Diego P. Fernández Arroyo

Born in Argentina, Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, has been a Professor at Sciences Po since 2010. He teaches international litigation, arbitration, comparative law and private/public international law. He is the Director of the LLM in Transnational Arbitration & Dispute Settlement. He was the scientific co-director of the Global Governance Studies specialty within the Economic Law master's degree and was co-founder of the PILAGG (Private International Law as Global Governance) research program. In addition, he is the director of the Concours d’Arbitrage International de Paris, a member of the board of the Cross Examination Moot, and he supervises the Sciences Po teams participating in international moot court competitions (Jessup, Vis Moot, Frankfurt Investment and Competencia Internacional). 

Diego P. Fernández Arroyo is a doctor honoris causa from the University of Athens (Greece), honorary professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires and Córdoba (Argentina) and was Global Professor at New York University (2013/2015).

President of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law and President of the Arbitration Academy (Paris), Diego P. Fernández Arroyo was Secretary General of the International Academy of Comparative Law between 2014 and 2022 and President of the American Association of Private International Law (ASADIP) from 2007 to 2010. He is a member of the Institute of International Law.

Before joining Sciences Po, Diego P. Fernández Arroyo was a professor at the Universities Complutense of Madrid, Salamanca and National of Littoral. Currently, he is the Director of the Diploma in International Contracts and Judicial Disputes of Austral University (Argentina). He has also been a visiting scholar at numerous universities: Paris 2, Lyon 3, Paris 3 (Pablo Neruda Chair of the Institute for Advanced Studies of Latin America), Fribourg, Bologna, São Paulo, Federal of Santa Catarina, Federal of Rio Grande do Sul, of Rio de Janeiro State (French Chair), Ottawa, California (Davis), Iberoamericana (Mexico City), Havana, Kansai (Osaka), Waseda (Tokyo), Doshisha ( Kyoto), Sydney, Central of Venezuela (Caracas), Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Los Andes (Bogotá), La Sabana (Bogotá), etc. He has been a member of the Argentine delegations before UNCITRAL (Working Groups on Arbitration and on Reform of Investor-State Dispute Resolution) and the Organization of American States, and represented ASADIP at the Hague Conference of private international law and UNIDROIT.

Diego P. Fernández Arroyo is often appointed as an international arbitrator (ICC, ICSID, PCA, Milan Chamber, etc.) and as an expert. He is a member of the ICSID list of arbitrators and conciliators and was a member of the PCA. He has developed several projects in arbitration for the European Union, the Andean Community, MERCOSUR, and the Latin American Integration Association. He is Co-Director of the Latin American Arbitration Conference since 2009.

He has authored and/or edited more than twenty-five books and numerous articles in around twenty states.

