Francisco J. Utrera is a senior partner at the law firm, Rodríguez & Mendoza, an of-counsel partner of the Spanish law firm, V2C, in Madrid, and a listed arbitrator of the Caracas Chamber of Commerce and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). He is a specialist in International Civil and Commercial Law, corporate matters, project financing, legal issues, international business transactions, and local and international commercial arbitration.

• “Summa Cum Laude” (with honors) BA in Law from the Andres Bello Catholic University (UCAB) in Caracas, Venezuela
• Masters in Law (LLM) from the University of Illinois