Professional profile
José Augusto Fermín holds a Bachelor of Law (2017), Summa Cum Laude, from Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Santiago, and a Master of Legal Sciences (2020) from Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) in Barcelona, Spain. He has completed various courses, workshops, and seminars in environmental law, administrative law, sustainable development, global warming and climate change, legal argumentation, constitutional law, criminal law, commercial law and corporate practice, real estate law, international law, tort law, commercial arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, civil law, intellectual property, legal writing and research techniques, telecommunications law, labor and social security law, and bioethics and law.
His practice centers on both the Environmental Law and Administrative Law Unit and the Criminal Litigation and Civil, Commercial, and Real Estate Litigation Units of the firm. In addition to his native Spanish, he is proficient in English, French, and Portuguese. He is also accredited as a judicial interpreter and legal translator for Portuguese.