Santos Michelena de La Cova

Professional experience

Santos Michelena is a Partner at Romen, with + 35 years of professional experience, his practice focus on the procedural area, where he provides advice to national and foreign companies from different economic sectors, in commercial (bankruptcy) and civil litigation. He has been legal advisor to several international airlines; arbitrator of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce; member of the Arbitration Committee of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce; arbitrator of the Caracas Chamber of Commerce; arbitrator of the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). He has been appointed arbitrator for matters of precautionary measures by various chambers of commerce, for cases of a commercial nature.

Education

• J.D. from Andrés Bello Catholic University (1987). 
• Specialization in Civil Procedural Law from the Andrés Bello Catholic University (2004) Mention Cum Laude.

Activities

• He has been a postgraduate professor at the Santa María University and a regular visiting professor at the Central University of Venezuela.
• Former member of the Board of Directors of the Venezuelan Institute of Procedural Law Studies (Invedepro).
• Lecturer at international conferences on Civil Procedural Law.
• President of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Industry and Commerce (2009-2011).
• President of the Commercial Arbitration Committee of the Venezuelan American Chamber of Industry and Commerce (2003-2005).
• Bar Association of the Capital District (1987).

Publications

Author of various articles on civil procedural matters: “Constitution and alternative means for conflict resolution.”; “Probative value of the data message and the electronic signature”; "The proof of the risk in the delay and the right that is claimed", published in the "Revista Venezolana de Estudios de Derecho Procesal".