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

 

Academic Experience

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

Latest books

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

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)

forthcoming

Memberships, Affiliations & Other Activities