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'''Javier Ruiz Blay''' is a Spanish criminal lawyer, legaltech entrepreneur and legal author, known for his work in criminal defence, European and international criminal law, and legal commentary.<ref>{{cite web |title=Javier Ruiz Blay {{!}} LawAndTrends |url=https://www.lawandtrends.com/abogado/madrid/javier-ruiz-blay-4760 |website=www.lawandtrends.com |accessdate=15 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elmundo.es/cronica/2025/08/19/68a06258e9cf4a5d618b4577.html |title=Artículo de crónica judicial |publisher=El Mundo |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/sucesos/asueltos-narcos-relacionados-20210408084028-nt.html |title=Absuelven a varios narcos relacionados con una red criminal |publisher=Las Provincias |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref> He is the founder and principal attorney of ''Blay JD'', a law firm specializing in criminal defence and fundamental rights representation operating in Spain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://confilegal.com/20210520-admitida-una-denuncia-por-homicidio-imprudente-contra-la-direccion-del-hospital-severo-ochoa-por-la-gestion-del-covid-19/ |title=Admitida una denuncia por homicidio imprudente contra la dirección del Hospital Severo Ochoa por la gestión del COVID-19 |publisher=Confilegal |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref> Ruiz Blay also contributes legal analysis to media and professional publications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sobre nosotros |url=https://barbancho.legal/sobre-nosotros/ |website=Barbancho.legal |accessdate=15 December 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Javier Ruiz Blay |url=https://confilegal.com/autor/javier-ruiz-blay/ |website=Confilegal |accessdate=16 December 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://cafejuridico.es/caso-de-exito-tentativa-de-asesinato/ |title=Caso de Éxito: Tentativa de Asesinato |publisher=Café Jurídico |access-date=2025-12-01 |work=Podcast de Casos de Éxito de Abogados}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.esdiario.com/comunidad-valenciana/alicante/210121/63846/dejan-en-libertad-a-los-detenidos-en-la-operacion-contra-la-mafia-rusa.html |title=Dejan en libertad a los detenidos en la operación contra la mafia rusa |publisher=ESdiario |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://canaln.pe/actualidad/cesar-hinostroza-continuara-libertad-provisional-hasta-su-extradicion-n371540 |title=César Hinostroza continuará en libertad provisional hasta su extradición |publisher=Canal N |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://confilegal.com/20250327-opinion-justicia-en-pausa-por-la-guerra-espana-congela-todas-las-extradiciones-a-rusia/ |title=Justicia en pausa por la guerra: España congela todas las extradiciones a Rusia |publisher=Confilegal |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref>

==Education==
Javier Ruiz Blay obtained a Licenciado en Derecho (Licentiate in Law) from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he finished his law studies in February 2015.

He completed his academic training with an internship within the programme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation. He was assigned to the Political Section of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

He also completed an International Legal English Certificate  at the Centro de Estudios Garrigues between November 2013 and June 2014. The program focused on legal advisory services and preparation for the Cambridge Certificate in Legal English, and he achieved a C1 proficiency level.

He also actively participates in various courses, both as a student and as a speaker, related to European and international criminal law, covering topics such as US law, the work of the CJEU and the ECHR on criminal law, and the defence of lawyers in the European Union.

==Legal career==
Ruiz Blay began his legal career practising in Spain, focusing on criminal defence and complex legal matters. He has served in various roles within legal practice, including as a founding partner of ''Justicia & Equidad Legal SL'' providing legal advice to the ''ASAES'' healthcare union and as a founding partner and criminal defence attorney with ''Matilla & Blay Asociados''. His practice has covered a broad range of criminal matters, including economic crimes, compliance issues and cases involving international dimensions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Una estafa inmobiliaria de 17 millones de euros con más de 140 afectados aun sin investigar {{!}} Penal {{!}} LawAndTrends |url=https://www.lawandtrends.com/noticias/penal/una-estafa-inmobiliaria-de-17-millones-de-euros-con-mas-de-140-afectados-aun-sin-investigar-1.html |website=Law & Trends |accessdate=15 December 2025 |language=es |date=12 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Javier Ruiz Blay |url=https://www.eleconomista.es/autor/Javier-Ruiz-Blay |website=eleconomista.es |accessdate=15 December 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KokHqCUQ9hg |title=Eco Beach Village: ¿Presunta Estafa? presentan QUERELLA PENAL contra el creador |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2025-12-01}}</ref>

