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
International Court of Justice and The Hague Academy of International Law – Ceremony in Honor of Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade (23 May, 2023)
Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the ceremony in honour of Judge Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade, a former Member of the International Court of Justice, a great jurist and professor at the Peace Palace in The Hague, organized on 23 May 2023 by the...
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The Hague Conference on Private International Law – Webinar on “El uso del idioma español en la Conferencia de La Haya de Derecho Internacional Privado” (16 May, 2023)
On Tuesday 16 May 2023, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the webinar organized by The Hague Conference on Private International Law on the use of the Spanish by The Hague Conference on Private International Law, following the historical decision of...
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Universidad Austral – Discussion on Conflict of Interest: the situation of judges and arbitrators in international commerce (26 April, 2023)
On Wednesday, 26 April 2023, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo discussed together with Prof. Roque J. Caivano the issue of "Conflict of Interest: the situation of judges and arbitrators in international commerce". The event was moderated by Jimena Vega Olmos and...
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Universidad Austral – Discussion on Conflict of Interest: the situation of judges and arbitrators in international commerce (26 April, 2023)
On Wednesday, 26 April at 18hs, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo will participate as a speaker at the event organized by Universidad Austral with the support of Argentina Young Arbitration Practitioners (AYAP) together with Roque J. Caivano. Prof. Diego P. Fernandez...
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UNCITRAL’s Dispute Resolution in the Digital Economy Initiative (29 March, 2023)
On 29 March, 2023, Prof. Diego Fernández Arroyo participated at the UNCITRAL Secretariat's discussion entitled “UNCITRAL's Dispute Resolution in the Digital Economy Initiative” during the Paris Arbitration Week. The event was hosted by Science Po Law School. The...
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Sciences Po-Queen Mary University of London Arbitration Colloquium – The Role of Arbitral Institutions in Driving Change in Arbitral Practice, (28 March, 2023)
On 28 March, 2023, it was held the Sciences Po-Queen Mary University of London Arbitration joint Colloquium on "The Role of Arbitral Institutions in Driving Change in Arbitral Practice". Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo moderated the second panel, that discussed the...
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Latham & Watkins and Sciences Po PAW event on The Changing Sociology of International Arbitration (27 March, 2023)
On 27 March 2023, Latham & Watkins and Sciences Po held an event on The Changing Sociology of International Arbitration within the framework of the Paris Arbitration Week. Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo moderated the panel on “Academics and Practitioners – Still two...
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Third Intergenerational Arbitration Symposium – Sciences Po / NYU, New York (24 March, 2023)
On 24 March, 2023, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the third Intergenerational Arbitration Symposium, organized by Sciences Po and NYU at New York.
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FGV Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence – Workshop on Transforming the role of international courts and tribunals in a new era of adjudication, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (16 March, 2023)
On 16 March, 2023, Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the workshop on "Transforming the role of international courts and tribunals in a new era of adjudication" at FGV Jean Bonnet Centre of Excellence in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prof. Diego P. Fernández...
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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)