Ángel Galgo Peco graduated in Law in 1985 (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) and joined the Judiciary in 1989, serving in different courts. From 1999 to 2002 he worked at the High Council of the Judiciary, in charge of the International Relations Unit. During this period, he also worked occasionally for United Nations (Guatemala, El Salvador) and the Council of Europe (Western Balkan countries), in programs on judicial capacity building. In 2003, he joined the Council of Europe (Strasbourg), as seconded national expert. From 2004 to 2008, he worked for the European Union (The Hague, Brussels). Back to Madrid in 2008, he assumed the office of the President of Chamber No. 28 at the Court of Appeal of Madrid, which deals with IP and other commercial law matters.

On 7 June 2023, Mr. Galgo Peco was appointed President of the newly created Section No. 32 at the Court of Appeal of Madrid, with exclusive and excluding competences in IP and competition law.

Mr. Galgo Peco was appointed legally qualified member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the EPO, from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2023.

He is serving as a member of the WIPO Advisory Board of Judges for the 2023-2024 term.

Mr. Galgo Peco regularly participates as a lecturer on IP law in activities organized by WIPO, EPO, EUIPO, CEIPI and the Spanish Patents and Trademarks Office. He also participates on a regular basis as an expert in the European Commission’s IPKey Projects (China, Latin America and South-East Asia). He has participated in the ENTranNCE Programme (European Networking and Training for National Competition Enforcers), as well as in several workshops between the European Commission and Member States national competition law judges. He has also been lecturer at the University of Alcalá, Carlos III University of Madrid and the Spanish Judicial School. He is author of various publications on IP law and Competition law.

Mr. Galgo Peco is member of IPAJ (Association of Judges in Intellectual Property) and AECLJ (Association of European Competition Law Judges).