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, 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.
ACTIVITIES
Publication : ‘Le tournant global en droit international privé’ (Editions Pedone)
Edited by: Lucia Biziková, Agatha Brandão de Oliveira, Megan Ma, Horatia Muir Watt & Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Pedone, 2020 Link to the Presentation of the Book...
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Café Comparatum Episode 2 with Prof. Alejandro Garro – The CISG and Comparative Law
A new episode of the Café Comparatum podcast series is now available. This episode features a discussion between the IACL-SG Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, the IACL-DSG Dr. Alexandre Senegacnik and Professor Alejandro Garro (Columbia Law School) on the UN Convention...
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Día de UNCITRAL-LAC: Solución de controversias entre Inversores y Estados: ¿el arbitraje es todavía una opción? – 16 November 2020
On 16 November 2020, Professor Diego P Fernández Arroyo participated in an online webinar Solución de controversias entre Inversores y Estados: ¿el arbitraje es todavía una...
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Launch of Ius Comparatum Volume 1 — The use of comparative law methodology in international arbitration
On 3 November 2020, the International Academy of Comparative Law launched a new open access publication "Ius Comparatum". The topic of the first volume is introduced by Prof. Diego P Fernández Arroyo: the use of comparative law methodology in international...
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2022 IACL General Congress in Asunción : List of Topics & General Rapporteurs
The list of topics and General Rapporteurs for the next General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law which will take place in 2022 in Asunción is now available. The Secretary-General of the Academy Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo has communicated...
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CAM-CCBC Arbitration Congress – VII Edition – Efficiency and arbitration: What is the new standard? – 20 October 2020
On 20 October 2020, Prof. Diego P Fernández Arroyo participated in the CAM-CCBC Arbitration Congress in the panel "Efficiency and arbitration: What is the new...
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ASADIP Café virtual – Presente y Futuro del Derecho Internacional Privado – 16 October 2020
16th edition of the Paris International Arbitration Competition
Sciences Po Law School, Bredin Prat, Clifford Chance Paris and White & Case LLP are launching the 16th edition of the Paris International Arbitration Competition #CAIP. The Competition is held in French and concerns a fictitious case of international law with economic...
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1st Online Edition of the INTERGENERATIONAL ARBITRATION SYMPOSIUM
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
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)