Roberto Argeri
is a counsel of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP specialized in national and international litigation and arbitration. He graduated, summa cum laude, in 2005, and received an LLM degree from Columbia University School of Law in 2010, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He is a member of the Rome Bar, and has been admitted to practice before Italian higher Courts since December 2017. He represents domestic and foreign clients in a wide range of disputes involving civil, corporate, commercial, energy, banking and financial matters, as well as bankruptcy and competition issues. He is a member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law.
Diego P. Fernández Arroyo
is a professor at Sciences Po Law School (Paris). He is the President of the Arbitration Academy (Paris), member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law, member of the Institut de droit international, former President of the American Association of Private International Law, and former Secretary-General of the International Academy of Comparative Law. Professor Fernández Arroyo has been a member of the Argentine Delegation before UNCITRAL since 2003. He is actively involved in the practice of international arbitration as an independent arbitrator. His academic contributions have been published in more than 20 countries.
John Beechey CBE
has served as chairman, party-appointed arbitrator, or sole arbitrator on international arbitral tribunals in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under the rules of all major arbitral institutions on more than 100 occasions. John is a past President of the International Court of Arbitration of the ICC (2009–2015). He was a partner for 25 years in Clifford Chance LLP where he created and led the firm’s international arbitration practice. He is a former Vice-President and member of the Board of the LCIA and of the Executive Committee of the Board of the AAA. He is the current Chairman of the Board of the BVI International Arbitration Centre. In March 2022, John was re-elected to serve a second four-year term on the Governing Board of ICCA.
Massimo V. Benedettelli
is name partner of ArbLit, a law firm specialized in international arbitration and cross-border litigation and the Italian member of the ICC Court of Arbitration.
In January 2022 upon invitation of the Curatorium of the Academy of International Law of The Hague he gave a course at the Peace Palace on “Powers in International Arbitration Between Party Autonomy, Arbitral Authority and State Sovereignty”.
Michael Joachim Bonell
Prof. Emeritus University of Rome I; Consultant Unidroit; Dr. h.c. Universities Louvain-LaNeuve, Basel,Würzburg; Membre titulaire International Academy of Comparative Law; Chairman Working Group on Unidroit Principles of International Commercial Contracts (1994, 2004, 2010 and 2016 eds); Delegate at 1980 Diplomatic Conference for adoption of UN Sales Convention (CISG); Visiting Professor at Columbia University School of Law, California School of Law Davis, Universities Oxford, Würzburg; Commissioner of UN Compensation Commission “F” Claims; Sole Arbitrator or Member of Arbitral Tribunal in numerous domestic and international arbitration proceedings; Honorary Editor-in-chief of UNILEX database on Unidroit Principles and on CISG <http://www.unilex.info>.
Luca G. Radicati di Brozolo
is a partner of ArbLit – Radicati di Brozolo Sabatini Benedettelli based in Milan, Italy, a tenant at Fountain Court Chambers in London and a leading academic in the fields of private international law and arbitration law. He was a tenured professor of Private International Law at the Catholic University of Milan until 2019 and is the author of several books and over 200 publications, including on international arbitration. He practices commercial and investor-State arbitration as arbitrator, counsel and expert. He is a Vice-President of the LCIA, and a former member of the Court of the ICC.
Federico Alberto Cabona
is an associate at the Milan office of the Italian law firm BonelliErede, which he joined in 2018. He has acted as counsel in several commercial and investment arbitrations, representing clients in transnational construction, trade, and corporate disputes. He is a member of the Milan Bar since 2020. He is an
Lucius Caflisch
Professor emeritus of International Law, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, and Director of that Institute (1985–1991); Lecturer, University of Fribourg (2006–2010); Legal Adviser, Federal Department of External Relations, Berne (1991–1998); Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg (1998–2006); member of the International Law Commission of the United Nations (2006–2016) and President of the Commission (2002–2003); President of the Paul Guggenheim Foundation; Associate member (1979) and member (1985 to present) of the Institute of International Law. Participation in arbitral and judicial proceedings. Numerous publications in the field of public international law.
Maximilian Clasmeier
is an international associate based in the Washington, D.C. office of White & Case LLP. He represents corporates and states in disputes spanning national and international commercial and investment arbitration, litigation, and regulatory proceedings. He is qualified as a Rechtsanwalt in Germany and as Special Legal Consultant in the District of Columbia. He is a peer reviewer for the ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal, was admitted to the Panel of Arbitrators of the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC), and serves as Local Representative of the Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC) in the United States.
