Juan Carlos Cassagne

His areas of practice include Administrative Law, Public Law, Constitutional Law, Public Procurement, Administrative Procedure, Public Contracts, Public Services Regulation, Comparative Administrative Law.

- Founder and Partner, Cassagne Abogados (1989–present).

- Director, Revista de Derecho Administrativo (1989–present).

- Director, Specialization in Administrative Law, University of Belgrano.

- Former Director, Institute of Administrative Law “Prof. Rafael Bielsa” (UBA).

- Former Professor of Administrative Law, University of Buenos Aires (1974–2004); Professor Emeritus (2024).

- Former Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina; Professor Emeritus (2008).

- Visiting Professor at Paris X (Nanterre), University of Pau, Autonomous University of Madrid, University of Salamanca, and others.

- Honorary Member, National Academy of Law and Social Sciences of Buenos Aires (President, 2022–2025).

- Honorary Academician, Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation (Madrid).

- Corresponding Academician, Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences (Madrid).

- Member, Colombian Academy of Jurisprudence; Peruvian Academy of Law; Academy of Political and Social Sciences of Venezuela; Mexican Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation; National Academy of Law of Uruguay; National Academy of Legal Sciences of Bolivia.

- Member, International Academy of Comparative Law (Paris).

- Member, Inter-American Academy of International and Comparative Law.

- Full Member, National Academy of Sciences of Buenos Aires (since April 16, 2024).

- Honorary Member, Institute of Administrative Law, University of the Republic (Uruguay).

Author of more than 400 scholarly articles and over 30 books, including:

- Principialismo y las Fuentes de la Constitución Nacional (Ediar, 2023).

- Derecho Administrativo y Derecho Público General. Estudios y semblanzas (IBdeF, 2020).

- Curso de Derecho Administrativo, 13th ed. (Thomson Reuters, 2021).

- Os Grandes Principios do Direito Público (Contra Corrente, São Paulo, 2017).

- El Derecho Administrativo (Palestra, Lima, 2017).

- Temas del Derecho Público (IBdeF, 2017).

- El Estado Populista (IBdeF, 2017).

- Numerous edited collective works such as Tratado General de Derecho Procesal Administrativo (La Ley, 2011), Summa de Derecho Administrativo (Abeledo-Perrot, 2013), and Tratado General de los Contratos Públicos (La Ley, 2013).

Born in San Nicolás de los Arroyos, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, December 2, 1937.

- Director of Legal Affairs, Secretariat of Industrial Development, Ministry of Economy.

- Undersecretary of State, Ministry of Industry and Mining.

- Extensive postgraduate and doctoral teaching in universities across Argentina, Latin America, Europe, and the United States.

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Law Degree

1991 - 1996

Universidad de Buenos Aires

Doctorate in Law and Social Sciences (Administrative Law and Administrative Sciences)

1996

Doctor Honoris Causa

Doctor Honoris Causa

2017

Doctor Honoris Causa

Universidad Abierta Interamericana

2018

Doctor Honoris Causa

Universidad del Museo Social Argentino

2023

Doctor Honoris Causa

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru

2025

Platinum Konex Award

Fundación Konex

1996

Lawyer of the Year (Administrative Law)

Best Lawyers

2018

Legion of Honour, Chevalier

Government of France

2003

Premio Justicia

Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales

2022

Personality of the City of Buenos Aires in Legal Sciences

Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires

2022

Premio Rioplatense

Rotary Club

2024