Federico Alberto Cabona

Expertise

  • His practice focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration.

 

  • Foreign languages: English, French, Spanish

Background

He joined BonelliErede in 2018.

He completed an internship at the Permanent Representation of Italy to NATO in 2017.

He assists Italian and international clients in arbitration proceedings administered by leading arbitral institutions (including the ICC, LCIA, PCA, and CAM), across various seats including Paris, London, Milan and Bogotá.

Alongside his counsel work, he is frequently appointed as secretary to international arbitral tribunals in highly complex disputes.

He has developed professional experience across several industries and areas of law, including:

  • construction and concessions
  • international sale of goods
  • bank guarantees
  • international investment
  • M&A
  • international sanctions

He is regularly invited to contribute to sector publications and lecture on topics related to arbitration law and international trade law.

Qualifications

  • Member of the International Law Association’s Committee on Conflict-of-Laws Issues in International Arbitration (2025 to date)
  • Co-chair of AA40, the Italian Arbitration Association for professionals under 40 (2025 to date)
  • Editor of the review Diritto del Commercio Internazionale – The Law of International Trade (2018 to date)
  • Researcher at Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations at the The Hague Academy of International Law (2021)
  • Member of the Italian Bar (2020)
  • Law degree from Bocconi University, Milan (2018)

Knowledge Sharing

The People’s Republic of China’s arbitration law reform: a cautious step towards arbitration friendliness

Several amendments to the People’s Republic of China’s Arbitration Law (first adopted 32 years ago) came into effect on 1 March 2026. Not all follow the same direction. Some changes, such as the introduction of the concept of seat of arbitration and arbitrators’ duty of disclosure, succee …

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The 2022 Overhaul of the Italian Arbitration Law

On 18 October 2022, Legislative Decree No. 149/2022, containing provisions modernizing the regulation of ADR tools in Italy entered into force. The Decree ushers in several material innovations to the Italian Arbitration Act and succeeds in correcting the most serious deficiencies of the Ita …

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Two more nails in the coffin of investment arbitration in the EU

Two recent decisions by the Court of Justice of the EU confirm the doctrine of incompatibility of investment arbitration with EU law and expand its scope to arbitral proceedings based on ad hoc arbitration agreements and multilateral treaties. Our

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ICC Arbitration Rules 2021

New Arbitration Rules of the ICC will enter into force on 1 January 2021 and will apply to proceedings commenced after that date. The 2021 Rules reflect the most recent trends in the industry (e.g., transparency, the digital transition, flexibility and streamlining of the proceedings), witho …

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Latest from the US

Recent US cases regarding discovery and challenges of award deserve attention. Our International Arbitration Focus Team comments US decisions on: Discovery under Section 1782 admitted for commercial arbitration The extraterritorial reach of discovery under Section 17 …

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The revised Milan Chamber of Arbitration Rules: Leading the way in arbitral procedure

On 1 March 2019, the Milan Chamber of Arbitration issued its revised Rules on Arbitration, which apply to all proceedings commenced after that date. The CAM Rules seek to incorporate the innovations that have emerged in the last decade, raising the CAM’s profile in the competitive arbitrat …

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