Ulises Mejía León

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Ulises is partner at Consortium Legal – Honduras. With 24 years of; he is an expert in litigation and arbitration, in civil, commercial and administrative matters, both in ordinary jurisdiction and arbitration, with special emphasis on litigation related to construction contracts for: public and private works, investment, public-private partnerships, insurance, professional services, telecommunications and representation, distribution and agency.

During his career, he has acquired practice to function as an Ad-hoc arbitrator, institutional arbitrator, secretary, and as a private lawyer in numerous arbitration proceedings under Honduran national regulations and international regulations (ICC, Uncitral). Currently, he is in the list of arbitrators for Honduras within the framework of the Free Trade Agreement between El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras with Colombia, as within the framework of the Mechanism for Settlement of Commercial Disputes between Central America of the Central American Economic Integration Secretariat SIECA. It is the arbitrator proposed by Honduras for the integration of the Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (CIAC). In addition, he has extensive knowledge in the recently implemented Civil Procedure Code and is part of the list of Trainers of the Center of Conciliation and Arbitration of the CCIT and of the Judicial School “Salomon Jiménez Castro”, dependence of the Judicial Branch.

EDUCATION

• Master of Civil Procedural Law, Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras (UTH) in coordination with the Spanish Universities Carlos III de Madrid, Jaime I de Castellón and Pablo de Olavide de Seville, Honduras and Spain (2020)
• Master in Commercial Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras UNAH, Honduras (2002)

• Postgraduate in Law in the area of International Business, School of Law, Georgetown University, United Estates and Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas (INCAE), Costa Rica

• Law Degree with Orientation in Criminal and Commercial Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras UNAH, Hondruas (1995)

LANGUAGES

Spanish

English

ASSOCIATIONS

Honduran Bar Association

Certified Arbitrator of the Conciliation and Arbitration Center of the Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Tegucigalpa

Contributor United Way

Member of the Latin American Arbitration Association (Alarb)

Member by the Honduran Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club