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, an Associate of the Institute of International 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.
ACTIVITIES
The IACL reveals the final list of topics for the General Congress 2022 in Asunción
On 13 July 2020, the International Academy of Comparative Law has revealed the final list of topics for its General Congress to be held in Asunción in 2022. Prof. Diego P Fernández Arroyo is the current Secretary-General of the Academy. [button...
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Online Launch — Diplomatura en Contratos y Litigios Judiciales Internacionales 2020
The new programme on Contracts and International Disputes of the Austral University launched at Buenos Aires with 55 students coming from all over Latin America. [button...
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Cambridge-Sciences Po (CAMPO) Collaborative Research Project ‘Who owns natural resources?’
Professor Jorge Viñuales and Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo have been awarded a CamPo Collaborative Research Grant for a research project on the topic: ‘Who owns natural resources?’ This formal project between Cambridge and Sciences Po Faculty aims to explore the...
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Challenges for Private International Law: Sixth session of the series of weekly virtual forums ‘Inter-American law in times of pandemic’ – Organization of American States (OAS)
This session held online on June 15 2020 addresses the challenges faced by private international law in the context of the ongoing pandemic, with special reference to international contracts, commercial dispute settlement and investment arbitration. [button...
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Hague Academy of International Law Centre for Studies and Research on “Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration” postponed to 2021
The 2020 edition of the Centre for Studies and Research on "Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration” has been postponed to 2021. Online applications for this programme have reopened and can be sent in until September 1st, 2020. Directors of Research: Prof....
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Diplomatura en Contratos y Litigios Judiciales Internacionales 2020 (Online)
Professor Fernández Arroyo is Academic Director and a Member of the Faculty of the 2020 Diplomatura en Contratos y Litigios Judiciales Internacionales. The online programme aims to modernize and enrich the practice of international contracts and transnational judicial...
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Sciences Po’s LLM Programme in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement is ZOOMING
Sciences Po's LLM Programme in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement is ZOOMING in response to the SRAS-CoV2 (COVID-19) outbreak and in order to finish the semester. Thanks to the incredible help of Sciences Po, and in particular the staff of the Law School,...
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Private International Law — Contemporary Challenges and Continuing Relevance
Elgar Monographs in Private International Law, 2019 - Edited by Franco Ferrari, Professor of Law and Director, Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law, New York University School of Law, US and Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Professor of Law,...
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Doctoral Defense of Mr. Alexandre Senegacnik – La critique de l’interprétation des traités de protection des investissements étrangers : la volte-face de l’Arlequin
On December 9th 2019, Mr. Alexandre Senegacnik successfully defended his doctoral thesis entitled “La critique de l'interprétation des traités de protection des investissements étrangers : la volte-face de l'Arlequin” at Sciences Po Law School (Paris). The jury was...
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Professional Experience
Arbitration – VERY RECENT CASES
Companies from Panama and Cayman Islands v. companies from Colombia, Curacao and Nicaragua, company law, ICC, co-arbitrator, Panamanian law,
Seat: Panama City, Spanish language
Dutch investors v. Venezuela, oil, ICSID (Annulment committee, BIT Netherlands-Venezuela), co-arbitrator,
Seat: Washington DC, English and Spanish languages
Company from British Virgin Islands v. Angolan company, telecommunications, ICC, President, Angolan law,
Seat: Paris, English language
Brazilian company v. Venezuelan companies, construction of a gas compressor, ICC, President, 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,
Seat: XXX, Spanish and English languages
Spanish investors v. Peru, gas, ICSID (BIT Peru-Spain), President,
Seat: Washington DC, Spanish and English languages
Italian company v. French and German companies, aviation, ICC, Sole Arbitrator, French law,
Seat: Paris, English and French languages
US investors v. United Mexican States, oil, UNCITRAL administered by ICSID (NAFTA), President,
Seat: Washington DC, English and Spanish languages
Portuguese company v. Colombian company, food supply contract, Bogotá Chamber of Commerce, President, Colombian law (CISG),
Seat: Bogotá, Spanish language
Brazilian companies, electric power, UNCITRAL administered by CBMA, President, Brazilian law,
Seat: Rio de Janeiro, Portuguese language
Jamaican investor v. Dominican Republic, energy, UNCITRAL administered by CIADI (TLC CARICOM-Dominican Republic), President,
Seat: Washington DC, Spanish and English languages
Brazilian companies, electric energy, ICC, Emergency Arbitrator, Brazilian Law,
Seat: Paris, Portuguese Language
Publications
Latest books
The Continuing Relevance of Private International Law and its Challenges
(with F. Ferrari, eds.), London, Edward Elgar (2019)
forthcoming
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
Latest articles and book chapters
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)