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Teresa Giovannini

Senior Counsel

Admission

Switzerland, 1983

Nationality

Swiss

Languages

French , English , Italian , German

Geneva

35, Rue de la Mairie
P.O. Box 6569
1211 Geneva 6
Switzerland

Contact

+41 58 105 2000
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Areas of focus

Teresa Giovannini is a founding partner of LALIVE and now Senior Counsel specialising in international arbitration, as well as art law. She has participated in more than 200 international arbitrations (inter alia 119 as arbitrator, including 89 as presiding or sole arbitrator), either ad hoc, in particular UNCITRAL, or administered by various institutions including AAA/ICDR, ICC, ICHEIC, ICSID, LCIA, SCC, Chamber of Commerce of Milan, Chamber of Commerce of Venice and Swiss Chambers (Geneva, Zürich and Ticino), including setting aside proceedings with the Swiss Supreme Court. Her areas of specialization include disputes relating to procurement contracts, sales, license, agency, joint venture and shareholder agreements in a wide range of sectors, in particular infrastructure projects, aviation, transfer of technology, construction of turnkey factories, pharma and biotechnology, insurance, luxury goods and arts.

Teresa Giovannini has been a member of the ICC Court of Arbitration and the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR (2015 – 2021). In 2022, as a new member of the Swiss National Committee, she was appointed Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR. She was a member and vice-president of the LCIA Court (2006 – 2011), a member of the Arbitral Council of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration (1997 – 2005) and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association (2011 – 2022).

Teresa Giovannini is also a member of several panels of arbitrators, including the ICC Swiss National Committee, the panels of the ICDR, the Beijing Arbitration Commission (BAC), the CIETAC, the CRCICA, the DIAC, the ICHEIC and the LCIA. Since 2012 she has been included on the ICOM-WIPO List of Mediators with specific expertise in art and cultural heritage. She is currently a member of the global advisory board of the New York International Arbitration Centre (NYIAC), the Advisory Board of the Transnational Arbitration Association, the LCIA Company and the Club of Arbitrators of the Milan Chamber of National and International Arbitration. She is also a past member of the Council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law and of the International Law Association Committee on Arbitration (Swiss Member). She furthermore presides the ICDR Committee on Ethics.

Mrs Giovannini is a member of several other professional associations, including ASA (Swiss Arbitration Association), the Swiss Society of International Law, the Swiss Society of Jurists, the Comité français de l’arbitrage, the International Arbitration Institute, the International Arbitration Club, and the International Bar Association (Arbitration and Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law Committees).

Teresa Giovannini is also a frequent speaker at international conferences on international arbitration as well as the author of many publications in the field of international law and arbitration. She has been ranked for many years by Chambers Europe and Chambers Global for Dispute resolution – Arbitrators for Switzerland, as well as in the International Who’s Who of Commercial Arbitration. She has recently been listed among the Best Prepared/Most Responsive Arbitrators by the Global Arbitration Review (GAR).

Before joining Lalive Budin & Partners in 1985, Teresa Giovannini trained in Rome (Chiomenti & Partners, 1983-1985) and in Geneva (Turrettini & L’Huillier, 1981-1983), after having worked as a legal counsel in Geneva (University Hospital, 1977-1981) and in Freiburg (Public Health Department of the Cantonal Government). She graduated from the University of Freiburg in Switzerland and studied at The Hague Academy of International Law (1974).

"Always guarantees the highest possible quality for any client."

Legal 500, Switzerland - Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, 2022

Ranked as a leading global practitioner.

Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders, Arbitration, 2022

Recommended as Global Leader in Arbitration.

Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders, Global Leader, 2021

Teresa Giovannini is “a very experienced arbitrator” with notable expertise in construction, energy and pharmaceutical disputes.

Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders, Switzerland, Arbitration, 2021

Ranked as Thought Leader in Arbitration.

Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders, Switzerland 2020

Ranked as Thought Leader in Arbitration.

Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders, Switzerland 2019

Founding partner Teresa Giovannini is an experienced and prominent name in the international arbitration market who earns plaudits as "very conscientious and prepared, and a pleasure to work with", according to impressed peers.