He later established Blay JD, a law firm with a focus on criminal defence, fundamental rights litigation, and transnational criminal cases.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_cyjwjVx4g |title=Eco Beach Village y The Startup Island ¿Un sueño frustrado o una presunta estafa? |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2025-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://noticias.juridicas.com/la-sentencia-de-la-semana/sentencias/16212-es-ilegal-el-registro-policial-por-delitos-de-hace-anos/ |title=¿Es ilegal el registro policial por delitos de hace años? |publisher=Noticias Jurídicas |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref> The firm handles matters relating to drug trafficking, white collar crimes and international criminal proceedings, and provides legal services in Spanish, German and English through cooperation with international legal partners.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cafejuridico.es/diligencias-de-investigacion-del-ministerio-fiscal/ |title=Diligencias de Investigación del Ministerio Fiscal |publisher=Café Jurídico |access-date=2025-12-01 |work=Café Jurídico}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atresmedia.com/prensa/notas/lasexta/noticias/salvados-investiga-fabricacion-presuntas-causas-falsas-ciudadanos-rusos-espana-domingo-sexta_202510316904b22204f67673493a2162.html |title=Salvados investiga la fabricación de presuntas causas falsas contra ciudadanos rusos en España |publisher=Atresmedia / laSexta |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.levante-emv.com/sucesos/2023/06/27/libertad-fianza-empresario-valenciano-acusado-droga-pinas-89147273.html |title=Libertad bajo fianza para un empresario valenciano acusado de tráfico de droga en piñas |publisher=Levante-EMV |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://confilegal.com/20220206-abogados-jovenes-y-sobradamente-preparados-llevan-900-demandas-de-interinos-y-de-contratados-de-toda-espana/ |title=Abogados jóvenes y sobradamente preparados llevan 900 demandas de interinos y contratados de toda España |publisher=Confilegal |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref>

Ruiz Blay is registered with the Madrid Bar Association and is also a former member of the Rechtsanwaltskammer Berlin as an Abogado.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elpais.com/espana/catalunya/2021-11-23/investigados-cuatro-policias-por-puentear-a-la-jueza-en-un-caso-de-trafico-de-armas.html |title=Investigados cuatro policías por puentear a la jueza en un caso de tráfico de armas |publisher=El País |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vega |first1=Isabel |title=Un ruso afincado en España reclama que se suspenda su extradición a Rusia por "fraudulenta" y porque allí ya "no hay garantías" |url=https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/08/19/un-ruso-afincado-en-espana-reclama-que-se-suspenda-su-extradicion-a-rusia-por-fraudulenta-y-porque-alli-ya-no-hay-garantias-cadena-ser/ |website=Cadena SER |accessdate=16 December 2025 |language=es-ES |date=19 August 2025}}</ref> He is affiliated with several professional organisations, including the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA), Member of the Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP) for Spain and the Asociación Hispano-Alemana de Juristas (Deutsch-Spanische Juristenvereinigung e.V.).<ref>{{cite web |title=La justicia absuelve de tentativa de homicidio a una madre que acuchilló a su hija {{!}} ALAMILLO & SUAREZ – Abogados Asesores Cordoba |url=https://alamillosuarez.com/la-justicia-absuelve-de-tentativa-de-homicidio-a-una-madre-que-acuchillo-a-su-hija/ |website=alamillosuarez.com |accessdate=15 December 2025 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRT34_pEY14 |title=INTERINOS 2022 ESPAÑA - NUEVA LEY 20/2021 ¿FIJO a los 5 AÑOS? |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2025-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.es/espana/anticorrupcion-pide-juzgar-personas-blanqueo-trafico-armas-20230527185801-nt.html |title=Anticorrupción pide juzgar a varias personas por blanqueo ligado al tráfico de armas |publisher=ABC |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eldiario.es/catalunya/inversores-hartan-e-inician-acciones-legales-carlos-ory-nino-prodigio-emprendimiento-espanol_1_12282600.html |title=Inversores se hartan e inician acciones legales contra Carlos Ory, el niño prodigio del emprendimiento español |publisher=elDiario.es |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref>

