MASSIMO BENEDETTELLI

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email: massimo.benedettelli@arblit.com
phone: +39 02 8425 4810 

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. (European University Institute, Florence, 1987)
  • Degree in Law (University “Aldo Moro”, Bari, 1984)
  • LL.M. (University of Pennsylvania School of Law, Philadelphia, 1983)
  • Degree in Political Sciences (University “Aldo Moro”, Bari, 1979)

 

ADMISSIONS

  • Milan Bar
  • Italian Supreme Court

 

LANGUAGES

  • Italian, English, French

Since October 2014, Massimo is name partner of ArbLit, a law firm specialized in international arbitration and cross-border litigation.

 

In July 2021, upon designation of the ICC World Council Massimo has been appointed Italian member of the ICC Court of Arbitration to serve for the 2021-2023 term. Since July 2018 Massimo had already participated to the works of the ICC Court as Italian alternate member.

 

Full professor (professore ordinario) of International Law at the Department of Law of the University “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy until 2023 (having received tenure in 1994), Massimo is currently Fellow of Business Law and Director of the program on International Arbitration and Risk Management at SDA Bocconi, Milan, Italy and professor of practice at the Department of Law of the Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, where he lectures on Dispute Resolutions in a Globalized World. Throughout his academic career he also taught Private International Law, International Economic Law, EU Law and European Commercial Law.

 

In January 2022 upon invitation of the Curatorium of the Academy of International Law of The Hague he gave a course at the Peace Palace on “Powers in International Arbitration Between Party Autonomy, Arbitral Authority and State Sovereignty”.

 

Massimo’s academic and professional interests focus on international arbitration, investment law, international company law, international insolvency law and European law. He is the author of books (including the first ever written treatise in English on international arbitration in Italy) and articles published on Italian and international law reviews and is the co-editor of a Commentary on arbitration law and practice in Italy. His areas of interest focus on international arbitration law, private international law (in the fields of companies, insolvency and financial markets), public international law and European law (see the attached list of Publications).

 

In light of his scholarly qualifications and professional experience Massimo has advised various public and private institutions, including the Commission of the European Union (as member of the Group of Experts entrusted with an analysis of the interplays between EU law and Member States’ law on commercial arbitration ahead of the reform of Regulation no. 44/2001), Assonime, the Italian association of listed companies (as member of a working group set up to study the impact of EU Law on Italian company law and financial markets law), the Italian National Council of Notaries Public (as drafter, together with a professor of company law, of a bill later relied upon by the Italian Government for the implementation of the EU X company law Directive on cross-border mergers).

 

Massimo is also regularly invited as a speaker or lecturer at conferences, workshops, courses and seminars organized by leading academic and professional institutions around the world.

 

Constantly involved in scholarly work and academic projects, Massimo is a member of the editorial board of Rivista dell’arbitrato, Rivista di diritto societario and Diritto del commercio internazionale, three leading journals. He is also an Associate Faculty Member of the European Doctorate in Law and Economics organized by the Universities of Bologna, Hamburg and Rotterdam.

 

Since September 2020 he is a member of the Board of AIA – Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato, an entity acting under the aegis of the International Chamber of Commerce.

 

Until July 2018 Massimo led the Italian Delegation to the ICC Commission of Arbitration. He is also a member of the Arbitration Council of ACIAM, Atlanta (GA).

 

From 2001 till June 2014 Massimo was a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, being a member of both the International Arbitration Group and the Corporate Practice Group. At Freshfields he also sat for 6 years within the Partners Recommendation Committee, the firm’s body charged with the task of proposing the election to the partnership of associates and lateral hires. Massimo started his professional practice in 1986 at the Legal Department of ENI – Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi S.p.A., where he gained experience in the energy sector, being involved in the negotiations of various joint ventures and construction projects, as well as in international arbitrations. In 1990 he joined as an associate Chiomenti Studio Legale, where he was a partner from 1996 until November 2001, date on which he left the firm to join Freshfields.

 

One of Italy’s main arbitration specialists, throughout his career Massimo has acted as counsel or sat as chairman, sole or party-appointed arbitrator in several international and domestic arbitrations. His experience includes acting in proceedings under the ICC Rules, the PCA Rules, the SCC Rules, the UNCITRAL Rules and the Arbitration Rules of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration, as well as in ad hoc arbitrations in connection with an array of matters such as EPC/construction contracts, post M&A disputes, joint ventures, energy, telecommunications, intellectual property and international investments. The arbitrations in which he has been involved have been seated in a variety of jurisdictions and have featured procedural and substantive laws of different jurisdictions, as well as public international law.