Who’s Who Legal, Switzerland, 2019

Ranked as a leading figure in Arbitration.

Who’s Who Legal, Thought Leaders in Arbitration, 2018

‘Cutting-edge practitioner’ Teresa Giovannini ‘is very responsive, to-the-point and practical in her advice’.

Legal 500, Switzerland, Dispute Resolution: Arbitration, 2018

Teresa Giovannini advises on international arbitration and draws praise from peers and clients for her work as an arbitrator. She is experienced in matters pertaining to the pharmaceutical, construction and energy sectors.

Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution: Arbitrators, Switzerland (Band 4), 2017

Teresa Giovannini is exceedingly well versed in international arbitration, and wins praise for her great “dedication and professionalism”.

Who’s Who Legal : Arbitration, 2017

Teresa Giovannini earns praise for her experience as an arbitrator. She has acted on matters across the world, including Paris, and has recent experience of construction cases.

Chambers Global, Switzerland, Dispute Resolution: Arbitrators, 2016

Teresa Giovannini is “well regarded by all who have seen her in action”, and her experience encompasses more than 160 international arbitrations, including over 110 as arbitrator, 80 as presiding or sole arbitrator.

Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, 2016

Teresa Giovannini is “very well known” for her arbitration practice, which sees her representing clients across the globe.

Who's Who Legal, Switzerland, 2015

Teresa Giovannini is a “formidable lawyer” who specialises in dispute resolution relating to procurement contracts, sales, licence, agency, joint venture and shareholder agreements.

Who's Who Legal, Switzerland, Arbitration, 2015

Teresa Giovannini is a well-established figure in this area, winning recognition for her skills as an arbitrator.

Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution: Arbitrators (Band 3), Switzerland, 2015

A “greatly respected” lawyer with experience in dispute relating procurement contracts, sales, licence, agency, joint venture and shareholders agreements.

Who's Who Legal, Arbitration, 2015

Praised for her “impressive skill set”; she has acted in more than 150 international arbitrations.

Who's Who Legal, Switzerland, Arbitration, 2014

Teresa Giovannini is widely respected as an experienced and savvy arbitrator. Her impressive market standing is shown by her membership of a plethora of arbitration panels, including her position as a member of the board of directors of the AAA and ICDR.

Chambers Global, Dispute Resolution, Switzerland, 2014

Founding partner Teresa Giovannini is commended for her ‘personable approach'.

The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration, 2014

Teresa Giovannini is ‘very well known' and a veteran of more than 140 international arbitrations as counsel and arbitrator.

Who's Who Legal, Switzerland, 2013

Teresa Giovannini is ‘outstanding'.

Who's Who Legal, Switzerland, 2012

The Legal Picture

Teresa Giovannini, Werner Jahnel, Sandrine Giroud, 2019

Arts and Collections Magazine, Vol. 2, 2019, pp. 70-71

Arbitres et intérêts public

Teresa Giovannini, Hakim Boularbah, Andrea Carlevaris, Laurent Jaeger, Charles Jarrosson, Ismail Selim, 2019

In: Bruylant (éd), Arbitrage international et intérêts publics, 2019, p.57-75

Immunity of Arbitrators

Teresa Giovannini, 2017

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Journal, vol. 83, N° 4, p. 436 - 446

L’Amputation du Contrat par l’Arbitre

Teresa Giovannini, 2017

Revue de l’Arbitrage, Comité Français de l’Arbitrage, Volume No 1, 2017, pp. 39-50

Philosophy Can Help Tribunals Draft Awards that Parties Will Accept as Legitimate

Teresa Giovannini, 2011

Dispute Resolution Journal, May-July 2011, pp. 78-79 and 90

L’assistenza giudiziaria nell’assunzione della prova in arbitrato internazionale : un’analisi comparativa dei sistemi svizzero, francese e inglese

Teresa Giovannini, Valentina Renna, 2011

In: Lapis Ed., La prova nell'arbitrato internazionale, Quaderni dell'Arbitrato, ISSA, 2011, pp.147-183

When do arbitrators become functus officio?