• Luca Radicati Di Brozolo, Diego Fernandez Arroyo. The Proper Role of the Seat in International Commercial Arbitration: a Minimalist Perspective. Massimo Benedettelli; Andrea Carlevaris; Antonio Crivellaro; Maria Beatrice Deli. Arbitration as Balanced Administration of Justice, Brill, pp.1-11, 2024, 9789004694910. ⟨10.1163/9789004694910_002⟩. ⟨hal-04930546⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. El arbitraje de inversión en la nueva era: ¿motor o freno de los esfuerzos para combatir el cambio climático?. Revista Argentina de Arbitraje , 2024. ⟨hal-04620327⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Private International Law will be comparative or it will be nothing. Xandra Kramer; Laura Carballo Piñeiro. Research Methods in Private International Law : A Handbook on Regulation, Research and Teaching, Edward Elgar, pp.129-154, 2024, 978 1 80037 552 9. ⟨hal-04620386⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Alexandre Senegacnik. Investment Arbitration under Non-Treaty-Based Rules. Giuditta Cordero-Moss. Independence and impartiality of international adjudicators, Intersentia, pp.233-262, 2023, 9781839703614. ⟨hal-04517351⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Giuditta Cordero Moss. General introduction. Giuditta Cordero-Moss; Diego P Fernández Arroyo. Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration, Brill Nijhoff, 2023, 9789004682382. ⟨hal-04216963⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Giuditta Cordero Moss. Applicable Law Issues in International Arbitration. Brill Nijhoff, 2023, 9789004682382. ⟨hal-04216949⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. The Venezuela-Colombia BIT: An Original Development of Uncertain Impact. 2023. ⟨hal-04620408⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Alexandre Senegacnik. Global Governance’s Inescapable Legitimacy Conundrum: A Call to Reform International Commercial Arbitration. Stefan Kröll; Andrea K. Bjorklund; Franco Ferrari. Cambridge Compendium of International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, 1, Cambridge University Press, pp.1802-1824, 2023, 9781108355452. ⟨10.1017/9781108304467.060⟩. ⟨hal-04517394⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. El arbitraje transnacional: del exitoso presente al futuro incierto. 48º Curso de Derecho Internacional (2023), Comité Jurídico Interamericano, pp.375-416, 2023, 9780827078291. ⟨hal-04645952⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. L’interaction entre le droit international privé et le droit international public dans le travail de l’IDI. Marcelo G. Kohen; Iris van der Heijden; Institut de droit international. 150 ans de contributions au développement du droit international : Livre du sesquincentenaire de l'Institut de Droit international (1873-2023) = 150 years of contributing to the development of international law : sesquicentenary book of the Institute of International Law (1873-2023) : Justitia et Pace, Pedone, pp.245-266, 2023, 9782233010452. ⟨hal-04517490⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Emmanuel Gaillard, the positivist. Académie de droit international de La Haye. The Hague Academy’s Lectures on Emmanuel Gaillard’s Legacy - Les Conférences de l’Académie sur l’héritage scientifique d’Emmanuel Gaillard, Brill Nijhoff, pp.21-47, 2023, 9789004687394. ⟨hal-04517278⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Governança global e direito internacional privado : da beleza das palavras à hora da ação. Marilda Rosado de Sá Ribeiro; José Augusto Fontoura Costa; Diego P. Fernández Arroyo. GOVERNANÇA GLOBAL - VOLUME 2 : Dê Sua Opinião Sobre o Produto, Arraes Editores, pp.303-334, 2023, 9788582382714. ⟨hal-04217027⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Marilda Rosado de Sá Ribeiro, José Augusto Fontoura Costa, Agatha Brandão de Oliveira. Considerações introdutórias. Marilda Rosado de Sá Ribeiro; José Augusto Fontoura Costa; Diego P. Fernández Arroyo. GOVERNANÇA GLOBAL - VOLUME 2 : Dê Sua Opinião Sobre o Produto, Arraes Editores, pp.1-24, 2023, 9788582382714. ⟨hal-04217017⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Marilda Rosado de Sá Ribeiro, José Augusto Fontoura Costa. Governança global - Volume 2. Arraes Editores, pp.991, 2023, 9788582382714. ⟨hal-04217006⟩
• Diego P. Fernández Arroyo. Emmanuel Gaillard, le rayonnement transnational d'une pensée comparatiste. Journal du droit international (Clunet), 2022, 42022, pp.1193-1202. ⟨hal-03964765⟩
