Jesús M. Sánchez

Jesús María Sánchez García (Barcelona, 1956) is a Spanish lawyer and jurist. He has been the Dean of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) since 2022 until July 2025 and has held different positions of responsibility in Spanish bar councils and associations. He is the author of several legal works and a lecturer and professor in various academic institutions.

Career legal He graduated in Law from the University of Barcelona in 1982 and holds a Master of Research in Legal Sciences from the Abat Oliba University (2016). An expert in civil, financial and consumer law, he co-founded Zahonero & Sánchez with Javier Zahonero in 1995.

He has been Dean of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) and member of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers since 2022. He is also a member of the Council of Bar Associations of Catalonia and President of the Inter-Collegiate Association of Professional Associations of Catalonia. and president of the Procedural Law Section and the Rules Committee. He has participated in various legislative processes in Catalonia and Spain, such as the Catalan Law 4/2016 on the protection of the right to housing for people at risk of housing exclusion; and the Spanish Law 5/2018 amending the Civil Procedure Law on the illegal occupation of dwellings. He is also a strong advocate of state court fees being directly reinvested in the justice system of each autonomous region.

He has received several awards and recognitions: the Medal of Honor for Excellence in the Service of Justice, awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya; the Narcís de Sant Dioní Award, awarded by the Girona Bar Association; the Creu de l'Advocacia Catalana, awarded by the Consell de l'Advocacia Catalana (CICAC);

Training and Outreach He has been a lecturer at the School of Legal Practice and on several masters' degrees in Procedural Law at the ICAB, as well as a lecturer.

He is the author of the monographs "La cosa juzgada en el ámbito de los consumidores y los efectos retroactivos de la cláusula suelo declarada abusiva" (Res judicata in consumer law and the retroactive effects of floor clauses declared unfair) published by VLex in 2017; "Aspectos prácticos del Crédito Revolving" (Practical aspects of revolving credit) by Tirant Lo Blanch (2022) and "Ley de usura y control de transparència en el crédito revolving" (Law on usury and transparency control in revolving credit), VLex (2025). He is co-director of the collective work "Clàusula rebus sic stantibus", 2021, and contributor to specialised legal journals and newspapers, mainly on procedural law and consumer law.