Andrea Pinna

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Andrea Pinna is a partner in Foley Hoag's Paris office and member of the International Litigation & Arbitration Department. He leads the firm's International Litigation & Arbitration practice in Paris.

Andrea’s practice primarily focuses on international commercial and investment arbitration. He has participated as counsel in more than 50 arbitration proceedings in several different areas, including arising out of M&A transactions, joint-venture agreements, oil and gas, mining, military and satellites. Andrea also has experience in representing Sovereign States. He appears frequently before French Courts handling disputes related to arbitration such as set aside applications or enforcement of arbitral awards. He has an extensive practice of arguing sovereign immunities before French courts.

Andrea’s practice also concentrates on international litigation and the management and coordination of multijurisdictional parallel proceedings, often related to arbitration. In addition, he assists French multinational corporations in class action proceedings brought before foreign courts, and has considerable experience with international transactions, shareholders’ disputes, directors’ liability, and distribution and commercial agreements.

Education: Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Ph.D.; University of Tilburg (the Netherlands), Ph.D.; Université Paris II, Master degree (DEA) in Private Law; Université Paris II, Law degree (Maîtrise) in Private Law