Paolo Michele Patocchi

Practice Areas

International Arbitration (Counsel and Arbitrator)

Career

After practising for four years in Geneva (1982-1986), Paolo Michele Patocchi further specialised in international trade law and arbitration in London (1986-1988). He then joined an international law firm in London as an associate (1989-1991). In 1992 Michele joined a national law firm in Zurich. In 1994 he joined another national law firm in Geneva where he was made a partner in 1997. He has been in charge of the International Arbitration Group of the Geneva office of that firm from 1997 until 2013. In 2014 he established Patocchi & Marzolini with Paolo Marzolini.

Paolo Michele Patocchi has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Geneva (Introduction to the Common Law tradition; 1989-2006) and at the Geneva School for Translators and Interpreters (ETI; Legal Translation English/Italian,1990-1993). He has been teaching the core course on international commercial arbitration at the Faculty of Law of İ. D. Bilkent University (Ankara) since 2013.

Professional Memberships

CIArb, ICCA, LCIA, ASA, DIS, IBA, BIICL, AIA (Associazione italiana per l'Arbitrato)

Publications

Please see: www.patocchimarzolini.con/en/publications