• Diego P. Fernández Arroyo. Transnational Arbitration as Private International Law. Julie Bédard; Patrick W. Pearsall; George A. Bermann. Reflections on International Arbitration - Essays in Honour of Professor George Bermann, Juris, 2022, 9781944825577. ⟨hal-03964833⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Bruno Sousa Rodrigues. An Arbitrator’s Perspective: Between Equal Treatment and the Good Administration of Transnational Justice in Online Arbitration. Vicente, Dário Moura; Oliveira, Elsa Dias; de Almeida, João Gomes. Online Dispute Resolution, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, pp.37-58, 2022, 9783848786190. ⟨10.5771/9783748931508-37⟩. ⟨hal-03964800⟩
• Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Bruno Sousa Rodrigues. An Arbitrator’s Perspective: Between Equal Treatment and the Good Administration of Transnational Justice in Online Arbitration. Dário Moura Vicente; Elsa Dias Oliveira; João Gomes de Almeida. Online Dispute Resolution : New Challenges, Nomos, pp.37-58, 2022, 9783848786190. ⟨hal-03872270⟩
• Diego P. Fernández Arroyo. Moyens privés et intérêts publics : l’inéluctable implication des Etats dans l’affaire Chevron / Equateur. Le tournant global en droit international privé, Pedone, pp.91-102, 2020, 9782233009548. ⟨hal-03963690⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Pourquoi ce sujet ?. Ius comparatum, 2020, Le recours à la méthodologie du droit comparé en arbitrage international, 1, pp.X-XV. ⟨hal-03260274⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Flaws and Uncertain Effectiveness of an Anti-Arbitration Injunction à l’argentine. IPRax, Praxis des internationalen Privatrechts, 2020, 6/2020, pp.552 - 576. ⟨hal-03260267⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Denationalizing Private International Law. Andréa Bonomi; Gian Paolo Romano. Yearbook of Private International Law Vol. XX - 2018/2019, Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt, pp.31 - 46, 2020, 9783504386528. ⟨hal-03270276⟩
• Caroline Kleiner, Niki Aloupi, Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Sébastien Touzé. Les droits humains comparés. A la recherche de l'universalité des droits humains. Pedone, 2019, 9782233009050. ⟨halshs-04137476⟩
• Diego P. Fernández Arroyo. Denationalizing Private International Law – A Law with Multiple Adjudicators and Enforcers. Andrea Bonomi; Gian Paolo Romano. Yearbook of Private International Law. Vol. XX - 2018/2019, Otto Schmidt KG, pp.31-45, 2019, 9783504386528. ⟨hal-03964929⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Giuditta Cordero Moss. Private International Law and International Commercial Arbitration. Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm; María Blanca Noodt Taquela. Diversity and integration in private international law, Edinburgh University Press, pp.310 - 324, 2019, 9781474447850. ⟨hal-03270291⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Nothing is for Free : The Prices to Pay for Arbitralizing Legal Disputes. Loïc Cadiet; Burkhard Hess; Marta Requejo Isidro. Privatizing Dispute Resolution, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, pp.615 - 646, 2019, 9783848759088. ⟨hal-03270289⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. The progressive evolution of private international law. Agustin Parise; Evgeny V Popov. Globalisation and private international law, Jurist Publishing Group, pp.61 - 81, 2019, 9785941034253. ⟨hal-03270283⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Soft law and arbitral procedure : A conditioned but inescapable couple. European International Arbitration Review (EIAR), 2019, 8 (2), pp.71 - 86. ⟨hal-03260236⟩
• Katharina Boele-Woelki, Diego Fernandez Arroyo (Dir.). Current Issues of Comparative Law - Questions actuelles de droit comparé. Katharina Boele-Woelki; Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Springer, 35, pp.112, 2019, Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, 9783030206581. ⟨hal-03227969⟩
• Aloupi Niki, Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Caroline Kleiner, Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, Sébastien Touzé (Dir.). Les droits humains comparés : à la recherche de l'universalité des droits humains. Aloupi Niki; Diego Fernandez Arroyo; Caroline Kleiner; Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos; Sébastien Touzé. Editions Pedone, pp.168, 2019, 9782233009050. ⟨hal-03222462⟩
• Franco Ferrari, Diego Fernandez Arroyo (Dir.). Private International Law. Franco Ferrari; Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.520, 2019, Elgar monographs in private international law, 9781789906899. ⟨hal-03222444⟩
