Juan Pablo Rodriguez Delgado presented an online lecture on “The Judicial Sale of Ships in Accordance with UNCITRAL Draft Instrument”

Juan Pablo Rodriguez Delgado is Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer in Commercial and Maritime Law. He holds a 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 and awards for his articles. 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 are among his notable honors.

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 the 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 on Monday, June 14, 2021. Professor Delgado first stressed the need to establish an efficient legal regime for the judicial sale of ships at the best possible price, which would subsequently contribute toward more debt settlements with creditors. Professor Delgado maintained that international intervention would be required for the establishment of an effective legal regime. To that end, he introduced and analyzed the UNCITRAL draft instrument as the first international document drafted with a view to regulating the legal regime for judicial sale of vessels.