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
Keynote speech at the Georgetown Arbitration Month, Washington D.C., United States (27th Feb, 2025)
On 27th February 2025, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo delivered the keynote speech at the Georgetown Arbitration Month (February 2025). Prof. Fernández Arroyo's speech was entitled "Transnational Arbitration - Speculations about the future".
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Fifth Intergenerational Arbitration Symposium, New York, United States (10 Feb, 2025)
On 10th February 2025 took place the Fifth Intergenerational Arbitration Symposium (“IGAS”), organised by Sciences Po Arbitration Society and the NYU Law Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law and Scienes Po Law School. The IGAS is meant...
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UNCITRAL Working Group III on International Dispute Settlement, Vienna, Austria (20-24 Jan, 2025)
Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the session of the UNCITRAL Working Group III, working with the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Reform representing the Camera Arbitrale Milano. The session took place from the 20 to the 24th January 2025 in...
read moreLaunch of the Latin American and Caribbean Journal of International Law (LACJIL), The Hague, Netherlands (21 Jan, 2025)
Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo spoke at the launch of the Latin American and Caribbean Journal of International Law (LACJIL), which took place at the auditorium of the Hague Academy of the Peace Palace. H.E. Mario Oyarzábal and Prof. Fernández Arroyo wanted to...
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5th World Conference on International Arbitration, Doha, Qatar (19 and 20 November 2024)
On 20th November 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated at the 5th World Conference on International Arbitration, that took place at Doha. In this opportunity, Prof. Fernández Arroyo spoke in the panel on “International Commercial Arbitration: Latest...
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Enforcement of arbitral awards: Universalism or exceptionalism?, Malakoff, France (18 Nov 2024)
On 18 November 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo moderated the panel on “Enforcement of arbitral awards against States: Is the New York Convention fit for the purpose?” at the conference co-organised by Université Paris Cité, New York University and Sciences...
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Centennial of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Paris, France (15 and 16 Nov 2024)
On 15 and 16 November 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the Centennial of the Academie Internationale de Droit Comparé. Prof. Fernández Arroyo chaired the panel that discussed the “Future of Comparative Law” on 15th November.
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L’arbitrato internazionale: Prospettive europee e latino-americane, Venezia, Italy (11 Nov 2024)
On 11 November 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo delivered the lecture entitled “International Arbitration: European and Latin-American perspectives” at the Università Ca’Foscari.
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7th Brazilian Arbitration Forum, Paris, France (12 and 13 Sept, 2024)
On 12 and 13 September 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo co-organised and participated in the 7th Brazilian Arbitration Forum, in the context of the Sciences Po Arbitration Days in Paris. In this context, Prof. Fernández Arroyo, moderated the panel on...
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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)