Professional Memberships
Member of the Rome Bar (Italy), since 2000.
Cecilia is a member of the Steering Committee of the Pledge and a member of the board of directors of AIA (Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato).
She has been a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration from July 2015 until January 2020, of the Board Council of ICC Italy from January 2018 until May 2019, co-chair of the arbitration working group of ASLA (the Association of Italian Law Firms) from January 2014 to November 2019 and Vice Chair of the Host Committee of the IBA Annual Conference held in Rome in October 2018. She has also been a member of the ICC Task Force on Emergency Arbitrator Proceedings, of the ICC Task Force on Arbitration of Climate Change Related Disputes and of the IBA Task Force in charge of reviewing the 2010 IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration. She is co-founder of ArbIt (the Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR) and member of its Advisory Board.
As from December 2021, Cecilia is a member of the Beirat of the German Arbitration Institute (DIS).
As from April 2022, Cecilia is a member of the Executive Board of the UN Global Compact Network Italy.
As of January 2023, Cecilia is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Vienna International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (“VIAC”).
As of January 2023, Cecilia has been designated by the Italian government as a member of the ICSID Panel of Conciliators.
As of June 2024, Cecilia is a member of the London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”).
As of July 2024 Cecilia is a Delegate of the National Committee to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.
As from January 2025, Cecilia is a member of the SIAC Panel of Arbitrators.
Publications
Cecilia Carrara is the author and co-author of numerous articles and commentaries including:
• “La flessibilità dell’arbitrato nella redazione del lodo: mito o realtà?”, Rivista dell’Arbitrato AIA, 2024;
• “Ordinamento italiano e arbitrato in materia di investimenti” (Italian law and investment arbitration), Editoriale Scientifica, May 2024;
• “Le nuove IBA Guidelines on conflicts of interest in international arbitration” (with F. Salerno), Rivista dell’Arbitrato AIA, 2024;
• “Climate change and sustainability disputes are a new reality. Evolving regulatory and judgment trends show this to be the case” (with D. Pastore, R. Randazzo), Leaders League, 2023;
• “Conflicts of interest”, Journal of International Arbitration 39, no. 3 (2022), Cecilia Carrara, Kluwer Law International, May 2022;
• “The new Italian Arbitration legislation will make Italy a more popular seat for international cases”, co-author with Sven von Mensenkampff, Leaders League, March 2022;
• “Il third-party funding: evoluzione storica e ruolo nell’arbitrato internazionale”, Trattato di Diritto dell’Arbitrato, Vol. XII, Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 2021;
• “Being vs. Doing in the Relationships Among Arbitration Practitioners”, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2021;
• “Arbitration procedures and practice in Italy: overview”, Practical Law Global, Thomson Reuters,
2021;
• “The multiple usages of the UNIDROIT principles and the rules governing limitation”, The multiple uses of the unidroit principles of the international commercial contracts: theory and practice, Galizzi, Rojas Elgueta, Veneziano, Giuffrè Contratti & Commercio Internazionale, November 2020;
• “The Impact of Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence on Arbitral Procedings – Ethical Issues”, Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2020, February 2020;
• “Competition Litigation Comparative Legal Guide”, The Legal 500, August 2019;
• “International Arbitration Q&A”, Chambers and Partners, August 2019;
• “I nuovi fronti della Class Action”, Il Sole 24 Ore, 22.05.2019;
• “How to productively conduct a case management conference – well begun is half done”, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Spring 2019, 43;
• “An Italian Perspective”,ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin 2018 | ISSUE 3;
• “New York Convention 60 years later: a never-ending search for a balance between comitas and internationality”, Rivista dell’Arbitrato, Anno XXVIII Fasc. 1 – 2018;
• “Challenge of arbitral award for errors of law: Italian Constitutional Court upholds double-track mechanism”, Practical Law, 2018;
• “Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs”, World Bank Group, 2018;
• “Danni punitivi, un’apertura alla nuova responsabilità civile”, Il Sole 24 Ore, 08.07.2017;
• “Gli effetti dei lodi arbitrali e l’acquisto dell’efficacia esecutiva” in Commentario breve al diritto dell’arbitrato nazionale ed internazionale, L. Melchionda, C. Carrara, Wolters Kluwer - CEDAM 2° Edition, 2017;
• “Liability of directors and statutory auditors is an arbitrable matter (Italian Supreme Court)”, Practical Law, 2017;
• “Italian Supreme Court decides important issues regarding international arbitration agreement”, Practical Law, 2017;
• “Recusal of arbitrator cannot be appealed (Italian Court of Cassation)”, Practical Law, 2017;
• “Note sulla consulenza tecnica negli arbitrati della CAM alla luce della prassi dell’arbitrato internazionale”, La consulenza tecnica nel giudizio arbitrale, Azzali, Rojas Elgueta, Zoppini, Giuffre 2016, pp 198 and ss;
• “Partial award on jurisdiction or preliminary issues not immediately challengeable before Italian courts (Italian Court of Cassation)”, Practical Law, 2016;
• “Italian courts tend to uphold arbitral awards, study concludes”, Practical Law, 2016;
• “Getting the Deal Through: Arbitration 2016” / “Italy”, Law Business Research, 2016;
• “L’arbitrato per attrarre investimenti in Italia”, La Voce, 21.07.2015;
• “L’arbitrato societario allarga i confini”, Il Sole 24 Ore, 20.09.2015;
• “Getting the Deal Through: Arbitration 2015” / “Italy”, Law Business Research, 2015;
