Gonzalo Freixes is a Lecturer in the Accounting Area and is currently the
Associate Dean of the Executive MBA and Fully Employed MBA Programs, and of
Global Immersion Programs for all three UCLA Anderson MBA Programs. He
holds a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Loyola Law School and a Masters in
Business Taxation from the University of Southern California.
Mr. Freixes teaches business law, international business law, business
ethics, corporate and individual taxation in the MBA Program and in the
Undergraduate Accounting Minor Program. He has also served as a field study
advisor in the Global Access Program and Applied Management Research
Program, and is the current director of the Executive MBA Field Study
Program. Mr. Freixes has lectured in Spain, France, Holland, Argentina and
Chile on international business & tax subjects. Previously, he taught
International Business Law and Business Law at California State University,
Northridge. Mr. Freixes also directs the Price Center's UCLA Summer
Entrepreneurship Institute for undergraduate students, where he also teaches
a course in Business Ethics and Corporate Governance. He frequently
lectures in the subjects of taxation, corporate governance, business ethics,
international business law and trial advocacy.
In 2006, Mr. Freixes received the Fully Employed MBA class Outstanding
Teacher Award. He is the Faculty Advisor and Coach for the UCLA Mock Trial
Program. UCLA won the national mock trial championship in 2004 and 2005.
He also served as a writer and consultant for the pilot of a new Fox TV
reality series, "The Partner."
Mr. Freixes currently serves on the Board of Trustees and as Treasurer of
the the Executive MBA Council and was recently appointed to the California
Board of Accountancy's Ethics Curriculum Committee. He was an elected
official with the Newhall School Board of Trustees (serving 2 years as its
President) and also served on the State Bar of California's Judicial
Nominees Commission for three years, where he evaluated the California
Governor's judicial nominees for the Supreme, Appellate, Superior and
Municipal Courts.
Education JD Law, 1979, Loyola Law School
M.A. Business Taxation, 2008, USC
Interests
Business Law, Taxation, Business Ethics, Governance, International Law and
Taxation, International Trade, Latin America, Law, Political and Legal
Strategy, Start-Up Companies
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