Experience as counsel

Experience in commercial arbitration

• In his former firm, Gabriele advised and represented a Middle Eastern company in an emergency arbitration, followed by a multiparty ICC arbitration related to the construction of a gas processing plant in Algeria. The proceedings were conducted in French, seated in Paris, and Algerian law applied.
• In his former firm, Gabriele advised and represented a European company in an ICC arbitration concerning a corporate dispute over the calculation of the management fees for the operation of a chemical plant. The proceedings were conducted in English, seated in Paris, and Belgian law applied.
• In his former firm, Gabriele advised and represented three Qatari companies in an ICC arbitration related to an infrastructure project in Qatar. The proceedings were conducted in English, seated in Doha, and Qatari law applied.
• In his former firm, Gabriele advised and represented two companies from the Middle East in an LCIA arbitration over a major banking dispute. The proceedings were conducted in English, seated in Abu Dhabi, and UAE law applied.
• In his former firm, Gabriele advised and represented a Congolese company (DRC) in a CCJA arbitration concerning the breach of agency contracts. The proceedings were conducted in French, seated in Abidjan, and DRC law applied.
• In his former firm, Gabriele advised and represented a Kuwaiti company in a multiparty ICC arbitration concerning the construction of an oil processing plant in Kuwait. The proceedings were conducted in English, seated in Geneva, and Kuwaiti law applied.
• In his former firm, Gabriele advised and represented a French company in an AFA arbitration involving a gas price review claim and the interpretation of the price review provision and the respective scopes of the arbitration and the expert determination proceedings. The proceedings were conducted in French, seated in Paris, and French law applied.

Experience in investment arbitration

• In his former firm, Gabriele advised a Middle Eastern corporation concerning a potential investment arbitration against an African state following the Arab spring.
• In his former firm, Gabriele was member of the team representing the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria in ICSID proceedings (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/35) and parallel UNCITRAL proceedings.
• In his former firm, Gabriele was member of the team representing Caravelí Cotaruse Trasmisora de Energía S.A.C. against the Republic of Peru (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/9).

Experience before national courts

• In his former firm, Gabriele advised a European company and its Congolese subsidiary (DRC) in a multi-jurisdictional enforcement procedure of an NAI arbitral award.
• In his former firm, Gabriele advised and represented an Italian company in an annulment action of an ICC award before the Paris Court of Appeal’s International Commercial Chamber.

Sanctions

• In his former firm, Gabriele advised a multinational corporation on the application of EU sanctions against Russia to transit of raw materials from a non-sanctioned state to Europe via Russian territory.
• In his former firm, Gabriele advised foreign investors for the recovery of assets of sovereign States subject to EU/UN sanctions.

Experience as arbitrator

• Sole arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Spanish and a French company concerning the allegedly unlawful termination of an agency contract. The proceedings are conducted in French, seated in Paris, and French law applies.
• Sole arbitrator in a case under the Chamber of Commerce of Milan’s Rules (CAM) between two Italian companies concerning the alleged termination of a engineering contract. The proceedings are conducted in English, seated in Milan, and Italian law applies.
• Sole arbitrator in a case under the Swiss Arbitration Centre’s Rules between an American and a Swiss company concerning the alleged termination of a technology equipment sales contract. The proceedings were conducted in Italian, seated in Lugano, and Swiss law and the CISG applied.
• Co-arbitrator in an ad hoc arbitration between an Italian and a French company concerning the alleged termination of an agency contract. The proceedings were conducted in French, seated in Paris, and French law applied.

Relevant activities

• Lecturer in International Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration, Paris Campus of the Catholic University of Lille (from 2022)
• Lecturer, International Arbitration, United Nations Training Centre ITC/ILO of Turin (from 2016)
• Member, Roaster of Arbitrators of ICC France
• Member, SIAC Reserve Panel of Arbitrators
• Member of DIAC Panel of Arbitrators
• Member, VIAC Arbitrators Panel
• Member, IBA Arbitration Committee
• Member, IAI Paris
• Member, CEPANI
• Member, Francarbi
• Member, Associazione ialiana per l’arbitrato
• Member, ARBIT Italian Arbitration Forum
• Member, ICC Italy

Recent publications

Chapters in Books

• Conciliazione nell’arbitrato degli investimenti, in Trattato di Diritto dell’Arbitrato (Vol. XII), C. Mantucci ed., 2020
• La Corte internazionale di arbitrato: il suo regolamento e le sue pratiche, in Terzo Rapporto Annuale sull’Arbitrato. Impugnazione e Revisione del Lodo, Pacini ed., 2017
• Procedural Fairness in the Civil Law Tradition, in Procedural Fairness in International Courts and Tribunals, F. Fontanelli and A. Sarvarian eds., 2015

Articles

• Sanctions and International Arbitration, Echanges Internationaux (ICC France), July 2024
• What to do with the Energy Charter Treaty?, Financier Worldwide Magazine, July 2023
• Belgium, Global Arbitration Review, 2021, 2022, and 2023
• Latest Developments in Conciliation and Mediation in Investor-State Disputes, 16(3) Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, p. 96, 2019
• Transparency in International Arbitration: Any (Concrete) Need to Codify the Standard?, 3(1) Groeningen Journal of International Law, p. 1, 2015

Recent conferences

• Enforcement of Awards’, CEPANI40 Conference ‘Enforcement of Awards in Practice: Navigating the Challenges’, Brussels, 6 February 2025
• Organizer and Moderator of the Workshop ‘Public International Law: Why Is It Key?, Summer Camp 2024 (Paris Place de Droit), Paris, 5 July 2024
• ‘The Corruption Defence: Practical Considerations and International Trends’, 8th ICC Africa Conference, Nairobi, 29-31 May 2024
• ‘The Future of International Arbitration’, 5th Global Conference of the Co-Chairs’ Circle, Frankfurt, 17 May 2024
• ‘La rapidité dans l’arbitrage: mythe ou réalité’, Seminar CMAP, Paris, 2 April 2024
• ‘Sanctions and Arbitration’, PAW event organised by ICC France and Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne (Paris 1), Paris, 21 March 2024
• ‘Going After the Arbitrators: The Criminalization of International Arbitration Proceedings’, PAW event of Liedekerke, Paris, 19 March 2024
• ‘Addressing Corruption Challenges in International Arbitration’, 18th ICC Türkiye Arbitration Day, Istanbul, 16 February 2024
• ‘Workshop on International Arbitration’, Kigali Centre for International Arbitration (KIAC), Kigali, 21- 22 June 2023
• ‘The Current Status of the Negotiations of the ECT’, Workshop on ‘Investment Arbitration and EU Law’, Energy Law Group, Paris, 12 May 2023
• ‘Enforcing Awards Against Sovereigns Has Become a Highway to Hell’, IBA-40 Symposium @ IBA Arbitration Day, Lisbon, 12 April 2023
• ‘Enforcement and Setting-Aside Proceedings before French Courts’, ICC Africa Yaoundé Conference, Yaoundé, 16-17 March 2023

Languages

• English
• French
• Italian