 

Massimo has also acted as advisor or counsel in international litigation and adjudication, including before the European Court of Human Rights. Moreover, he acts as an expert in arbitration and cross-border litigation on issues of Italian law, arbitration law, conflicts of law, international company law and EU law.

 

Besides his professional and academic commitments, Massimo is actively involved in professional and institutional bodies including the ICC (member of the Court of Arbitration), the International Law Association (member of the Committee on International Arbitration), the Europäisches Rechts Akademie of Trier (member of the Board of Trustees) and the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation in Georgia (member of the Arbitration Council), based in Atlanta, Georgia. Massimo is also overseas honorary member of ComBar, the London-based Specialist Bar Association for commercial barristers advising the international business community.

  • ICC Court of Arbitration, Paris, Commission on Arbitration and ADR
  • ComBar, London, overseas honorary member
  • ACIAM – Atlanta Centre for International Arbitration and Mediation, Atlanta, Arbitration Council
  • Europäisches Rechts Akademie, Trier, Board of Trustees
  • European Doctorate in Law and Economics, Bologna-Hamburg, associate faculty member
  • Rivista di diritto societario, editorial board
  • Diritto del commercio internazionale, editorial board

ARBITRATION

BOOKS

Powers In International Arbitration: Between Party Autonomy, State Sovereignty and Arbitral Authority, forthcoming in Hague Academy of International Law, Recueil des cours

 

INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION IN ITALY, Alphen aan den Rijn (Kluwer International), 2020, pp. I-XII, pp. 1-730.

 

(with C. Consolo e L. Radicati di Brozolo, ed.), COMMENTARIO BREVE AL DIRITTO DELL’ARBITRATO NAZIONALE ED INTERNAZIONALE, Padua (Kluwer Italia – CEDAM), 2017, pp. XLIX-1335 (second edition).

 

ARTICLES

Reading the “Golden Rule” of art. 42 of the ICC Rules through Chiovenda’s Lenses”, Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação, 2024, n. 80

 

Roman Law Legacies for International Arbitration in the Third Millennium, in M.V. Benedettelli, A. Carlevaris, A, Crivellaro, M.B. Deli (eds), Arbitration as Balanced Administration of Justice – Essays in Honor of Piero Bernardini, Leiden, 2024

 

The Law Applicable to the Merits When Arbitrating Disputes With a State Party, in D. Arias (ed.), Libro homenaje a Miguel Angel Fernandez-Ballesteros, Madrid, 2023

 

La legge applicabile alla procedura e al merito, Rivista dell’arbitrato, 2023. n. 4

 

Determining the Applicable Law in Commercial and Investment Arbitration: Two Intertwined Road Maps for Conflicts-Solving, in ICSID Review- Foreign Investment Law Journal, Volume 38 (2022) 687-722.

 

Lett. d) Legge applicabile in Aa.Vv., Commento ai principi in materia di arbitrato della legge delega n. 202 del 21 novembre 2021, in Rivista dell’arbitrato, 2022, 50-65

 

Arbitrato societario con sede estera? Si, ma …, in Rivista delle società, 2021, pp. 152-175.

 

Una (bozza di) dissent arbitrale in materia di opzione put e divieto di patto leonino, in Rivista di diritto societario, 2021, 581-605.

 

Harmonization and Pluralism in the New York Convention: Balancing Party Autonomy and State Sovereignty, in C. Benicke, S. Huber (ed.), NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL, TRANSNATIONAL: HARMONISCHER DREIKLANG IM RECHT. FESTSCHRIFT FÜR HERBERT KRONKE, Bielefeld (Gieseking), 2020, pp. 1329-1342.

 

Il (risolvibile) puzzle del rapporto tra arbitrato internazionale e insolvenze transfrontaliere nel diritto europeo, in CRISI TRANSFRONTALIERA DI IMPRESA: ORIZZONTI INTERNAZIONALI ED EUROPEI (a cura di A. Leandro, G. Meo, A. Nuzzo), 2018, pp. 199-213, in Rivista dell’arbitrato, 2018, pp. 439-457.

 

International Arbitration of Corporate Disputes: A Workable Balance Between Two Dimensions of Party Autonomy, in ICCA Congress Series, EVOLUTION AND ADAPTATION: THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Alphen Aan Den Rijn (Kluwer International), 2020, pp. 985-1009.

