
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
Meeting of the Milan Club of Arbitrators, Milan, Italy (16-17 May, 2024)
Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the meeting of the Milan Club of Arbitrators on May 16 and 17.
read more6th Scienes Po Mayer Brown Arbitration Lecture, Paris, France (14 May, 2024)
On 14th May 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo moderated, together with Dany Khayat, the 6th Sciences Po Mayer Brown Arbitration Lecture, which was co-organised by Sciences Po and Mayer Brown and hosted by the latter. Professor Dr. Maxi Scherer delivered the...
read moreSeminar on Legitimidad del Arbitrage Internacional e Imparcialidad de los Árbitros, Bogotá, Colombia (7 May, 2024)
On 7th May 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo delivered, together with Eduardo Zuleta, a seminar on Legitimidad del Arbitraje Internacional e Imparcialidad de los Árbitros (International Arbitration's Legitimacy and Arbitrators' Imparciality) at the Cámara de...
read moreL’impatto delle sanzioni economiche sull’arbitrato internazionale, Naples, Italy (11 April, 2024)
On 11 April 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo delivered a course on the "Impact of Economic Sanctions in International Arbitration" at the Università Federico II di Napoli.
read moreArbitral Awards, Lisboa, Portugal (9 April, 2024)
On 9 April 2024, Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo delivered classes on arbitral awards at the Faculdade de Direito of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
read moreL’Arbitrato Internazionale, Trieste, Italy (25 March, 2024)
On 25 March 2024, professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated on the conference on International Arbitration (L'Arbitrato Internazionale) organised by the Università degli Studi di Trieste and its chair and center on Comparative Law (Cattedra Di Diritto Comparato...
read more45th session of The Hague Academy of International Law External Programme, Asunción, Paraguay (18-22 March, 2024)
Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the launching of the Hague Academy 45th session of the External Programme in Asunción, Paraguay on the theme "Selected Current Issues of International Law". During this week Prof. Diego P. Fernández Arroyo delivered...
read morePresentation of Volume 429 Collected Courses of The Hague Academy of International Law , Asunción, Paraguay (18 Mar, 2024)
On 18th March 2024 Professor Diego P. Fernández Arroyo participated in the presentation of the 429 Volume of Collected Courses of The Hague Academy of International Law (Receuil des Cours) authored by José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez concerning the Public International...
read moreFourth Intergenerational Arbitration Symposium, Paris, France (12 Mar, 2024)
Yesterday, took place the Fourth 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 to offer...
read moreAcademic 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)