Teresa Giovannini, 2011

In: Liber Amicorum, Mélanges en l'honneur de Serge Lazareff, Ed. Pedone, Paris 2011, pp. 305-314

Book review: L’arbitrato nel commercio e negli investimenti internazionali, Piero Bernardini, Giuffré Editore 2008, 2nd ed.

Teresa Giovannini, Valentina Renna, 2010

ICSID Review, Foreign Investment Law Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, Fall 2010, pp. 498-503

International arbitration and jura novit curia – Towards harmonization

Teresa Giovannini, 2010

In: Liber Amicorum Bernardo Cremades, La Ley (Ed.), pp. 495-509

The continental European perspective and practice of advocacy

Teresa Giovannini, 2010

In: R. Doak Bishop/E. G. Kehoe (Eds.), The Art of Advocacy in International Arbitration, Part VI: Regional Differences in International Arbitration, Chapter 21, "The Continental European Perspective and Practice of Advocacy", 2nd Ed., Juris Publishing, May 2010

The Italian experience of arbitration and the arbitration rules of the Chamber of arbitration of Milan: a parallel view

Teresa Giovannini, Valentina Renna, 2010

Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration (2010) 14, pp. 297-313

Written evidence and discovery in international arbitration - new issues and tendencies

Teresa Giovannini, Alexis Mourre, 2009

Dossiers (VI) Institute of World Business Law, ICC Publication No. 698, 2009

Final arbitral award rendered in SCC case 090/2004 in 2006 1. Truncated tribunal 2. Interpretation of an international purchase agreement under the CIGS

Teresa Giovannini, 2008

Stockholm International Arbitration Review, 2007, Vol. 2, pp. 211

Raubkunst und die Schweiz: Aufarbeitung, Regelung, Ausblick

Teresa Giovannini, Marc-André Renold, Carolyn Olsburgh, Friederike Ringe, 2006

In: Sapper/Von Selle/Weichsel (Eds.), Kunst im Konflikt: Kriegsfolgen und Kooperationsfelder in Europa, Berlin, Deutscher Verlag, Osteuropa, 2006, pp. 341-353

30th Croatian Arbitration Days International Conference

08/12/2022 Zagreb Teresa Giovannini Keynote speaker: The Legitimacy of Arbitral Process

For more information, see the programme

Swiss Arbitration Association - Groupe genevois

01/12/2022 Geneva Teresa Giovannini Speaker: A propos de la légitimité du processus arbitral

For more information, see the programme

Symposium Francarbi

16/09/2022 Bruxelles Teresa Giovannini Moderator: Les aspects financiers de l’arbitrage

For more information, see the programme

School of International Arbitration and ICC Institute of World Business

37th Annual Joint Symposium of Arbitrators

27/06/2022 London Teresa Giovannini Joint Chair and Moderator: Tribunal Deliberations and Award Drafting

For more information, see the programme

CILS (Center for International Legal Studies)

11th Biennial Arbitration Symposium

02/06/2022 Salzburg Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Best practices for Arbitrator Behaviour

GAR Live: London 2022

12/05/2022 London Teresa Giovannini Panellist: Issue conflicts and disclosure – how should they be dealt with?

For further information, see the programme

6th ICC European Conference on International Arbitration

ICC Institute Advanced Level Training entitled “Oral Advocacy in International Arbitration: The good, the bad and the in between”

30/03/2022 Paris Teresa Giovannini Speaker in the session: “Oral versus written advocacy: counsel and tribunal perspectives” / Coaching of a working group during the case scenario sessions

NYIAC Annual Grand Central Forum

Interim measures in aid of international arbitration: What are my options?

04/10/2021 Webinar Teresa Giovannini Speaker

AIGI Associazione Italiana Giuristi di Impresa

International Contracts – Turn key realization of industrial and construction projects

17/09/2021 Bertinoro (Forli) – Italy Teresa Giovannini Speaker

For more information, see the programme.

GAR Connect Singapore

24/08/2021 Webinar Teresa Giovannini Speaker

For more information, see the programme.

Inaugural Ukrainian Arbitration Association Annual Arbitration Conference

26/05/2021 Webinar Teresa Giovannini Keynote speaker: Decision making in arbitration

For more information, see the programme.