Thomas Clay
is a Professor of International Arbitration Law at the Sorbonne Law School (Université Paris 1). In 2020, he was also the University’s acting President and, in 2022, he founded Sorbonne Arbitrage. He is also a lawyer at the Paris Bar.
Thomas Clay is a member of many scholarly associations, author of numerous publications, books, articles, columns on arbitration, including a thesis called “L’arbitre [The Arbitrator]”, a sort of treatise on the rights and obligations of the arbitrator and a “Code de l’arbitrage commenté [Commented Code of Arbitration]”, a form of restatement of the French law, the second edition of which was published in 2021. He has also been writing the arbitration law column in the Recueil Dalloz for the last 20 years and annually publishes the French International Arbitration Law Report with Maître Philippe Pinsolle. He has participated in numerous conferences and congresses around the world on international arbitration.
Thomas Clay was closely involved in the drafting of the Decree No. 2011–48 dated 13 January 2011 on arbitration law reform.
Massimo Coccia
J.D. cum laude University of Rome Sapienza; Master of Laws (LL.M.), University of Michigan Law School, Fulbright Fellow. Tenured law professor in Italian universities since 1994, currently at University of Rome Sapienza. Attorney-at-law, admitted at Italian High Courts; Founding Partner, law firm Coccia De Angelis & Associati (Rome). Vice-President, Italian Arbitration Association; Honorary President, Italian Chapter, Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club. Member, ICC Commission on ADR and Arbitration. Arbitrator or Counsel in about 300 international arbitrations and 100 domestic arbitrations. Speaker/Lecturer at many symposia/seminars and author of many publications in sports law, international arbitration, international and EU law.
Diego Corapi
Emeritus Professor of Private Comparative Law - University of Sapienza Rome.
Visiting Professor at the Universities of Oxford, Stanford, Temple, Columbia, Paris I, Paris II, Aix-Marseille, Louvain-la-Neuve, USP (São Paulo), UERJ (Rio de Janeiro).
Member of International Academy of Comparative Law, Associazione Italiana di diritto comparato, Association Henri Capitant Amis de la Culture juridique française.
Member of the Board of Editors of Rivista del diritto commerciale e delle obbligazioni; Il diritto del commercio internazionale-Law of International Trade; Il diritto di autore; Corporate Governance; Rivista dell’arbitrato.
Lawyer registered at the Rome Bar. Foreign Lawyer registered at the Law Society (England and Wales).
Arbitral chambers and professional associations: IFA, LCIA, HKIAC, CIESP/FIESP, CAM (BM&FBovespa), European Court of Arbitration, CAM (Milan), Int. Academy of Trial Lawyers, Clausen Miller Int., Worldlink for Law, IBA, ICC Italia.
Giuditta Cordero-Moss
Dr. juris (Oslo), PhD (Moscow), Professor, Oslo University, publishes and lectures in Norway and internationally within the fields of contract law, private international law and arbitration. Former corporate lawyer, arbitrator in international disputes since 2002. She is, i.a.: Delegate for Norway, UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration (since 2007); Member of the ICC Court of Arbitration (since 2018); Member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law (since 2019); President of the International Academy of Comparative Law (since 2022); former President (2017–20) and Judge (2007–2020) of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Administrative Tribunal.
Antonio Crivellaro
is a former Professor of international law and international trade law. Author of several publications in the law of international investments, contracts, and arbitration. Editor in chief of Diritto del Commercio Internazionale – the Law of International Trade.
Former Partner and currently Of Counsel at BonelliErede, where he founded the international arbitration practice. Counsel, arbitrator, or chair in approximately 300 arbitrations under the Rules of ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, FED, CAM, Cairo Center, Bangkok Institute, DIAC-Dubai Center.
Appointed by Italy as Member of the ICSID List of Arbitrators, Italian correspondent of the International Arbitration Institute – IAI. Fellow of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers. Former member and currently Emeritus Member of the Council of the ICC Institute.
Antonias Dimolitsa
Founding Partner, A. Dimolitsa & Associates, Greece Antonias has extensive experience in arbitration. She has served as President, Sole Arbitrator, Co-arbitrator and Counsel in numerous international arbitration proceedings. She has been President twice of ad hoc Committees in ICSID Annulment Proceedings. She is the author of many articles on international arbitration and a frequent speaker in international conferences on international commercial contracts and arbitration. She is a former member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and until recently Vice-President of the ICC Institute of World Business Law. She is a member of the Milan Club of Arbitrators.
Full Professor at the Law Faculty of the State University of Milan, Italy. Chair of International Law and of Private International Law. Member of the DIS Arbitration Council. Former Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration. Former President of the Arbitral Council of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration. Author of books and papers on private international law, international judicial assistance, international arbitration, EC law, and international sports law. Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Attorney at law in Milan, Italy.
