Carlos Esplugues Mota, LLM (Harvard'85), MSc (Edinburgh'83), PhD(Valencia'83), is since 1997 full Professor of Private international Law at the University of Valencia (Spain). He is a leading Spanish Scholar on Private International Law and International Trade Law. He has written more than 400works (books, book's chapters and articles in Spain and abroad) and he has been invited to lecture in many universities in Europe, America and Asia. He isPresident of the Spanish Association of Professors of International Law and International Relations since 2013. Additionally, Prof. Esplugues is Member of several legislative commissions, and he acts as International Arbitrator and Mediator.