36th ICC SIA QMC Joint Symposium of Arbitrators

21/03/2021 Teresa Giovannini Speaker

36th ICC Institute of World Business Law and School of International Arbitration - Variations of hardship and international disputes

09/03/2021 Webinar Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Hardship impact on the management of arbitral proceedings (suspension of arbitrations; extension of time-limits; etc.) and solutions

For more information, see the programme.

New York Arbitration Week (NYAW)

18/11/2020 Webinar Teresa Giovannini Panelist

For more information, see the programme.

ICC

39th ICC Institute Annual Conference - Explaining Why you lost: Reasoning in Arbitration

17/12/2019 Paris Teresa Giovannini Speaker: 39th ICC Institute Annual Conference - Explaining Why you lost: Reasoning in Arbitration

For more information, see the programme.

ArbIt Conference

How Is Life After the Award? Enforcement in Italy and Abroad: Facts and Figures

28/11/2019 Milan Teresa Giovannini Keynote Speaker: The World Pacifies the Anger: How Sound Reasoning Facilitates Acceptance of the Award

For more information, see the programme.

 

6th Annual GAR Live Dubai

Substance and Procedure in International Arbitration: Globalizing Trends and Glocalizing Practices

21/11/2019 Dubai Teresa Giovannini Keynote Speaker: Reasoning as Evidence of Legitimacy of the Award

EEDRF

Eastern European Dispute Resolution Forum (EEDRF) 2019 Plenary Session

20/09/2019 Minsk Teresa Giovannini Discussion leader: The Quest for Efficiency: Do Tribunals and Parties play the same game?

For more information, see the programme.

ICC Institute Training

The Conduct of the Proceedings and Case Management – The Arbitrator’s Perspective

19/09/2019 Minsk Teresa Giovannini Chair of the training and speaker: Arbitrator’s authority: scope and limits

For more information, see the programme.

ICC Poland, ICC International Chamber of Commerce, Lewiatan Court of Arbitration

5th edition of the International Conference for Promoting Arbitration: 2019 Dispute Resolution in M&A Transactions

23/05/2019 Warsaw Teresa Giovannini Speaker: The arbitrator's perspective on third-party funding

For more information, see the programme.

CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution

2019 CPR European Conference on Business Dispute Management

15/05/2019 London Teresa Giovannini Keynote Speaker: Integrity and Efficiency in the Decision-Making Process: Hurdles and Suggested Solutions

For more information, see the programme.

Francarbi

Colloque international: Arbitrage international et intérêts publics

01/03/2019 Geneva Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Arbitres et intérêts publics

For more information, see the programme.

Harvard Law School

Harvard International Arbitration Conference

23/02/2019 Boston Teresa Giovannini Keynote Speaker: Lifting the Curtain on Arbitral Tribunals’ Decision-Making: Practical Tools to Enhance the Reliability of the Process

For more information, see the programme.

BonelliErede

Best friends International Arbitration Debate

23/05/2018 Paris Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Behind the Curtains: How Arbitral Tribunals Work and Reach their Decisions

Juris Conferences LLC

Leading Arbitrators' Conference

26/03/2018 Vienna Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Tribunal deliberations and dynamics

Fordham University School of Law

Facing the Future in International Arbitration : Evolving Issues, Practices and Solutions

17/11/2017 New-York Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Immunity of Arbitrators

For more information, see the programme.

SciencesPo Law School and Columbia Law School

Twilight Issues in International Arbitration – In Search of an Applicable Law

19/10/2017 Paris Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Arbitrator and Counsel Ethics 

For more information, see the programme.

International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

ICC Institute Advanced Level Training – Drafting Enforceable Awards

26/09/2017 New-York Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Drafting an arbitral award: which drafting style?

For more information, see the programme.

 

Practising Law Institute (PLI)

The International Arbitration 2017

05/06/2017 New-York Teresa Giovannini Speaker: The Deliberations and Drafting the Award

For more information, see the programme.

 

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

European Users’ Council Symposium

12/05/2017 Tylney Hall, Royaume-Uni Teresa Giovannini Panellist

For more information, see the programme.