==Writings and commentary==
Alongside his practice, Ruiz Blay has authored and contributed to legal articles and opinion pieces in outlets covering legal and criminal law topics.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.diariodevalladolid.es/valladolid/190304/57511/veintidos-trabajadores-ofrecen-juez-tumbar-trama-cambiazos-feretros.html |title=Veintidós trabajadores se ofrecen al juez para tumbar la trama de los cambiazos de féretros |publisher=Diario de Valladolid |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref> His writing has examined cross-border criminal issues, penal risks in financial activities, and developments in European penal policy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Condenan a una mujer por intentar matar a su hija tras tener sexo con la pareja de la madre en Valencia |url=https://www.abc.es/espana/comunidad-valenciana/abci-condenan-mujer-intentar-matar-hija-tras-tener-sexo-pareja-madre-valencia-202107211238_noticia.html |website=Diario ABC |accessdate=16 December 2025 |language=es |date=21 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://confilegal.com/20220421-una-juez-investiga-en-vitoria-al-director-general-de-la-policia-al-jefe-de-personal-y-a-tres-excomisarios-provinciales/ |title=Una juez investiga en Vitoria al director general de la Policía, al jefe de personal y a tres excomisarios provinciales |publisher=Confilegal |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://webedit.icab.cat/ca/formacio/cursos/I-Jornada-de-Justicia-Penal-Internacional/ |title=I Jornada de Justicia Penal Internacional |publisher=Il·lustre Col·legi de l’Advocacia de Barcelona (ICAB) |language=ca |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
* ''Inversiones en el paraíso: claves penales de inversiones internacionales'' (2025) — legal analysis of international investment risks.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://confilegal.com/20250102-la-audiencia-nacional-condena-al-estado-a-indemnizar-con-5-000-euros-184-dias-de-prision-preventiva-indebida/ |title=La Audiencia Nacional condena al Estado a indemnizar con 5.000 euros por 184 días de prisión preventiva indebida |publisher=Confilegal |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref>
* ''Menos delitos pero más presos: el CPT alerta sobre el aumento de la población reclusa en Europa'' (2025) — commentary on European prison trends.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20250313/10474770/24-euros-indemnizacion-408-dias-estuvo-presa-forma-indebida-agenciaslv20250313.html |title=24 euros de indemnización por los 408 días que estuvo presa de forma indebida |publisher=La Vanguardia |language=es |access-date=2025-12-16}}</ref>
* Justicia en pausa por la guerra: España congela todas las extradiciones a Rusia<nowiki>''</nowiki> (2025) — explain in their joint column why and how Spanish extraditions to Russia have been halted.<ref>https://confilegal.com/20250327-opinion-justicia-en-pausa-por-la-guerra-espana-congela-todas-las-extradiciones-a-rusia/

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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://blayjd.com/ Official website]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/javier-ruiz-blay/|Javier Ruiz Blay Linkedin Profile]
* [https://muckrack.com/javier-ruiz-blay Javier Ruiz Blay on Muckrack]

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[[Category:Criminal defense lawyers]]
[[Category:Spanish legal scholars]]
[[Category:Complutense University of Madrid alumni]]