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
1st Sciences Po – Mayer Brown Arbitration Lecture: Arbitration, is it broken? Can it be fixed? Paris
On 20 May 2019, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo coorganized the 1st Sciences Po - Mayer Brown Arbitration Lecture. The Keynote was delivered by Alexis Mourre on: Arbitration, is it broken? Can it be...
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Launch of WWA LATAM (Women Way in Arbitration Latin America) in Buenos Aires
On 8 May 2019, Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo participated in the launch of WWA LATAM (Women Way in Arbitration Latin America) in Buenos...
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Conference: Cuestiones de derecho internacional privado en el arbitraje comercial internacional
On 13 March 2019, Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo participated in a conference on "Cuestiones de derecho internacional privado en el arbitraje comercial internacional" at...
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Conference – Civil Law, Common Law and International Law
On 25th January 2019, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo organised a lecture at Sciences Po with the International Academy of Comparative Law. A Lecture on "Civil Law, Common Law and International Law" was delivered by Prof. Yves Daudet (President of the Curatorium...
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TADS LLM 2018 Fall Lecture – Arbitration X Technology
On December 5th 2018, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo inaugurated the first Transnational Arbitration and Dispute Settlement Conference of Sciences Po Las School's TADS LLM organised by Sciences Po and Sciences Po Arbitration Society. A report can be found on...
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Conference: The Continuing Relevance of Private International Law and its Challenges, NYU School of Law
On 15-16 November 2018, Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo participated in a conference on "The Continuing Relevance of Private International Law and its Challenges" at NYU School of Law....
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Conference: Arbitrating with a Sovereign: Legal and practical implications, New York
On November 5th 2018, Professor Diego P. Fernàndez Arroyo participated in a conference at New York University on "Arbitrating with a Sovereign: Legal and practical implications". Programme : Arbitrating with a Sovereign (Nov. 5,...
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VI Convegno Nazionale SIRD – “Il diritto oltre lo Stato”, Florence
On 25-27 October 2018, Professor Diego P. Fernàndez Arroyo participated in the VI Convegno Nazionale SIRD on "Il diritto oltre lo Stato" in Florence. Programme: Locandina VI Convegno Nazionale...
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2018 Brazilian Arbitration Forum in Paris
On 24-25 September 2018 the first 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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Professional Experience
Arbitration Proceedings in recent years
Argentine company v. Swiss company, Repair of a ship, Termination of contract, ICC, President, Argentine law,
Seat: Buenos Aires, Spanish language
Uruguayan companies (a subsidiary of a Finnish company), pulp mills / labor disputes, ICC, Co-arbitrator, Uruguayan law,
Seat: Montevideo, English language
Bolivian company (subsidiary of an Indian company) v. state company, regulatory body and the Bolivian State, installation of steel plant, ICC, Co-arbitrator, Bolivian law
Seat: Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Spanish language
Uruguayan company and North American parent company v. Uruguayan company and Spanish parent company, electric power, ICC, Co-arbitrator, Uruguayan law
Seat: Montevideo, English language
Russian company v. Greek company, construction of a gas compressor, ICC, President, Greek law
Seat: Stockholm, English language
Publications
Latest books
The Continuing Relevance of Private International Law and its Challenges
(with F. Ferrari, eds.), London, Edward Elgar (2019)
2019
Global Private International Law: Adjudication without Frontiers
(with L. Bizikova and others, eds.), London, Edward Elgar (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
Soft law and arbitral procedure – A conditioned but inescapable couple
European International Arbitration Review (forthcoming)
forthcoming
The progressive evolution of private international law: from State centralisation to denationalisation and beyond
in Globalization and Private International Law, Moscow, Jurist (forthcoming)
forthcoming
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 (forthcoming)
forthcoming
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)