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
Launch of the Clube dos Arbitralistas Lusófonos – CAL
On 22 September 2021, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the launch of the Clube dos Arbitralistas Lusófonos in...
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Harmonization Through Arbitration: The Arbitrators’ Role and Function (Paris Arbitration Week)
5th Congress – Comisión de juristas para la integración regional – Mercosur para jueces y abogados
Download the programme On 15 September 2021, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the 5th Congress of the Comisión de juristas para la integración regional : ‘’Mercosur para jueces y...
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Masterclass “El nuevo derecho internacional uruguayo: Ley General de Derecho Internacional Privado de Uruguay” – Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo & Prof. Didier Opertti Badán
On 8 September 2021, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo and Prof. Didier Opertti Badán delivered a Masterclass on "El nuevo derecho internacional uruguayo: Ley General de Derecho Internacional Privado de Uruguay" at the Universidad Austral (with the support of ASADIP)....
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Launch of the 5th edition of TADS LLM at Sciences Po Law School
On 6 September 2021, Sciences Po Law School welcomed the new students of the 5th edition of its LLM in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement in Paris.
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Class on “Derecho aplicable al Arbitraje” (with Julio Rivera(h)) for the Diplomatura de Arbitraje Internacional – Universidad Austral (Buenos Aires)
Hague Academy of International Law Centre for Studies and Research
On 16 August 2021, Professor Giuditta Cordero-Moss and Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo opened the three-week sessions of the 2021 Hague Academy of International Law Online Centre for Studies and Research on the topic Applicable Law Issues in International...
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Inaugural lecture – Diploma en Arbitraje (University of Montevideo)
On 10 August 2021, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo delivered the inaugural lecture of the "Diploma en Arbitraje" programme of the University of Montevideo. More...
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IX CCA International Congress of Arbitration – Panel: Challenges and future of Investment Arbitration.
On 10 August 2021, Prof. Diego P Fernández Arroyo participated in the IX CCA international Congress of Arbitration in the panel Challenges and future of Investment Arbitration. ...
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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)