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Paolo Bertoli

Paolo Bertoli

Europe 2026

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Practice Areas

Paolo Bertoli’s practice focuses on arbitration and litigation. Paolo has participated in numerous international and domestic arbitrations involving complex commercial disputes as well as public international law issues, and in commercial, securities, enforcement of foreign awards, and antitrust litigation in a variety of Italian courts. He has also acted as arbitrator and party-appointed expert in arbitral and foreign litigation proceedings. He is admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court.

Career

Paolo is Ful Professor of International Law at the University of Insubria (Como, Italy) and Director of the Research Center on Swiss Law of that University, is widely published in major Italian and foreign law reviews, and regularly lectures on various aspects of public and private international law, and international civil procedure. Paolo was a visiting researcher at the Court of Justice of the European Communities in 2004 and at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg (Germany) in 2005, and a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University School of Law in 2008. Paolo is a member of the editorial board of the Rivista di dirito internazionale privato e processuale, of the Italian Society of International Law, and of the European Association of Private International Law.

Professional Memberships

Milan Bar and Italian Supreme Court

Publications

- Diritto europeo dell’arbitrato internazionale, Giuffrè, 2015 (book).

- Nozioni di diritto internazionale privato e processuale, Giappichelli, 2023 (book)

- Tutela degli investimenti esteri e rilancio dell’economia italiana, in Dir. comm. int., 2020, pp. 1 – 32.

- Arbitrato commerciale internazionale ed equo processo, in MANTUCCI (a cura di), Trattato di diritto dell’arbitrato, XII, Milano, 2021, pp.

417-437.

- Right of nature and investment protection, in Dir. comm. int., 2022, pp. 839-853.

- I mezzi istruttori, in COCCIA, DELI (eds), Introduzione al diritto dell'arbitrato internazionale, Giappichelli, 2024, pp. 207-223.

- Norme di applicazione necessaria e ordine pubblico sotto la lente del consolidamento dello spazio europeo di giustizia, in IVALDI,

MUNARI, QUEIROLO, SCHIANO DI PEPE, TUO (a cura di), Verso il completamento dello spazio giudiziario europeo in materia civile e

commerciale, Wolter Kluwer, 2025, pp. 119-138.

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Arbitration - Italy

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Paolo Bertoli is well placed to assist clients with ICC arbitration proceedings. He offers additional experience in handling pre-arbitration claims.

Strengths

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  • He has the competencies of an international, high-level lawyer.

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  • He is extremely sensitive to business and commercial needs.

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  • Paolo Bertoli combines academic expertise with commercial vision, providing assistance of high quality.

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