 

The European Convention on Human Rights and Arbitration: the EU Law Perspective, in F. Ferrari (ed.), THE IMPACT OF EU LAW ON INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION, New York (NYU Press), 2017, pp. 479-535.

 

Sull’arbitrato societario “internazionale”, in Rivista dell’arbitrato, 2017, pp. 299-326.

 

Patti parasociali ed arbitrato estero: sul possibile equilibrio tra autonomia societaria ed autonomia compromissoria, in Rivista delle Società, 2017, pp. 631-651.

 

Applying the UNIDROIT Principles in International Arbitration: An Exercise in Conflicts, in Journal of International Arbitration, 2016, pp. 653-686.

 

Human rights as a litigation tool in international arbitration: reflecting on the ECHR experience, in Arbitration International, 2015, pp. 1-29.

 

Le anti-suit injunctions nell’arbitrato internazionale: questioni di legittimità e di opportunità, in Riv. arb., 2014, pp. 701-740.

 

To Bifurcate or Not To Bifurcate? That is the (Ambiguous) Question, in Arbitration International, 2013, n. 3, pp. 493-506, and Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação, 2014, 243-260.

 

Cross-border Insolvencies and International Arbitration within the EU: A Solvable Puzzle?, in Cahiers de l’arbitrage, 2012, pp. 783-820.

 

‘Pensiero debole’ nell’arbitrato commerciale internazionale e comunitarizzazione del diritto dell’arbitrato, in Dir. comm. int., 2012, pp. 305-325.

 

‘Communitarization’ of International Arbitration: A New Spectre haunting Europe? in Arbitration International, 2011, pp. 583-622.

 

(with L. Radicati di Brozolo), L’Italia e l’arbitrato internazionale, in Corr. giur., 2011, pp.136-143.

 

Ordinamento comunitario e arbitrato commerciale internazionale: favor, ostilità o indifferenza?, in N. Boschiero, P. Bertoli (ed.), Verso un Ordine Comunitario del Processo Civile. Pluralità di Modelli e Tecniche Processuali nello Spazio Europeo di Giustizia, Napoli (Ed. scientifica), 2008, pp. 111-129.

 

Arbitrato, borse-valori ed internazionalizzazione dei mercati finanziari, in Riv. soc., 1999, pp. 1323-1343.

 

L’arbitrato commerciale internazionale tra autonomia privata e coordinamento di sistemi giuridici: riflessioni in margine al nuovo regolamento di arbitrato della Camera di commercio internazionale, in Riv. dir. int. priv. proc., 1997, pp. 899-918.

INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LAW

BOOKS

(with M. Lamandini (ed.), DIRITTO SOCIETARIO EUROPEO INTERNAZIONALE, Turin (UTET), 2017, pp. I-XXI, 1-790.

 

ARTICLES

Introduzione al diritto internazionale privato ed europeo delle società, in M. Benedettelli, M. Lamandini (ed.), DIRITTO SOCIETARIO EUROPEO E INTERNAZIONALE, Turin (UTET), 2017, pp. 1-67.

 

Five Lay Commandments for the European Private International Law of Companies, in YEARBOOK OF PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW, 2015/2016, pp. 209-251.

 

Profili di diritto internazionale privato ed europeo delle società, in Rivista di diritto societario, 1/2015, pp. 35-93 e in P. Abbadessa, G.P. Portale (ed.), LE SOCIETÀ PER AZIONI, Milano, 2015, pp. 67-116.

 

(with A. Leandro), Commento al Capo XI del Libro V del Codice Civile “Delle società costituite all’estero” (artt. 2507-2510), in E. Gabrielli (ed.), COMMENTARIO AL CODICE CIVILE, Turin, 2015, pp.

1677-1694.

 

‘Corporate governance’ e sistema dei controlli: spunti per una valutazione internazionalprivatistica, in QUADERNI CESIFIN, 2013, pp. 171-185.

 

La responsabilità civile delle agenzie di rating tra conflitti di leggi e conflitti di giurisdizioni, in ANALISI GIURIDICA DELL’ECONOMIA, 2012, pp. 475-487.

 

Centre of main interests of the Debtor under EU Regulation No. 1346/2000 and Insolvency of Cross-Border Groups: A Private International Law Perspective, in QUADERNI DI RICERCA GIURIDICA DELLA BANCA D’ITALIA, 2011, pp. 121-134.

 

Sul trasferimento della sede sociale all’estero, in Riv. soc., 2010, pp. 1251-1273, e in G. Sacerdoti, A. Ligustro (ed.), LIBER AMICORUM PAOLO PICONE, Naples (Editoriale Scientifica), 2011, pp. 615-636.

