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Padilla teaches courses on Commercial Contracts, Payment Systems, Secured Transactions and Commercial Arbitration. In addition, he is a member of the Editorial Board of the Revista Jurídica de Catalunya and has published extensively in commercial law and education.
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Padilla currently chairs the Puerto Rican Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, is a member of the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Profession of the
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Padilla has been a member of the Board of Directors of Universal Insurance Co. the largest insurance company in Puerto Rico and has been an advisor to
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