Francesca Sepe
Expertise
- International Arbitration
- Assistance in the management and administration of the International Arbitration department, with particular focus on:
- commercial contracts
- Third-Party Funding
- publication of articles, client briefs and presentations and maintaining relations with the arbitration chambers
- Key sectors:
- fashion, luxury goods and design
- private equity
- Foreign languages: English and French
Background
- Member of the International Arbitration Focus Team
- Member of the Luxury Focus Team
- Member of the Third-Party Funding Desk
- Joined the firm in 2016
- Worked at major Italian and international law firms in the M&A, private equity and restructuring and insolvency
Qualifications
- Assistant at the Institute of International Law at the University of Milan
- Member of the Italian Bar, admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court (Corte di Cassazione)
- Law degree from the University of Milan
Knowledge Sharing
US Supreme Court on Discovery: private international arbitrations do not qualify as foreign or international tribunals under Section 1782 of the U.S. Code
On 13 June 2022 a long-awaited ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court decided that private adjudicatory bodies do not count as “foreign or international tribunals” under Section 1782 of the U.S. Code, not even where a sovereign is a party. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the test to be carri
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