María Susana Battisti

Associate Lawyer at Michelson & Associates Law Firm

• Independent Consultant
• Board Member, Pepperdine University Foundation for Latin America

Professional Areas of Practice

• Lawyer and Arbitrator with extensive experience in Commercial Law, Corporate Law, and Contracts.
• Mergers and Acquisitions, Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods, Mediation, Negotiation, and Arbitration.
• Internet and Technology Law. Business Management.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Advisor and Representative of Argentina in dispute resolution cases before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of the World Bank, under Bilateral Investment Treaties.
• Immigration: Extensive experience in working with Argentine Consulates and the National Immigration Department on visa processing.
• Education and Management: Associate Director, Buenos Aires Program, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA.

Teaching Positions

• Professor at the University of El Salvador
• Professor at the Catholic University of Argentina
• Professor at Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA, and in the Buenos Aires Program of Pepperdine University.

EDUCATION

University Degrees

• Lawyer, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of El Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1976.
• Public Notary, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of El Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1978.
• Doctorate in Legal Sciences, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina.

Postgraduate Courses and Seminars

• Theory and Tools of the Harvard Negotiation Project, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. “Introduction to the U.S. Legal System” – 1997.
• Seminar on Conflict Resolution and Institutional Methods for Conflict Resolution of Interests, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Subsecretariat of International Cooperation, as part of the MERCOSUR-European Union Cooperation Program, 1995.
• Seminar on Key Aspects of U.S. Commercial Law, jointly organized by Louisiana State University, Universidad Austral, Catholic University of Argentina, and Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.

Professional, Work, and Academic Experience

Professional Experience

• Associate Lawyer, Michelson & Associates Law Firm, specializing in Commercial Law, Corporate Law, and Contracts.
• Legal Advisor to the Subsecretariat for American Economic Integration and MERCOSUR at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, and Worship, contracted by the United Nations Development Program.
• Legal Advisor and Representative of Argentina in investment dispute cases at the ICSID of the World Bank, 1998-2000.
• Legal Advisor for companies.
• Legal Advisory in Argentina for Pepperdine University and Pepperdine Argentina SRL, 1999-2003.
• Board Member and Controller of Public Limited Companies.
• Arbitrator and partner at the Buenos Aires Bar Association.
• Arbitrator at the CEMA Business Mediation and Arbitration Center.
• Arbitrator at the Manuel Belgrano International Arbitration and Mediation Center (CIAM).

Work Experience

• Member of the Board, Pepperdine University Foundation for Latin America, since 2022.
• Manager, Pepperdine Argentina SRL (Nonprofit), since 2003.
• Associate Director, Buenos Aires Program, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA, July 2003 – October 2022.
• Representative of the Pepperdine University Foundation for Latin America at RENURE, the National Immigration Department, and Argentine Consulates abroad.
• Legal Advisor in the Labor Relations Department at Banco de la Nación Argentina, 1974-1977.

Academic Experience

• Adjunct Professor of Civil Law I, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of El Salvador, 1976-1978.
• Assistant Professor and Chair Coordinator of Commercial Law I, Chair of Dr. Guillermo Michelson Irusta, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, 1995-2000.
• Assistant Professor and Chair Coordinator of Special Commercial Contracts, Chair of Dr. Guillermo Michelson Irusta, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, 1995-2000.
• Professor of HUM 295/296, Buenos Aires Program, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA, 2004-2017.
• Professor of SPAN 251 and SPAN 151, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA, 2009-2017.
• Professor of HUM 295/296, Buenos Aires Program, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA, 2003-2017.
• Coordinator of Cultural Learning and Social Services, Buenos Aires Program, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, USA, 2000-2005.

Languages

• Spanish
• English