Hon. Adolfo Rouillon

Judge

Rosario,
Argentina

Class: XIV (2003)Circuit: International

Education

National University of Rosario, Argentina, Lawyer (1969)
Catholic University of Argentina,, Doctor in Law and Social Sciences, summa cum laude (1982)

Professional Career

World Bank, Legal Department (2002-)
Judge, Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals, Rosario, Province of Santa Fe, Argentina (1984-)
Civil and Commercial Trial Judge (1977-84)
Partner, Robiolo, Bosco & Rouillon, Rosario, Argentina (1970-77)
Professor, Faculty of Economics of the National University of Rosario, Argentina (1978-)
Director, Law Department of the Faculty of Business Studies in the Austral University in Rosario, Argentina

Affiliations

Judges' Association, Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, President (1989-91)
Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina, President (1991)
La Ley Litoral, law journal published by La Ley S.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina, Director
Law and Business, the law journal of the Law Department of the Austral University, Faculty of Business Studies, Rosario, Argentina, Director
Appointed by the Supreme Court of the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, Member of the Group that prepared the Project of the Code of Ethics for the Judiciary (2000-01)
INSOL International
American Bankruptcy Institute
International Insolvency Institute
International Exchange of Experience on Insolvency Law

Publications

Author of seven books on Argentine Insolvency and Commercial Law.
Director of research works on (a) Insolvency Law, three volumes, La Ley SA, Buenos Aires, 1999, second issue published in 2003 (b) Enforcement Proceedings and Commercial Papers, three volumes, La Ley SA, Buenos Aires, 2001 (c) Banking Operations of Credit, La Ley SA, Buenos Aires, one volume, to be published in 2003
Author of Chapters on Insolvency Law, Commercial Law and Procedural Law, in eleven books with plurality of authors.
Author of 130 legal articles published in various law journals in Argentina, Venezuela, Italy and the UK.

Awards

First Prize and Gold Medal for essay on "Individual Business with Limited Responsibility," awarded by the Notaries Association of the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, (Jul 1978)
Prize "Dr. Omar Guerra" awarded for his work on "Necessary Bankruptcy." This prize was conferred to the best legal essay, after a contest organized by the Judges Association of the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina, (1980-82)
Member of the Argentine National Academy of Law and Social Sciences in Buenos Aires, (1993)
Diploma of Honor awarded by the Austral University School of Law, directing the best thesis of the 1996 Graduates from the Master of Business Law, Buenos Aires, Argentina, (1997)
Diploma of Honor awarded by the Austral University School of Business, directing the best thesis of the 2001 Graduates from the Master of Business Law, Rosario, Argentina, (2002)