Dr. Atilio Aníbal ALTERINI
(Full resume at www.alterini.org)

• University of Buenos Aires, School of Law, M.L. 1960.

• University of Buenos Aires, School of Law, Ph.D. (Law and Social Sciences), 1969.

• Dean, School of Law, University of Buenos Aires (2002-2006).

• President, Executive Board of the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association (2000-2002).

• Full Professor, chair of Civil and Commercial Obligations and Civil and Commercial Contracts, School of Law, University of Buenos Aires (in the faculty since 1962).

• Full Professor, University of Belgrano.

• Visiting Professor, University of Paris-II Panthéon Assas.

• Visiting Professor, Universidad de la República (Montevideo, Uruguay).

• Honorary Professor at the following Universities: Nacional Mayor de San Marcos de Lima, Nacional San Agustín and Católica Santa María de Arequipa (Peru).

• Doctor honoris causa by the following Universities: Nacional de Tucumán, de la República (Montevideo, Uruguay) and San Martín de Porres (Lima, Peru).

• Winner of Professor Eduardo Prayones Prize (University of Buenos Aires, 1969).

• Winner of the School of Law and Social Sciences Prize (University of Buenos Aires, 1999).

• Effective Member, Executive Board of the School of Law, University of Buenos Aires (1994-2002).

• Director of the Civil Law Institutes at the Argentine Notarial University and the City of Buenos Aires Bar Association.

• Former Judge, National Court of Appeals on Commercial Matters (Judicial career: 1958-1977).

• Member, Peruvian Academy of Law.

• Member, Academy of European Private Lawyers

• Member, European Group on Tort Law.

• Member, World Jurist Association.

• Member, Inter-American Academy of International and Comparative Law.

• President, Argentine Institute of Legislative Studies, Argentine Federation of Bar Associations (FACA - 1998-2001).

• Member, Hon. Drafting Committee of the Bill for the 1987 Sole Civil and Commercial Code.

• Member, Hon. Drafting Committee of the Bill for the 1998 Unified Civil and Commercial Code.

• Former President, School of Law Faculty Association, University of Buenos Aires.

• Arbitration: Argentine member of the following institutions: MERCOSUR Arbitration Board, International Arbitration Board of Salto Grande, Arbitration Boards of the Argentine Federation of Bar Associations (FACA), of the Argentine Industrial Association (UIA), of the Argentine Foundation for Arbitration and Conciliation (FADAC), of Alternative Dispute Settlement Methods (MARC) and of the General Arbitration and Mediation Board (School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires and Association of Notaries Public of the Federal Capital City). Member of the Advisory Council of the Negotiation and Mediation Center of the Argentine Association of Service Entities (UDES).

• Twenty books and papers: "Civil Liability", "Law of Obligations", "Private Law", "Annotated Civil Code-Contracts" (2 volumes), “Contracts. General Theory”, "Present Contours of Civil Liability", "Modern Questions on Civil Liability", "Damages Law", "The autonomy of will in modern contracts", "Damage to credit and State Liability", "Disindexation: the return to nominalism", "How to Draft a Contract", "Legal Insecurity", "Debt Desindexation", "Quantitative Limitation to Civil Liability", etc.

• Director, "Civil Liability and Insurance Journal" (La Ley), "Encyclopaedia of Civil Liability" and of the series of monographs "Civil Law in Mercosur" and "Amendments to the Civil Code" (Abeledo-Perrot).

• One hundred and fifty legal monographs, published over more than thirty years in specialized Journals in the country and abroad, commemorative works, etc.

• Delivered more than five hundred courses and conferences and participation at discussion panels, at Universities, Institutions and Professional Associations in Argentina, Germany, Austria, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Spain, France, Honduras, Italy, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

• Participation in two hundred Legal Congresses and Seminars, especially on subjects of Civil and Commercial Law, in many instances as Chairman, or Committee Chairman, Speaker or Special Guest, in Argentina, America and Europe.

Dr. Jorge Eduardo BERRETA

• University of Buenos Aires, School of Law, M.L. 1975.

• Partner in "Estudio A. A. Alterini" since 1977.

• Assistant Professor of Political Law, School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (1977).

• Assistant Professor of Private Law I, Translation Department, School of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires (1978-1980).

• Instructor of Contemporaneous Legal Systems, School of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Belgrano (1979-1980).

• Author of several legal monographs on Private Law subjects: 

  • "A Further Contribution to the "Revision" of the Bank Checking Account" (in collaboration with Dr. Aníbal Filippini).

  • "Injuries Sustained by the Pilot (Commander) of an Aircraft" (in collaboration with Dr. Aníbal Filippini).

  • “Banks' Liability: Credit Opening, Overdraft Authorization and Transitory Cash Advance in Checking Accounts”.

Dr. Aníbal FILIPPINI

• University of Belgrano, School of Law, M.L. 1980.

• Partner in "Estudio A. A. Alterini" since 1981.

• Associate Professor of Civil Law II (Dr. Atilio Aníbal Alterini's chair), School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (1986-1988).

• Assistant Professor of Private Law I (Dr. Atilio Aníbal Alterini's chair), Translation Department, School of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (1982-1985).

• Assistant Professor of Civil and Commercial Obligations  (Dr. Atilio Aníbal Alterini´s chair), School of Law of the University of Belgrano (1981-1985).

• Author of several legal monographs on  Private Law subjects, published in specialized journals and books in the Republic of Argentina:

  • "Termination of Contracts: Restitution and Inflation", Rev. El Derecho, vol. 116, p. 824.

  • "Civil Liability Arising from the Broadcast of Inaccurate News " -collaboration with Dr. Atilio Aníbal Alterini-, Rev. La Ley, vol. 1986-C, p. 406.

  • "Convertibility Act: ¿Is It Possible to Establish Rents in Dollars?", Rev. La Ley, vol. 1991-C, p. 1049.

  • "Prevention of Damage and Judicial Censure", Rev. La Ley, vol. 1992-C, p. 978.

  • "Liability for the Broadcast of Judicial Records ", in Alterini, Atilio A. and López Cabana, Roberto M. (dir.), Liability. A Tribute to Professor Doctor Isidoro H. Goldenberg, ed. Abeledo Perrot, Buenos Aires, 1995, p. 369.

  • entry "Auditor [Civil Liability of]", in Alterini, Atilio A. and López Cabana, Roberto M. (dir.) Civil Liability Encyclopaedia, ed. Abeledo Perrot, Buenos Aires, 1995, vol. I, p. 630.

  • entry "Self-damage", in Alterini, Atilio A. and  López Cabana, Roberto M. (dir.) Civil Liability Encyclopaedia , ed. Abeledo Perrot, Buenos Aires, 1995, vol. I, p. 648.

  • "Ethics and Journalism", in Bueres, A. J. and Kemelmajer de Carlucci, A. (dir.) Liability for Damages in the Third Millenium. A Tribute to Professor Doctor Atilio Aníbal Alterini, ed. Abeledo Perrot, Buenos Aires, 1997, p. 589.

  • “Construction of Contracts in the Jurisprudence of the National Supreme Court of the Nation”, in Civil Liability and Insurance Journal, Year II, n° 4.

  • "A Further Contribution to the "Revision" of the Bank Checking Account" (in collaboration with Dr. Jorge Eduardo Berreta).

  • "Injuries Sustained by the Pilot (Commander) of an Aircraft" (in collaboration with Dr. Jorge Eduardo Berreta).

  • “Elevators and the Victim's Fault”.