 

ICC

5th MENA Conference – Advanced Level Training Programme in Oral advocacy

03/04/2017 Dubai Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Oral advocacy, party autonomy and the determination of the facts of the dispute: the opening statement at the hearing

For more information, see the programme.

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

CIArb International Arbitration Conference 2017

11/03/2017 Dubai Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Immunity of Arbitrators

For more information, see the programme.

AAA / ICC / ICSID

33rd Joint Colloquium on International Arbitration : Commercial and Investor-State Arbitration: Towards Convergence?

09/12/2016 Paris Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Arbitrators’ Conduct in Cost Allocation and Fixing of Arbitrators’ Fees

For more information, see the programme.

Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (CFA)

Le Contrat devant l’arbitre à l’épreuve de la réforme française du droit des contrats

04/11/2016 Paris Teresa Giovannini Speaker: L’amputation du contrat par l’arbitre

For more information, see the programme.

Center for International Legal Studies (CILS)

9th Biennial International Arbitration Symposium

05/06/2016 Salzburg Teresa Giovannini Moderator: Panel on Ethics

For more information see the programme.

ICC Institute of World Business Law and School of International Arbitration

Powers and Duties of Arbitrators: Rules, Law, Practice and Ethics, Emergency Arbitration and Dealing with Sanctions

29/02/2016 London Teresa Giovannini Speaker: “Dealing with uncooperative counsel”

For more information, see the programme.

Club Español del Arbitraje (CEA)

Tempus fugit. La urgencia en el arbitraje-L'urgenza nell'arbitrato

23/10/2015 Rome Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Cómo agilizar el procedimiento arbitral (Medidas cautelares de derecho o de mérito sobre los hechos documentalmente probados)

For more information, see the programme.

International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) and LALIVE

Settlement Opportunities Before, During and After Arbitration

17/09/2015 Geneva Teresa Giovannini Speaker

For more information see the programme.

Juris Conferences LLC

Eleventh Annual Leading Arbitrators’ Symposium

30/03/2015 Vienna Teresa Giovannini Chairman

For more information, see the programme.

Columbia Law School and the Columbia International Arbitration Association

Columbia Arbitration Day 2015 - Back to Basics: Enduring Challenges in International Arbitration Law

06/03/2015 New York Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel in International Arbitration

Global Arbitration Review (GAR)

3rd Annual GAR Live New York

19/09/2014 New York Teresa Giovannini Panellist and Judge: Session 2: GAR Live Symposium / Session 3: Innovation and IA – the good, the bad and the ugly / Session 4: Oxford union - style debate Motion: ''This house believes witness examination is useless and should be abandoned''

For more information, see the programme.

Practising Law Institute (PLI)

International Arbitration 2014

09/06/2014 New-York Teresa Giovannini Moderator (Panel on the Case Management Conference)

For more information see the programme.

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

European Users’ Council Symposium

11/05/2014 Tylney Hall, United Kingdom Teresa Giovannini Moderator: Practice and procedure

Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) and the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan

Arbitration Practice Seminar

23/03/2014 Tremezzo (Italy) Teresa Giovannini Co-panellist: Documentary evidence and The arbitral tribunal’s decisions

For more information, see the programme.

ICCA and the Scuola Superiore della Magistratura in collaboration with the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan and the Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato

ICCA New York Convention Roadshow

04/03/2014 Naples Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Analisi degli articoli 3 e 4 della Convenzione

For more information, see the programme.

Juris Conference LLC

Ninth Annual Leading Arbitrators’ Symposium on the Conduct of International Arbitration

25/03/2013 Vienna Teresa Giovannini Panellist: “ Effective and Efficient Management proceedings – Including the preparation of Awards by Arbitrators”

For more information, see the programme.

Columbia Law School and the Columbia International Arbitration Association

Columbia Arbitration Day – Remedies and Enforcement in International Arbitration

08/03/2013 New York Teresa Giovannini Speaker: “Non-Monetary Relief in International Commercial Arbitration: Sources of the Tribunal’s power, Applicable Law, Types, Enforcement”

For more information, see the programme.

