Online lecture by Spanish professor organized by UT Institute of Comparative Law,

Monday, June 14,2021

Juan Pablo Rodriguez Delgado , Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer of Commercial Law, University of Carlos III (Madrid) presented an online lecture on “ The UNCITRAL Draft Instrument on Judicial Sale of Ships" at the Institute of Comparative Law , Faculty of Law and Political Science.

Juan Pablo Rodriguez Delgado is Professor and Senior Lecturer in Commercial and Maritime Law and holds Ph.D in Private Law from the University of Carlos III(Madrid). Delgado has authored more than 30 articles in the field of Commercial and Maritime Transport Law , and has received numerous honors through his articles. These honors include the el III PREMIO PABLO ACERO Award for Best Legal Article from the International Association of Port Law and the ICAM Award for Best Legal Article. Delgado has also authored numerous books in the field of Maritime Transport law, the most important of which is El periodo de responsabilidad del porteador en el transporte marítimo de mercancías (The period of responsibility of the carrier in the maritime transport of goods) (2016: Marcial Pons). Delgado is currently a faculty member of University of Carlos III, a member of the Spanish Maritime Law Association, a member of the International Association of Port Law and a member of the Madrid Bar Association.

The meeting was held Monday, June 14, 2021. In this meeting, Professor Delgado first pointed to the need to implement an efficient legal regime regarding the Judicial sale of the ship in order to sell the ship at the best possible price and collect more claims from creditors. In this regard, he believed in the need for international intervention to establish an effective legal regime, and in this regard, introduced the UNCITRAL document as the first international document that seeks to regulate the legal regime of judicial sale of