PROFESSOR OF LAW, SCIENCES PO LAW SCHOOL
DIRECTOR, LLM IN TRANSNATIONAL ARBITRATION & DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
LATIN-AMERICAN LAW
Diego P. Fernández Arroyo (Short Bio)
Diego P. Fernández Arroyo is a professor at Sciences Po Law School in Paris, where he is the Director of the LLM in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement. He is a member of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law, a member of the Institute of International Law, the Secretary-General of the International Academy of Comparative Law and a former President of the American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP). He is a member of Argentinean Delegations before UNCITRAL, and he has also represented Argentina and ASADIP before the Hague Conference of Private International Law, the Organization of American States and UNIDROIT. He is actively involved in the practice of international arbitration as an independent arbitrator and an expert. A former Professor at the Universities Litoral, Salamanca and Complutense of Madrid, and Global Professor of the New York University, he has been invited in a number of universities in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australia. The Universities of Buenos Aires and National of Córdoba have awarded him as Honorary Professor. Professor Fernández Arroyo is the author of numerous publications (published in more than 20 countries) in the fields of private international law, comparative law, international dispute resolution, international arbitration and global governance.
WHO’S WHO LEGAL FRANCE 2021:
“Diego P Fernández Arroyo receives a plethora of recommendations for his incisive handling of complex international arbitrations.”
ACTIVITIES
TADS LLM Commencement of 2024 Class & Inaugural Lecture, Paris, France (7 September, 2023)
On 7 September 2023, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo organized the Commencement ceremony of the 2024 Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement's (TADS) LLM cohort in Paris. The Inaugural Lecture delivered by Professor Dr. Lauro Gama Jr. on 'The Supposed Marriage...
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6th Brazilian Arbitration Forum, Paris, France (8 Sept, 2023)
On 8 September 2023, Prof. Diego P Fernández Arroyo co-organised the second day of the 6th Brazilian Arbitration Forum, in the context of the Sciences Po Arbitration Days in Paris. The conference on "Arbitration and National Courts - Convergence or Divergence" was...
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6th Brazilian Arbitration Forum, Paris, France (7 Sept, 2023)
On 7 September 2023, Prof. Diego P Fernández Arroyo co-organised and participated in the 6th Brazilian Arbitration Forum, in the context of the Sciences Po Arbitration Days in Paris. Prof. Fernández Arroyo, the discussion on "Arbitration in Turmoil in Brazil and...
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TADS LLM Commencement of 2023 Class & Inaugural Lecture, Paris, France (4 Sept, 2023)
On 4 September 2023, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, together with José Ricardo Feris taught the first session of the general course on Transnational Commercial Arbitration of to the new LLM in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement ("TADS") cohort in...
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Institut de Droit International, Angers session, Angers, France (27 Aug- 3 Sept)
Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the 150th session of the Institute, committed to contributing to the development of international law, which took place in Angers, France from the 27 August until the 3 September...
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ASADIP’s Closing Conference on International arbitration: a view from private international law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (11 August 2023)
On 11 August 2023, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the XVI Jornadas of the Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado (American Association of Private International Law, "ASADIP"), devoted to "El Derecho internacional privado: entre lo...
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Conference on Perspectives for the Future of Arbitration in Brazil and the World, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (10 August 2023)
On 10 August 2023, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the VI Congreso International de Arbitragem of the Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem. Professor Fernández Arroyo, together with José Roberto de Castro Neves, Flávia Bittar and Mariana Freitas...
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OAS course on “Transnational Arbitration: from the successful present towards an uncertain future” Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (9 and 11 August, 2023)
On 9 and 11 August 2023, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo delivered a lecture at the 48th Organization of American States (OAS ) Course on International Law. The course is annually organized annually since 1974 by the Inter-American Juridical Committee and the...
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Arbitration Academy – Conclusion (28 July, 2023)
On Friday, 28 July 2023, the thirteenth session of the Arbitration Academy, to which Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo is the director, ended. It included 135 hours of intensive teaching and experience from the most renowned specialists in the field, gathering young...