ICC Institute of World Business Law-Advanced PIDA Training

06/12/2012 Paris Teresa Giovannini Speaker: “Production of documents: written evidence in international arbitration”

Associazione italiana per l’Arbitrato (AIA)-Rivista dell’Arbitrato

L’ausilio giudiziario all’Arbitrato: tra sostegno, controllo e interferenza

03/12/2012 Rome Teresa Giovannini Speaker: “L’ausilio istruttorio: l’assunzione delle prove”

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

European Users’ Council Symposium

15/09/2012 Tylney Hall, United Kingdom Teresa Giovannini Moderator

Institute for Transnational Arbitration – The Center for American and International Law

24th Annual ITA Workshop – The Final Curtain: Post-Hearing Submissions, Deliberations and Enforcement

21/06/2012 Dallas Teresa Giovannini Faculty Member

ICC Institute Masterclass for Arbitrators

“Overview of fundamentals and best practices related to serving as an arbitrator”

04/06/2012 Paris Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Arbitrator immunity

Milan Chamber of Arbitration

LA CROSS EXAMINATION IN ARBITRATO

16/05/2012 Milan and Rome Teresa Giovannini Speaker: L’assunzione della prova testimoniale - Dopo l’udienza

British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)

Fifteen Annual Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements and Awards-Harmonization or Divergence?

19/04/2012 London Teresa Giovannini Speaker: A view from the outside on anti-arbitration injunctions – compared practices.

Juris Conference LLC

Eighth Annual Leading Arbitrators’ Symposium on the Conduct of International Arbitration

02/04/2012 Vienna Teresa Giovannini Panellist: “Effective and Efficient Management proceedings”

1st Annual ITA Winter Forum

1st Winter Roundtable on the Fundamentals of International Arbitration

03/02/2012 San Francisco Teresa Giovannini Co-Moderator

CPR 2012 Annual Meeting

Developments in International Dispute Resolution

13/01/2012 New York Teresa Giovannini Speaker

University of Geneva, Faculty of Law, Geneva Art-Law Centre

International symposium: “Litigation in cultural property: judicial and alternative means of international dispute resolution”

11/11/2011 Geneva Teresa Giovannini Speaker: The practice of arbitration in cultural property matters.

International Bar Association (IBA)

Annual Conference

02/11/2011 Dubai Teresa Giovannini Panellist: Arbitration Committee: Winning damages and other remedies in international arbitration

AAA and ICDR

International Symposia in Advanced Case Management Issues

01/11/2011 Dubai Teresa Giovannini Faculty member

Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC)/ Chinese European Legal Association (CELA)

31/10/2011 Dubai Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Equality and Neutrality in CEAC

ICC Seminar on Arbitration and Mediation

30/10/2011 Doha (Qatar) Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Introducing Arbitration and Mediation

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

The Costs of International Arbitration Conference

28/09/2011 London Teresa Giovannini Speaker and moderator: Comments on Current Problems- International Users (Arbitrator’s perspective)

For more information, see the programme.

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (International Arbitration)

18/09/2011 Oxford, St. Anne’s College Teresa Giovannini Lecturer

Institute of Energy Law (IEL)- International Bar Association Section on Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law (SEERIL)

3rd International Oil and Gas Law Conference

28/06/2011 London Teresa Giovannini Panellist: Recent Reforms in International Arbitration

For more information, see the programme.

Milan Chamber of Arbitration

Journée d’étude en l’honneur de Giorgio Schiavoni

27/06/2011 Milan Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Devono le istituzioni arbitrali avere una pubblica funzione?

For more information, see the programme.

Institute for Transnational Arbitration – The Center for American and International Law

22nd Annual ITA Workshop – The Merits Hearing: Getting the Message to the Tribunal

16/06/2011 Dallas Teresa Giovannini Faculty Member

Juris Conference LLC

Take the Witness: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration

14/06/2011 The Harvard Club, New York Teresa Giovannini Panellist

International Bar Association (IBA)

14th Annual IBA International Arbitration Day

04/03/2011 Seoul Teresa Giovannini Panellist: Ex officio powers to investigate the facts: when do arbitrators cross the line?

