Carlos Villacorta Salís

Professional experience

Partner of BCVLEX, member of the Madrid Bar since 1993. Former member of the Bordeaux Bar Association (France).

Mainly dedicated to aviation law, cross-border civil liability, consumer law, human rights and private international law.

Legal Expert; Preparation of Spanish law certificates for foreign courts.

Member of the Advisory Council of the Liability and Insurance Section of the Madrid Bar Association.

Member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ).

Member of the Board of Directors of the Global Justice Network (GJN).

Member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Accident Victims and Civil Liability (ANAVA-RC).

Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Association of Aeronautical Law (AEDAE).

Languages

Carlos is fluent in Spanish, French and English.

Association

• Legal Abroad 
• AAJ (American Association for Justice)
• PEOPIL (Pan European Organization of Personal Injury Lawyers)
• GJN (Global Justice Network) 
• IETL (Institute for European Traffic Law)
• APIL (Association of Personal Injury Lawyers)

Publications

Author of various publications, speaker at national and international conferences and congresses, including:

• BELLECAVE, Jean-Pierre y VILLACORTA SALÍS, Carlos, “Convention et forum non conveniens de Montréal. An example of how the lack of transnational dialogue between judges undermines the fluidity of justice”, Revista del Transporte, 2012 (10), pp. 143-153.
• GUERRERO LEBRÓN, Guerrero Lebrón and VILLACORTA SALÍS, Carlos, ‘Procedural aspects of actions for liability of the passenger air carrier’, in La responsabilidad del transportista aéreo y la protección de los pasajeros, Marcial Pons, Ediciones Jurídicas y Sociales, 2015, pp. 255-298.
• GUERRERO LEBRÓN, Guerrero Lebrón and VILLACORTA SALÍS, Carlos, “Procedural aspects of actions for liability of the passenger air carrier”, in Público privado en el derecho aeronáutico: Retos presente y futuros, Tirant lo Blanch, 2017, pp. 285-340.
• MARTÍNEZ FARIÑAS, Rebeca y VILLACORTA SALÍS, Carlos, “The system of evaluation and quantification of bodily injury in Spain: a practical look” in Have, 2017 (2), pp. 141-148.
• MARTÍNEZ FARIÑAS, Rebeca y VILLACORTA SALÍS, Carlos, “Overview of the Spanish Traffic Ladder and Practical Examples”, in: Journal of Personal Injury Law, 2018 (3), pp. 207-214.
• VILLACORTA SALÍS, Carlos. “Dieselgate in the Spanish courts. the termination of sales contracts”. Journal of European Consumer and Market Law (EuCML) . Issue 3/2023, pages 128-136.

Academic activity

• Carlos is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars organized by, among others, the Madrid Bar Association, LEGAL ABROAD, PEOPIL, AAJ, APIL, EALA, McGill University, University of Alicante, Carlos III University.
• Professor of the Advanced Course in Aeronautics and Space Law at the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas (ICADE).
• Mentor in the Mentorship Program at the University of Nebrija.

Formation

• Degree in Law from the Autonomous University of Madrid.
• Specialization course in foreign trade. Madrid Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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