henares

Professor of Labour Law
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

Master’s Degree in Humanities
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria

Participant in the “Program of Instruction for Lawyers” and the “Leading Professional Service Firms” course
Harvard Law School

General Management Program (P.D.G.)
IESE Business School

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

Recognized as “Eminent Practitioner” by Chambers & Partners in all editions from 2021 through to the latest in 2025.

Ranked as a “Recommended Lawyer” by The Legal 500 in the 2025 EMEA edition, as well as in previous editions.

Highlighted by the U.S. publication Best Lawyers in its latest editions, including the most recent in 2025.

PUBLICATIONS

El Rincón Laboral (Expansión Blog) , which he has led since 2018.

Critical Points Regarding Remote Work (after Royal Decree-Law 28/2020, of September 22). Published in 2021 by Dykinson Publishing.

New Technologies and Labor Relations, 2020. Part of the “Claves Prácticas Laborales” Collection by Francis Lefebvre Publishing.

Innovation in the Concept of Worker in Light of Digital Platforms: A Conflicting Pair? Published by Thomson Reuters.

Work for Digital Platforms: On the Verge of Regulation, in Papeles FAES Fundación, No. 241 (30/09/2020).

The Employer’s Obligation to Register Daily Working Hours in Spain: Innovation or Regression? Published in Issue 53 of Derecho y Social y Empresa Journal, Dykinson Publishing, November 2019.