RAFAEL PRADO MONCADA

PRACTICE
Administrative Law, Public Contracting, Regulated Sectors (Energy, Telecommunications, Financial Sector, Telecommunications and New Technologies).

LANGUAGES
Spanish and English.

PUBLICATIONS
"Some Notes on the fundamental right to effective judicial review of administrative justice in Venezuela (proposals for the reform of administrative-justice)" in Revista GLOBAL Legal Notes # 2, Mendoza (Argentina), August 1999.
"The fundamental right to effective judicial protection and administrative justice of administrative contracts (a study of the Venezuelan legal jurisprudence)" in Revista de Derecho Administrativo # 6, May-August 1999, Ed. Sherwood, Caracas, Venezuela.
"Legal nature of amicable expropriation settlements" in Revista de Derecho Administrativo # 7, September-December 1999, Ed. Sherwood, Caracas, Venezuela.
"The right of constitutional protection in the new Venezuelan Constitution (Comments to the first judgments of the Constitutional Chamber of Supreme Court of Justice)" in Journal of Constitutional Law # 2, January-June 2000, Ed. Sherwood, Caracas, Venezuela.
"Back on the Right to effective judicial review (Legislative progress following the enactment of the 1999 Constitution)" in Revista de Derecho Administrativo # 9, May-August 2000, Ed. Sherwood, Caracas, Venezuela.
"Sunset or strengthening of administrative exhaustion as a prerequisite to access the Administrative Courts? (Comments on recent jurisprudential contradictions) "in Administrative Law Journal # 11, January-April 2001, Ed. Sherwood, Caracas, Venezuela. In collaboration with Luis A. Ortiz-Alvarez.
"Comments on the Right to effective judicial review in the Venezuelan legal-administrative system" in Law and Society Review # 3, Caracas, Faculty of Law, University Monteavila, 2001.
"New approach to administrative responsibility? (Comments to the 2840/2001 judgment of the Political-Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court)" in Administrative Law Journal # 13, September-December 2001, Ed. Sherwood, Caracas, Venezuela. In collaboration with Jesus A. Davila.
"Comments on the right to effective judicial review in the Venezuelan legal-administrative system" in Revista Lex. Dissemination and Analysis, Ed. Laguna, Torreon, Mexico, 2003.
"Some Notes on eGovernment" in napoprado.blogspot.com (2008).
"Collaboration agreements between the public and the private sector. Novelty of the Law on Public Sector Contracts # 30/2007 of October 30th." in napoprado.blogspot.com (2008).

EDUCATION
Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (JD, 1999). Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (Diploma of Advanced Studies "DEA" in Administrative Law, 2002). Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain (Doctorate in Administrative Law, Cum Laude, 2004). Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICAI-¬ ICADE, Madrid, Spain (Master in Telecommunications Law, 2003). Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain (Senior Legal Practice Program, 2005). University of Seville, Spain (Validation of law degree, 2006).

TEACHER ACTIVITY
Professor at Universidad Central de Venezuela of "Administrative Litigation Contracts" in the Specialization in Procedural Law.