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Professional Experience
Arbitration – VERY RECENT CASES
COMPANY FROM Cayman Islands v. BOLIVIAN COMPANY, OIL, ICC, co-arbitrator (APPOINTED BY RESPONDENT), BOLIVIAN law,
Seat: La Paz, Spanish language
Companies from SWITZERLAND, COLOMBIA AND PANAMA v. COLOMBIAN companies, OIL, BOGOTÁ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PRESIDENT (APPOINTED BY the BOGOTÁ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE), COLOMBIAN law,
Seat: Bogotá, Spanish language
Companies from Panama and Cayman Islands v. companies from Colombia, Curacao and Nicaragua, company law, ICC, co-arbitrator (APPOINTED BY CLAIMANT), Panamanian law,
Seat: Panama City, Spanish language
Dutch investors v. Venezuela, oil, ICSID (Annulment committee, BIT Netherlands-Venezuela), co-arbitrator (APPOINTED BY ICSID),
Seat: Washington DC, English and Spanish languages
Company from British Virgin Islands v. Angolan company, telecommunications, ICC, President (APPOINTED BY CO-ARBITRATORS), Angolan law,
Seat: Paris, English language
Brazilian company v. Venezuelan companies, construction of a gas compressor, ICC, President (APPOINTED BY CO-ARBITRATORS), Venezuelan law,
Seat: Paris, Spanish and English languages
Investors from Spain and Barbados v. Venezuela, commercial distribution, UNCITRAL administered by the PCA (BITs Venezuela-Spain and Venezuela-Barbados), President (APPOINTED BY CO-ARBITRATORS),
Seat: The Hague, Spanish and English languages
Spanish investors v. Peru, gas, ICSID (BIT Peru-Spain), President (APPOINTED BY THE CO-ARBITRATORS),
Seat: Washington DC, Spanish and English languages
Italian company v. French and German companies, aviation, ICC, Sole Arbitrator (APPOINTED BY THE PARTIES), French law,
Seat: Paris, English and French languages
US investors v. United Mexican States, oil, UNCITRAL administered by ICSID (NAFTA), President (APPOINTED BY ICSID),
Seat: Washington DC, English and Spanish languages
Portuguese company v. Colombian company, food supply contract, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, President (APPOINTED BY THE BOGOTÁ CHAMBER OF COMMERCE), Colombian law (CISG),
Seat: Bogotá, Spanish language
Brazilian companies, electric power, UNCITRAL administered by CBMA, President (APPOINTED BY Co-ARBITRATORS), Brazilian law,
Seat: Rio de Janeiro, Portuguese language
Jamaican investor v. Dominican Republic, energy, UNCITRAL administered by CIADI (TLC CARICOM-Dominican Republic), President (APPOINTED BY CO-ARBITRATORS),
Seat: Washington DC, Spanish and English languages
Brazilian companies, electric energy, ICC, Emergency Arbitrator (APPOINTED BY ICC), Brazilian Law,
Seat: Paris, Portuguese Language
Publications
The Continuing Relevance of Private International Law and its Challenges
(with F. Ferrari, eds.), London, Edward Elgar (2019)
2019
Current Issues of Comparative Law – Questions actuelles de droit comparé
(with K. Boele-Woelki, eds.), Cham, Springer (2019)
2019
Global Private International Law: Adjudication without Frontiers
(with L. Bizikova and others, eds.), London, Edward Elgar (2019)
2019
Les droits humains comparés. À la recherche de l’universalité des droits humains
(with Niki Aloupi et others, eds.), Paris, Pedone (2019)
2019
The Past, Present and Future of Comparative Law
(with K. Boele-Woelki, eds.), Cham, Springer (2018)
2018
Enforcement and Effectiveness of the Law
(with N. Etcheverry Estrázulas, eds.), Cham, Springer (2018)
2018
Nothing is for Free: The Prices to Pay for Arbitralizing Legal Disputes
in L. Cadiet, B. Hess & M. Requejo Isidro (eds.), Privatizing Dispute Resolution, Baden-Baden, Nomos (2019) 615-646
2019
Denationalizing Private International Law – A Law with Multiple Adjudicators and Enforcers
Yearbook of Private International Law (Switzerland) XX (2018/2019) 31-45
2019
Soft law and arbitral procedure – A conditioned but inescapable couple
European International Arbitration Review (2019-2) 71-86
2019
The progressive evolution of private international law: from State centralisation to denationalisation and beyond
in Globalization and Private International Law, Moscow, Jurist (2019) 61-81
2019
Private International Law and International Commercial Arbitration – A Dialogue about the Usefulness and Awareness of the Former for the Latter
(with G. Cordero-Moss), in V. Ruiz Abou-Nigm and M. B. Noodt Taquela (eds.), Diversity and Integration in Private International Law, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press (2019) 310-324
2019
Legitimacy of international arbitration: commercial v. investment
in A. Bjorklund / F. Ferrari / S. Kröll (eds.), Cambridge Compendium of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (forthcoming)