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Franco Ferrari

Address: 

New York University School of Law
40 Washington Square South, 409B
New York, NY 10012

Phone Number: 
+1-212-992-8123
Fax Number: 
+1-212-995-4341
Email: 
franco.ferrari@nyu.edu
Born: 
1965, Diez, Germany
Languages: 
English German Italian French Dutch Spanish
Nationalities: 
Italian
Education: 
J.D. (with honors), Bologna University, Italy, 1990
LL.M., Augsburg University, Germany, 1992
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Bologna, Italy, 2001
Verona, Italy, 2003
Present Position: 
Professor of Law and Director, Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law, New York University School of Law (2010 -)
Professional Experience: 

Professor of Law, Verona University School of Law (2002 - 2016); Professor of Law, Bologna University School of Law (1998 – 2002); Professor of Law, Tilburg University School of Law (1995 – 1998); Legal Officer, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, International Trade Law Branch (2000 – 2002).

Professional Associations: 

Member, New York International Arbitration Club; President, Arbitrator Committee, Thailand Arbitration Center.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA/ICDR List of Neutrals; ICSID Panels of Arbitrators and of Conciliators; Member of the CIETAC Panel of Arbitrators; Member of the SIAC Panel of Arbitrators;

Arbitration Experience: 

72 commercial arbitrations as party-appointed arbitrator or chairman. This includes arbitration administered by ICC, LCIA, ICDR, Lugano Chamber of Commerce; Chamber of Arbitration of Milan as well as ad hoc arbitrations; party-appointed arbitrator in ICSID proceeding; party-appointed arbitrator in investment arbitrations under UNCITRAL Rules; expert witness on choice of law, international sales law, arbitration law issues and transnational civil litigation issues.

Areas of Specialization: 
Business Law
Enforcement of Judgments
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Import and Export Law
Banking & Finance
International Sale of Goods
Publications from JURIS: 
Getting to the Law Applicable to the Merits in International Arbitration and the Consequences of Getting It Wrong - Chapter 12 - Conflict of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration
THE ROLE OF THE HAGUE PRINCIPLES ON CHOICE OF LAW IN DETERMINING THE LAW APPLICABLE TO THE MERITS IN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATIONc
Conflict of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration
Inherent Powers of Arbitrators
Iura Novit Curia in International Arbitration
Impact of EU Law on International Commercial Arbitration
Limits to Party Autonomy in International Commercial Arbitration
Collective Perspectives - Journal of Damages in International Arbitration - Vol. 2, No. 1
European International Arbitration Review (EIAR)
Publications: 

More than 300 law review articles in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian, and 35 books, including “Forum Shopping Despite Unification of Law” (2021); “Due Process as a Limit to Discretion in International Commercial Arbitration” (co-editor and co-author, 2020); “Forum Shopping and International Commercial Law (co-editor and co-author, 2020);  “Concise Commentary on the Rome I Regulation” (editor and co-author, 2nd ed., 2020); “Conflict of Laws in International Arbitration (co-editor and co-author, 2nd ed., 2019); “Inherent Powers of Arbitrators” (co-editor, 2018); “Iura Novit Arbiter” (co-editor, 2018); “International Sale of Goods – CISG - in a nutshell” (co-author, 2nd ed., 2018); “Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments” (co-editor, 2017); “Limits to Party Autonomy in International Commercial Arbitration” (editor, 2016); “The Rome I Regulation” (editor and co-author, 2015); “Forum Shopping in the International Commercial Arbitration Context” (editor and co-author, 2013); Conflict of Laws in International Arbitration (co-editor and co-author, 2011).