Milan Chamber of Arbitration and the International Bar Association

Arbitration and the Courts: A Euro-Mediterranean Perspective

19/11/2010 Milan Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Liability of arbitral institutions

AAA and ICDR

International Symposia in Advanced Case Management Issues

16/11/2010 Paris Teresa Giovannini Faculty: Managing the ICDR Guidelines on Information Exchange

International Bar Association (IBA)

Annual Conference

08/10/2010 Vancouver Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Arbitration Committee: Deliberations and duty of impartiality

TerraLex

TerraLex 2010 Annual General Meeting

02/10/2010 Washington DC Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Disclosure of evidence in international arbitration: the civil law approach

Georgetown Law CLE and West LegalEdcenter

International Arbitration and Finality of Awards – A tour d’Horizon

28/09/2010 Washington DC Teresa Giovannini Speaker: When do arbitrators lose their power to decide (or become functus officio)? Is there international consensus?

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (International Arbitration)

19/09/2010 Oxford Teresa Giovannini Lecturer

Institute for Transnational Arbitration – The Center for American and International Law

21st Annual ITA Workshop – Commencing an International Commercial Arbitration: Fundamentals and Strategy

17/06/2010 Dallas Teresa Giovannini Faculty member

Camera Arbitrale di Milano – Camera di Commercio di Milano

Il Nuovo Regolamento Arbitrale

14/06/2010 Milan Teresa Giovannini Speaker: I poteri degli arbitri nella conduzione del procedimento

ICC - I.S.S.A. (Istituto Superiore di Studi sull'Arbitrato)

The Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration

05/02/2010 Rome Teresa Giovannini Speaker: The assistance of judicial authorities in the taking of evidence

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

European Users’ Council Symposium

12/09/2009 The Grove (United Kingdom) Teresa Giovannini Co-Chair

ICC London

Annual arbitration practitioner's symposium

09/07/2009 London Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Disclosure: different approaches to the same issue

Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) / Houston International Arbitration Club / University of Texas School of Law

Weighing the facts, information exchange and presentation of evidence in international commercial and investment arbitration

15/05/2009 The Hague Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Privilege and ethical obligations involving production and protection of evidence

Practising Law Institute (PLI)

Web Programme International Arbitration 2009

24/03/2009 New York Teresa Giovannini Speaker: The international arbitrator’s point of view?

For more information, see the programme.

AAA and ICDR

Neutrals Conference and International Symposia in Advanced Case Management Issues

28/02/2009 San Diego Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Managing the ICDR Guidelines on Information Exchange

ICC Institute of World Business Law

Written Evidence and Discovery in International Arbitration: New Issues and Tendencies

24/11/2008 Paris Teresa Giovannini Co-chair

International Bar Association (IBA)

2008 Annual conference

17/10/2008 Buenos Aires Teresa Giovannini Panellist: Buying art – the worldwide market (Committee on Art, Cultural Institutions and Heritage Law)

ITA-CBAR

4th Annual ITA Americas Workshop: Insider Insights in Complex Energy Disputes, Conference on International Arbitration

23/09/2008 Sao Paulo, Brazil Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Impact of local proceedings

ICCA 2008

11/06/2008 Dublin Teresa Giovannini Commentator: rules-based solutions to procedural issues

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

European Users’ Council Symposium

11/05/2008 Tylney Hall (United Kingdom) Teresa Giovannini Co-Chair: session on jurisdiction

ICC Institute of World Business Law

Arbitration Day: Hearing and Deliberation

08/04/2008 Paris Teresa Giovannini Discussion leader: hearing and deliberation on provisional measures

UIA-LAWASIA

Mediation & Arbitration in International Commercial Disputes

08/02/2008 Jaipur, India Teresa Giovannini Speaker : The Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (the ICSID Convention) and recent developments

ICDR International Symposium

Advanced Case Management

15/11/2007 Paris Teresa Giovannini Moderator

International Bar Association (IBA)

Annual Conference

14/10/2007 Singapore Teresa Giovannini Speaker: The art of advocacy in arbitration

European Branch of the Chartered Institute of the Arbitrators (CIArb) & SCC Institute

East Meets West in Stockholm

28/09/2007 Stockholm Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Multiparty arbitration notion - consolidation

For more information, see the programme.

