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
IACL Comparing Comparisons Conference, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
On 11 November 2019, Prof. Diego P Fernández Arroyo opened the Conference of the International Academy of Comparative Law coorganized with the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg. The topic was "Comparing Comparisons".
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Doctoral Defense of Mr. Guandalini – Economic Analysis of the Arbitrator’s Function
On November 8th 2019, Mr. Bruno Guandalini defended his doctoral thesis entitled "An Economic Analysis of the Arbitrator's Function". The Jury was composed of : Emmanuel GAILLARD (President) Diego P FERNÁNDEZ ARROYO (rapporteur) Maurício de ALMEIDA PRADO (rapporteur)...
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Lecture on “International Investment Arbitration – The ICSID System” – Università Bocconi, Milan
On November 7th 2019, Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo delivered a lecture on "International Investment Arbitration - The ICSID System" at the Università Bocconi, Milan following an invitation by Professor Stefano Azzali.
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Comparative Public International Law: Challenging the Oxymoron, Geneva
On 10-11 October 2019, the International Academy of Comparative Law and the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva organised a conference entitled: Comparative Public International Law: Challenging the Oxymoron. Prof. Diego P Fernández Arroyo delivered the...
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Launch of Ius Comparatum
On October 8th in Paris, the Academy launched the new publication “Ius Comparatum” (Springer) at Sciences Po Law School. The topic of the first volume is “The Use of Comparative Law Methodology in International Arbitration”. The Keynote was delivered by Prof. Emmanuel...
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Closing Lecture – Actors in International Investment Law, Paris
On 27 September 2019, Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo delivered the closing lecture of the Colloquium on "Actors in International Investment Law : Beyond Claimants, Respondents and Arbitrators" held in Paris on 26-27 September 2019. More information on the...
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TADS LLM : 2019 Inaugural Lecture & Second Graduation Ceremony
On September 20, 2019, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo hosted the 2019 inaugural lecture of Sciences Po Law School’s LLM in Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement. The Inaugural Lecture was given by Professor Makane Mbengue on the topic “The Future of...
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2019 Brazilian Arbitration Forum in Paris
On 18-19 September 2019 the second edition of the Paris Brazilian Arbitration Forum took place in Paris. The event was hosted by SciencesPo and counted with the sponsorship of CAM-CCBC (Brazil Canada Chamber of Commerce) and the institutional support of the ICC. It...
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Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo appointed Member of the PCA by Argentina
On 10 September 2019, Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo has been appointed Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration by Argentina. The PCA was the first permanent intergovernmental organization to provide a forum for the resolution of international disputes...
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Professional Experience
Arbitration – VERY RECENT CASES
Spanish investors v. Peru, gas, ICSID (BIT Peru-Spain), President,
Seat: XXX, 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
US investor v. Colombian State, financial services, ICSID (FTA Colombia-US), Co-arbitrator,
Seat: Washington, English and Spanish languages
North American company v. Venezuelan State, expropriation of glass container factory, ICSID (Annulment Committee, BIT Venezuela-US), Co-arbitrator,
Seat: Paris, English and Spanish languages
Panamanian company v. Colombian company, corporate control, CC Bogotá, President, Colombian law,
Seat: Bogotá, Spanish 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)