• Horatia Muir Watt, Lucia Bíziková, Agatha Brandão de Oliveira, Diego Fernandez Arroyo (Dir.). Global Private International Law : adjudication without frontiers. Horatia Muir Watt; Lucia Bíziková; Agatha Brandão de Oliveira; Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.640, 2019, 9781788119221. ⟨hal-03222405⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo (Dir.). Private International Law. Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.520, 2019, 9781789906899. ⟨hal-02970198⟩
• Katharina Boele-Woelki, Diego P. Fernández Arroyo. The Past, Present and Future of Comparative Law. Springer Cham, pp.125, 2018, 9783319937694. ⟨hal-03963742⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Makane Moise Mbengue. Public and Private International Law in International Courts and Tribunals. Columbia journal of transnational law, 2018, 56 (4), pp.797 - 854. ⟨hal-03260227⟩
• Nicolás Etcheverry Estrázulas, Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Alexandre Senegacnik. La mise en oeuvre et l'effectivité du droit. Springer International Publishing, pp.157, 2018, Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law, 9783030067175. ⟨hal-03240510⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. The curious case of an arbitration with two annulment courts: comments on the YPF saga. Arbitration International, 2017, 33 (2), pp.317 - 344. ⟨10.1093/arbint/aix009⟩. ⟨hal-03260225⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Argentina: The Changing Character of Foreign Law in Argentinian Legal System. Yuko Nishitani. Treatment of Foreign Law - Dynamics towards Convergence?, Springer, pp.453 - 472, 2017, 9783319565729. ⟨hal-03270293⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Miguel Checa Martinez, Pilar Maestre Casas. Private International Law in Spain. Wolters Kluwer, pp.124, 2016, 9789041182692. ⟨hal-01497735⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Chronique de jurisprudence argentine de droit international privé (2012-2015). Journal du droit international (Clunet), 2016, 3, pp.951 - 982. ⟨hal-03275519⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Ezequiel Vetulli. The new Argentinian arbitration law: a train in an unknown direction?. Arbitration International, 2016, 2 (32), pp.349 - 372. ⟨10.1093/arbint/aiw004⟩. ⟨hal-03275520⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. The Legitimacy and Public Accountability of Global Litigation. Andrea Wechsler; Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz. The Transformation of Enforcement, Hart Publishing, pp.355 - 373, 2016, 9781849468930. ⟨hal-03574351⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. La transparencia como paradigma del arbitraje de inversiones. Attila Massimiliano Tanzi; Alessandra Asteriti; Rodrigo Polanco Lazo; Paolo Turrini. International investment law in Latin America : problems and prospects, Brill Publishers, pp.244 - 271, 2016, 9789004311473. ⟨hal-03571130⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Les décisions arbitrales comme précédent. Aloupi Niki; Caroline Kleiner. Le précédent en droit international, Editions Pedone, pp.113 - 134, 2016, 9782233007940. ⟨hal-03571129⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. The Growing Significance of Sets of Principles to Govern Trans-boundary Private Relationships. Michael Joachim Bonell. Eppur si muove: The Age of Uniform Law, Unidroit, pp.251 - 272, 2016, 9788886449366. ⟨hal-03567946⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. Arbitrators’ Procedural Powers: The Last Frontier of Party Autonomy?. Limits to Party Autonomy in International Commercial Arbitration, Juris Editions, pp.199 - 231, 2016, 9781944825010. ⟨hal-03567944⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. The New Private International Law of the Argentinian Republic within the Context of Global Conflict Developments. Rabels Zeitschrift fur Auslandisches und Internationales Privatrecht, 2016, 80 (1), pp.130-150. ⟨hal-03275632⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Jose Antonio Moreno Rodriguez (Dir.). Contratos internacionales (entre la libertad de las partes y el control de los poderes públicos). Diego Fernandez Arroyo; Jose Antonio Moreno Rodriguez. Asociación Americana de Derecho Internacional Privado, pp.559, 2016, Biblioteca de derecho de la globalización, 9780827065956. ⟨hal-03273515⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo. A New Autonomous Dimension for the Argentinian Private International Law System. Yearbook of Private International Law, 2015, XVI, pp.217 - 231. ⟨hal-03571251⟩
• Diego Fernandez Arroyo, Ezequiel Vetulli. Dogmas frente a sentido común e interpretación correcta de las normas en vigor. Revista de derecho comercial y de las obligaciones, 2015, pp.1516 - 1533. ⟨hal-03568318⟩