MIKELĖNAS VALENTINAS, Prof. Habil. Dr.
Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise
Contract law, tort law, civil procedure law, commercial arbitration, private international law, comparative private law.
Education
- 1995 acquired a Habilitated Doctor of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
- 1982 acquired a Master’s of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
Main Publications
- Mikelėnas, Valentinas. A Lithuanian experience of Coronavirus and the law // Coronavirus and the law in Europe / edited by: Ewoud Hondius, Marta Santos Silva, Andrea Nicolussi, Pablo Salvador Coderch, Christiane Wendehorst, Fryderyk Zoll. Cambridge – Antwerp – Chicago : Intersentia Ltd, 2021. ISBN 9781839700828. p. 202-216.
- Mikelėnas, Valentinas. The application of the Rome I and Rome II regulations in Lithuania // Rome I and Rome II in prctice / edited by Emmanuel Guinchard. Cambridge – Antverpen – Chicago : Intersentia, 2020. ISBN 9781780686714. p. 387-398.
- Mikalonienė, Lina; Mikelėnas, Valentinas; Varapnickas, Tadas; Zemlytė, Eglė. Notarų civilinė atsakomybė : kolektyvinė monografija = Civil liability of notaries: collective monograph. Vilnius : Versus, 2019. 312 p. ISBN 9789955829270.
Main scientific and research projects
- 2021-2022 national expert in the project “Study on the recognition of parenthood between Member States”. Project coordinator and funding source ICF, European Commission.
- 2019 national expert in the International Research Project on Abuse of Bargaining Power in the Food Supply Chain. Project coordinator and funding source University of Bialystok in Poland.
- 2015-2018 head of the project “Convergence and divergence of corporate legal forms: is Lithuanian legal regulation attractive in the international context?”. The project is financed by the Lithuanian Science Council.
Membership in editorial boards
- 2017-2020 compiler in scientific journal “Arbitrage: theory and practice”.
- Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal ,,Review of European Private Law”.
- Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Legal Issues”.
Significant expert activity, membership
- Founder and member of the European Law Institute.
- Member of “International association of procedural law”.
- Member of the International Arbitration Institute.
- Member of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration.
- Member of the “Freunde des Hamburger Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches und internationales Privatrechte”.
- Member of the Civil Code Supervisory Committee
Awards
- 2003 awarded medal of January 13.
- 2003 awarded Cross of the Order “For Merit to Lithuania”.
Popularization of science
Languages
Lithuanian, English and Russian.