Expertise

International arbitration and litigation, with particular focus on:
infrastructure contracts
commercial contracts

Key sectors:
- energy, oil&gas JVs
- luxury goods
- real estate

Foreign languages: English, French and Spanish

Background

Member of the International Arbitration Focus Team
Joined the firm in 2012

Co-chair of AIA-ArbIt below 40
Seconded to Procter & Gamble in Geneva (2016)
Worked for the law firm Hanotiau & Van den Berg in Brussels (2012)
Worked for a major Italian law firm (2009–2011)

Qualifications

Member of the Italian Bar

Master’s in international dispute settlement from the Graduate Institute of Geneva
Law degree from Cattolica University of Milan

Knowledge Sharing

Enforcement risk for failure to pay tax on capital gains realised by non-Egyptian residents on the sale of unlisted securities

Capital gains tax has always been an issue for non-Egyptian resident entities. And since the Ministry of Finance issued guidelines in December 2020 on capital gains realised by non-residents on the sale of securities (i.e., shares and quotas) not listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange, the ET …

Waiting for the much-desired Supreme Court’s clarification of Section 1782 discovery applications in international commercial arbitration

The discovery application in private international arbitration, as provided for under Title 28 of the U.S. Code, Section 1782, has been debated in US Federal Courts, with conflicting decisions from the Circuit Courts. The clarification from the U.S. Supreme Court in Servotronics Inc. v. Rolls-R …

Recovery and Resilience Facility: intervention areas, procedures and EU law aspects

The facility is basically a fund to help the European economy recover from the economic and social impact of the pandemic and to make companies more sustainable, resilient and better prepared to face the challenges and opportunities with the transition to green and digital. The European Comm …

Golden Power: current landscape in the EU about "Foreign Direct Investment"

Foreign direct investment control mechanisms around the world vary in both substance and procedure. But what about in the EU? Even though it boasts a very open regime, concern about foreign investors, including state-owned companies, in strategic businesses is growing: their role in cross …

EAIAC 2018: The Implications of Regional Investment Arbitration

On 30 August 2018 Laurence Shore, spoke at the 2018 East Africa International Arbitration Conference, which took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The topic of his presentation was “Towards Regional Investment Arbitration?” in Africa. He addressed three main issues concerning investor-sta …

Ethiopia pushes on public private partnerships

Ethiopia has introduced a legal framework for public private partnerships to facilitate privately financed projects to support Ethiopia's grows: a clear process for private parties wishing to invest in specific public project in Ethiopia is now set. More details are available