PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Elias joined LEĜA as an intern in 2012, and then was promoted to associate by the end of 2013. He has worked in the review, control and management of cases, as well as in the design and planning of strategies for the different cases heard by ordinary courts and arbitration tribunals. Prior to joining LEĜA, Elias worked in the judicial power.ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
- Law Degree. Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela, 2013.
- Master in Business Administration (MBA), Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA).
MEMBERSHIPS
- Venezuelan Association of Arbitration
- Bar Association of the Capital District
- World Association of Young Jurists and Law Students – Venezuelan Chapter
LANGUAGES
- English
- Spanish
AREAS OF PRACTICE & INDUSTRIES
♦ Litigation
♦ Arbitration
♦ Negotiation and Mediation
♦ White-Collar Crime
♦ Real Estate
♦ Construction and Infrastructure
EXPERIENCE
- Follow-up and control of infringements of clients’ trademarks.
- Advice on matters concerning protection, trademarks and patents, as well as civil, commercial and banking matters, among others.
- Drafting and substantiation of decisions in various trials while working as clerk in the First Superior Court for Civil, Commercial, Transit and Banking Matters of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas.
- Representation of companies in arbitrations conducted before national arbitration centers, and related to the construction and infrastructure industry.
PUBLICATIONS
- Article: What criteria should a manager take into account to choose an arbitrator? – Centro Empresarial de Conciliacion y Arbitraje (CEDCA), 2017.