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
Publication — “El arbitraje transnacional: del exitoso presente al futuro incierto” (XLVIII OAS/OEA’s Curso de Derecho Internacional)
Diego P. Fernández Arroyo , “El arbitraje transnacional: del exitoso presente al futuro incierto” in the XLVIII Organisation of American States's Course of International Law, pp. 375-414. This course corresponds to the lecture delivered by Prof. Diego P. Fernández...
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2024 Summer Session of the Arbitration Academy, Paris, France (17th June, 4th July, 2024)
Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, President of the Arbitration Academy leaded the Opening Meeting and had the traditional Brown Bag Lunch with the participants of this year Summer Session.
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Conferencia Latinoamericana de Arbitraje, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (20 and 21 June, 2024)
On 21th June, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, director of the Conferencia Latinoamericana de Arbitraje, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, delivered the final remarks.
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3rd Emmanuel Gaillard Debate, Arbitration Academy, Paris, France (26 June, 2024)
On 26th June 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo moderated together with Marina Matousekova the Arbitration Academy's 3rd Emmanuel Gaillard Debate, in which Benjamin Siino and Shane Spelliscy debated the issue of "Is the finality of arbitral awards an essential...
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Conferencia Latinoamericana de Arbitraje, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (20 and 21 June, 2024)
On 20th June, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, together with José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez and Rodrigo Garcia da Fonseca, delivered the opening of the Conferencia Latinoamericana de Arbitraje, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and introduced Professor Gabrielle...
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Arbitration Academy Opening Meeting and Inaugural Lecture, Paris, France (17 June, 2024)
On 17th June 2024, Professor Fernández Arroyo, President of the Arbitration Academy, participated in its Opening Meeting and the Inaugural Lecture. The former was delivered by Claudia Salomon, President of the ICC International Court of...
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Mito y realidad de la autonomía de la voluntad en el arbitraje comercial internacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina (7 June, 2024)
Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in a colloquium jointly organized by the Universidad Austral Law School, the Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law of New York University and Sciences Po Law School that took place on 7th...
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Elected as president of the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, Netherlands (24 May, 2024)
On 24 May 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo was elected by the Curatorium of The Hague Academy of International Law as its new president. Prof. Fernández Arroyo succeeds Prof. Yves Daudet. The Hague Academy of International Law is a centre for teaching and...
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Doctor honoris causa of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece (20 May, 2024)
On Monday, May 20, 2024, professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo was awarded the title of Doctor honoris causa of the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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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)