On July 5, 2016, the Republic of Argentina appointed Professor Diego P. Fernandez Arroyo, a professor of law at Sciences Po Law School in Paris, and formerly a scholar-in-residence of the Center as well as a Global Professor at the NYU Paris Campus, to the ICSID Panels of Arbitrators and Conciliators. The ICSID is a forum for international investment dispute settlement that was established by a 1966 convention.
Professor Arroyo teaches subjects related to international dispute resolution, arbitration, conflict of laws, and comparative law and his books and articles have been published in more than twenty countries. He is actively involved in the practice of international arbitration as an independent arbitrator and an expert. He represents Argentina at the UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration. Professor Fernández Arroyo is also a member of the Curatorium of the Hague Academy of International Law, a former President of the American Association of Private International Law, and the current Secretary-General of the International Academy of Comparative Law. Professor Fernández Arroyo is actively involved in the practice of international arbitration as an independent arbitrator and an expert. He has developed several projects in the field of arbitration and international business law for the European Union, the Andean Community, the MERCOSUR, and the Latin-American Integration Association. He has published several books and a number of articles and notes in publications of more than 20 countries.
This appointment brings to four the number of NYU Law community members who have been appointed as arbitrators/conciliators to the ICSID by various governments:
Professor Diego Arroyo, professor of law at Sciences Po Law School in Paris, appointed by the Republic of Argentina
Adjunct Professor Pedro Martinez-Fraga, partner at Bryan Cave, appointed by the United States
Adjunct Professor Brian King, partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, appointed by Saint Lucia
Professor Franco Ferrari, Director of the Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration and Commercial Law, appointed by Saint Lucia