ICC Institute of World Business Law

Institute Specials: Training on International Commercial Arbitration

24/09/2007 Paris Teresa Giovannini Moderator: Production of documents

Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

18th Annual Workshop: Insider Insights; Complex Energy Disputes

21/06/2007 Dallas Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Hearings before the arbitral tribunal: impact of local proceedings

Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law, Section for Arbitration and Other Dispute Resolution

Arbitrators: Private Judges, Service Providers or Both?

10/05/2007 Stockholm Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Relationships between arbitrators and parties: practical problems

International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR/AAA)

Fall 2006 International ADR Program Series

11/10/2006 New York Teresa Giovannini Speaker: The Common law/civil law gap: the issues and how international arbitrators may resolve them

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Lebanon and UAE Branches

Entry and Memberships Courses: “The Law, Practice, and Procedure of Arbitration”

25/06/2006 Beirut Teresa Giovannini Tutor/Speaker: Decision making and the award and the requirements of an award under the UNCITRAL Model Arbitration Law and the 1958 New York Convention

Camera Arbitrale Nazionale e Internazionale di Milano

Corso di Formazione alla Luce delle Recenti Evoluzioni Normative, Quarta Edizione “L’Arbitrato: Fondamenti e Tecniche - La Decisione del Tribunale Arbitrale. L’Arbitrato Internazionale”

23/06/2006 Milan Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Praticare l’arbitrato: raffronto tra i principali regolamenti arbitrali internazionali

International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Young & International (ICDR Y&I)

Anniversary Seminar: Appointing the Arbitrators; Strategic Choices and Considerations for Parties, Arbitrators and Institutions

08/04/2006 Vienna Teresa Giovannini Panellist

International Law Association (ILA)

L’indipendenza del giudice e dell’arbitro internazionale

10/06/2005 Milan Teresa Giovannini Speaker: L’indipendenza e l’imparzialità dell’arbitrato internazionale

Global Center for Dispute Resolution Research

Annual Research Conference, The Global Center Survey of Leading Practitioners: Implications of the Survey Findings for Practitioners and Their Strategies

24/05/2005 New York Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Interim measures of protection / Challenges of arbitrators / Jurisdiction

Chartered Institute of Arbitration (CIArb) & Court of Arbitration of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

19/05/2005 Sofia, Bulgaria Teresa Giovannini Tutor / Special Member Course: Swiss Arbitration Rules / International Conventions / Arbitrators: appointment and challenge / Swiss Private International Law Act – Chapter 12 / Law applicable to the arbitration clause and to the merits

Camera di Commercio di Firenze

Corso di formazione: L’arbitrato commerciale internazionale

14/04/2005 Florence Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Principi e procedure: l’arbitrato internazionale amministrato: “Le istituzioni arbitrali internazionali: analisi comparativa dei principali regolamenti arbitrali internazionali”

Centre Français de Droit Comparé

Les Droits et les devoirs des arbitres internationaux

04/02/2005 Paris Teresa Giovannini Speaker: Qui contrôle les pouvoirs des arbitres : les parties, l’arbitre, ou la Cour d’arbitrage ?

For more information, see the programme.

Institute for Transnational Arbitration and Centre for Mediation and Commercial Arbitration of the National Chamber of Commerce of Mexico City (ITA-Canaco)

Workshop

24/01/2005 Mexico City Teresa Giovannini Panellist: The most effective way to present the closing argument

For more information, see the website.

Teresa Giovannini Tutor

2018

Tutor: The awards
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration 2018

Teresa Giovannini Lecturer

2016

University of Oxford, Queen’s College
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Diploma Course in International Commercial Arbitration, 2016
Day Four, Workshop II and Day Five, “Procedure for the Arbitration”

Teresa Giovannini Lecturer

2015

University of Oxford, Institute of European and Comparative Law, BCL/MJur International Commercial Arbitration
Distinguished Guest Seminar Series
“Ex officio Powers of tribunals to investigate the facts and the law: when do arbitrators cross the line?” And “The Arbitrator’s Initiative: Facilitating the Settlement of the Dispute”