Eckhard Hellbeck
is counsel based in the Washington, D.C. office of White & Case LLP. His practice focuses on international arbitration and litigation involving sovereign parties. Before entering private practice more than 25 years ago, Mr. Hellbeck was a lawyer and diplomat with the German Foreign Service. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Frankfurt am Main, and New York. He serves on the boards of the German-American Lawyers Association and the Washington Foreign Law Society, and as a contributing editor for International Legal Materials, published by the American Society of International Law.
Richard Kreindler
Kreindler is a Senior Counsel (retired Partner) of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, having specialized in international disputes matters from 1985. Educated in the US and Germany and having been admitted to the Bar in New York and Paris, he is a professor of law in Germany. He has acted as counsel, arbitrator, expert and mediator in numerous commercial and investment-treaty based arbitrations. He has authored various treatises and other publications and lectures. He chaired the global working group resulting in the International Bar Association (IBA) Rules on Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (2010). He is a Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, retired.
Carolyn B. Lamm
is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of White & Case LLP. She has served as lead counsel for many foreign States and corporations in significant international arbitration and litigation proceedings, and as an arbitrator in ICSID, ICC, ICDR, SIAC and other fora. Ms. Lamm is Distinguished Faculty Chair of the White & Case International Arbitration LL.M. at the University of Miami School of Law, where she teaches International Investment Arbitration. She is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the preeminent organization of trial lawyers in North America dedicated to the highest standards of trial advocacy, professionalism, and the administration of justice. She has served
Niccolò Landi
has served and serves variously as presiding arbitrator, sole arbitrator and counsel in arbitrations administered by the Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) and in ad hoc domestic Italian and international arbitration proceedings. He also acts as administrative secretary to tribunals before the ICC and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
Pierre Mayer
Professor Pierre Mayer is a specialist in international arbitration law and private international law, acting as arbitrator or counsel in a large number of commercial and investment treaty-based proceedings under a variety of ad hoc or institutional arbitration rules. His experience spans a variety of sectors (including energy, transport, telecommunications, projects, M&A, etc.) and all forms of contracts. From 1984 to 2012 he was Professor at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) where he became Emeritus Professor. He is former president of the International Academy for Arbitration Law, member of the council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, member of the board of the Comité français de l’arbitrage.
Fulvio M. Palombino
is full professor of international law at the University of Naples Federico II and adjunct professor of international law and international economic law at Luiss University, Rome. He served as Vice-President of the European Society of International Law and the Italian Society of International Law. He is the author of several books and contributions to leading Italian and international journals on different aspects of public international law, including international arbitration, international investment law, human rights and international criminal law.
Giorgio Sacerdoti
is emeritus professor at Bocconi University where he was professor of International Law and European Law (J. Monnet Chair 2004) from 1986 to 2017, focusing on the law of international economic relations, trade and investment, international contracts and arbitration, on which subjects he has published extensively. He was a Member of the WTO Appellate Body from 2001 to 2009 and its chairman in 2006–2007. He is on the ICSID Roster of arbitrators and
Michael E. Schneider
is a founding partner of LALIVE in Geneva and now senior counsel. He has practised international arbitration for more than 40 years as counsel and arbitrator in Switzerland and many other jurisdictions, in cases related to international disputes in a great variety of fields, with a preference for comparative law and technical issues. He is honorary president of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA), past president of the International Academy of Construction Lawyers (IACL) and presided the work of UNCITRAL on the revision of the Arbitration Rules and of the Notes on Organizing Arbitral Proceedings.
Christoph Schreuer
is a graduate of the Universities of Vienna, Cambridge and Yale. Formerly Professor of International Law at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University and Professor of International Law at the University of Vienna. He is currently of counsel with Zeiler Floyd Zadkovich, Vienna. Professor Schreuer has served as arbitrator in ICSID and UNCITRAL cases and is a member of the ICSID Panel of Conciliators and Arbitrators. He has published numerous articles and several books in the field of international law including Schreuer’s Commentary on the ICSID Convention, now in its third edition. He has written expert opinions in many cases.
Giovanni Zarra
is full professor of international law and international litigation at the “Federico II” University of Naples. He is a member of the ICSID Panels of arbitrators and conciliators and of the ISDS Academic Forum. He works as a lawyer in the global international arbitration practice of Hogan Lovells LLP. He authored 5 books and more than 70 articles on topics concerning international arbitration (commercial and investment), private international law and public international law.