Expertise

• International arbitration: as defence counsel, arbitrator and chairman

Background

• Partner (1999–2007) and of counsel (2008–2025)
• Member of the International Arbitration Focus Team
• Joined as a partner in 1999

• Served as a member of:
  • Institute of World Business Law of the International Chamber of Commerce
  • International Arbitration Institute
  • IAI (correspondent for Italy)
  • Milan Club of Arbitrators
  • LCIA
  • Dubai Arbitration Centre
  • Cairo Arbitration Centre

• Involved in numerous arbitrations administered by the ICC, ICSID, LCIA, Milan Arbitral Chamber, Cairo Centre, Stockholm Arbitration Institute, Vienna Arbitration Centre, Bangkok Arbitration Institute, and Dubai Arbitration Centre; and ad hoc arbitrations conducted under the UNCITRAL and FED rules
• Appointed by the Italian Government as a member of the panel of arbitrators at ICSID
• Spoke at numerous international and Italian conventions and seminars on matters of international trade law, EU law, international investment law, international and domestic arbitration, and comparative law

Ranking and Awards

The Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 EMEA international legal directories consistently listed Antonio as an expert in arbitration in Italy and internationally

Testimonials

He was “widely recognised as a leading light in international arbitration.”

(Chambers & Partners)

Qualifications

• Professor of international trade law and international contracts at the University of Padua (1973-1994)
• Professor of international law at the University of Mogadishu, Somalia (1974)
• Visiting professor at Harvard Law School (1974-1975)
• Lecturer on the post graduate international trade law course at the International Training Centre, ILO, Turin (1990-2004)
• Professor of the master’s in international business law at the University of Padua (1995-2002)
• Political Sciences degree from the University of Padua (1967)