Paolo Marzolini

International Arbitration (Counsel and Arbitrator)

Paolo Marzolini is a founding partner of Patocchi & Marzolini. He acts as counsel representing clients and sits as arbitrator in Switzerland and a number of other jurisdictions under various sets of arbitration rules. Paolo handles cases in Italian, English, French and Spanish. Paolo has been involved in several major international arbitrations and his field of expertise includes construction disputes (including project financing disputes), IP disputes, turnkey contracts, consultancy agreements, renewable energies industry, joint venture agreements, agency, licensing, commercialisation and distribution as well as trial tests for drugs in the pharma industry, State contracts, contracts and disputes in the aviation and aerospace industry, national defence, M&A and post-M&A disputes, gas price review disputes, banking and finance disputes, sport and sponsoring disputes, sanction-related disputes and commodities disputes. Paolo has experience acting as mediator and counsel in mediations in commercial cases. Paolo has also experience as member of dispute boards in complex construction projects. He serves as a member of the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre (1 June 2020), as a member of the Special Committee of the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre (1 July 2022) and as Secretary to the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre (1 January 2024); he is a member of the Arbitral Council of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration (27 March 2025).

IBA, ICCA, CIArb, ASA, ArbIt (Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR), AIA (Associazione italiana per l'Arbitrato), the Geneva Bar Association and the Pavia Bar Association.

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