Valentinas Mikelenas

Prof. habil. dr. V. Mikelėnas is a partner and a former judge of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, who has more than 30 years of legal experience. He was the head of the drafting group of the Civil Code and is one of the most prominent legal theorists and legal scholars in Lithuania. He is an expert in arbitration disputes, a member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, was a member of the study group of the European Civil Code, a member-expert of the European Family Law Commission, a founding member of the European Law Institute and an ICSID arbitrator. His significant experience also includes membership in the International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL), the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and the International Arbitration Institute (IAI). Valentinas has also gained exceptional and especially valuable expertise in contract, tort and family law, civil procedure, arbitration and private international law — he works on legal projects of state importance. · Ellex Valiunas

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Partner at Ellex Valiunas and former judge of the Supreme Court of Lithuania with more than 30 years of legal experience; he headed the drafting group of the Civil Code and is a prominent legal theorist and scholar. He is an ICSID arbitrator and has expertise in international arbitration, contract and tort law, family law, civil procedure and private international law.

Practice areas

International ArbitrationLitigationPrivate International LawContractTortFamily LawCivil Procedure

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Lithuania

Ellex Valiunas · Prof. habil. dr. V. Mikelėnas is a partner and a former judge of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, who has more than 30 years of legal experience. He was the head of the drafting group of the Civil Code and is one of the most prominent legal theorists and legal scholars in Lithuania. He is an expert in arbitration disputes, a member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, was a member of the study group of the European Civil Code, a member-expert of the European Family Law Commission, a founding member of the European Law Institute and an ICSID arbitrator. His significant experience also includes membership in the International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL), the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) and the International Arbitration Institute (IAI). Valentinas has also gained exceptional and especially valuable expertise in contract, tort and family law, civil procedure, arbitration and private international law — he works on legal projects of state importance.

Lithuania

Expertise

Civil Code draftingLegal Theory & ScholarshipInternational Arbitration (ICSID)Contract LawTort LawFamily LawCivil ProcedurePrivate International Law

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M.), Vilnius University, Faculty of Law (1982)
Doctor of Law, Moscow State Lomonosov University, Faculty of Law (postgraduate studies) (1986)
Doctor Iuris Habilitatis, Vilnius University (1995)
Research work, Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (1993)
Research work, University of Lund, Sweden (1992)
Research work on comparative contract law, UNIDROIT, Italy (1995)
Research work on private international law, Max Planck Institute, Germany (1995)
Visiting Professor, Lund University, Sweden (2007)

Admissions

ICSID Arbitrator
Member, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
Founding Member, European Law Institute
Member-expert, European Family Law Commission
Member, Study Group of the European Civil Code
Member, International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL)
Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
Member, International Arbitration Institute (IAI)