 

La disciplina internazionalprivatistica, in M. Stella Richter Jr. (ed.) LE OFFERTE PUBBLICHE DI ACQUISTO, Turin (Giappichelli), 2011, pp. 14-47.

 

Le opa transfrontaliere nell’ordinamento italiano, in Riv. soc., 2011, pp. 221-252.

 

Società ed altri enti, in R. Baratta (ed.), DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE PRIVATO, Milano (Giuffrè), 2011, pp. 450-465.

 

Società (diritto internazionale privato), voce per N. Irti, R. Baratta (ed.), NUOVO DIZIONARIO DI DIRITTO PRIVATO – DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE PRIVATO, Milano (Giuffrè), 2010, pp. 450-465.

 

(with G. Rescio), Il decreto legislativo n. 108/2008 sulle fusioni transfrontaliere (alla luce dello schema di legge di recepimento della X Direttiva elaborato per conto del Consiglio Nazionale del Notariato e delle massime del Consiglio notarile di Milano), in Riv. dir. soc., 2009, pp. 742-754.

 

Le fusioni transfrontaliere, in P. Abbadessa, G. Portale (ed.), IL NUOVO DIRITTO DELLE SOCIETÀ, Turin (UTET), 2007, Vol. IV, pp. 365-393.

 

Offerte pubbliche d’acquisto e concorrenza tra ordinamenti nel sistema comunitario, in BANCA, BORSA, TIT. CRED., 2007, pp. 551-573.

 

Brussels I, Rome I and Issues of Company Law, in J. Meeusen, M. Pertegas, G. Straetmans (ed.), ENFORCEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CONTRACTS IN  THE EUROPEAN UNION, Antwerp/Oxford/New York, 2004, 127-153, nonché in European Business Law Review, 2005, pp. 55-81.

 

Responsibility of Corporate and Supervisory Bodies within the European ‘Market of Company Laws”: Issues of Conflicts of Jurisdictions and Conflicts of Laws”, in ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR SCHWEIZERISCHES RECHT, 2005, pp.

481-502.

 

Mercato comunitario delle regole e riforma del diritto societario italiano, in Riv. soc., 2003, pp. 699-722.

 

Criteri di giurisdizione in materia societaria e diritto comunitario, in Riv. dir. int. priv. proc., 2002, pp.879-922.

 

Libertà comunitarie di circolazione e diritto internazionale privato delle società, in Riv. dir. int. priv. proc., 2001, pp. 569-620.

 

‘Corporate governance’, mercati finanziari e diritto internazionale privato”, in Riv. dir. int. priv. proc., 1998, pp. 713-744, nonché in RACCOLTA DI STUDI IN ONORE DI FRANCESCO CAPOTORTI, II, Milano (Giuffrè), 1999, pp. 509-547.

 

Ulteriori riflessioni sull’ambito di applicazione della legge n. 287/1990, in Contratto e impresa, 1992, pp. 587-601.

 

Le direttive comunitarie sulla pubblicità delle ‘succursali’, in Riv. dir. comm., 1990, pp. 845-875.

PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

contributing to P. Picone, LA GIURISPRUDENZA ITALIANA DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE PUBBLICO – REPERTORIO 1987-1997, Naples, (Ed. Scientifica), 1997.

 

Depositi in eurodollari e blocking orders statunitensi in una recente sentenza inglese, in Dir. comm. int., 1988, pp. 284-301.

 

contributing to P. Picone, B. Conforti, LA GIURISPRUDENZA ITALIANA DI DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE PUBBLICO – Repertorio 1960-1987, Naples, (Ed. Scientifica), 1988.

 

Sull’applicazione extraterritoriale delle misure di embargo degli Stati Uniti relative al ‘gasdotto siberiano’, in Riv. dir. int., 1984, pp. 529-574.

EUROPEAN UNION LAW

BOOKS

IL GIUDIZIO DI EGUAGLIANZA NELL’ORDINAMENTO GIURIDICO DELLE COMUNITÀ EUROPEE, Padua (CEDAM), 1989, pp. I-XVII e 1-465.

 

ARTICLES

Profili internazionalprivatistici della disciplina comunitaria dei mercati finanziari: la Direttiva MiFID tra conflitti di legge e conflitti di giurisdizione, in ASSOGESTIONI (ED.), LA ATTUAZIONE DELLA MIFID IN ITALIA, Bologna (Il Mulino), 2009, pp. 69-118.

 

L’autonomia negoziale tra lex contractus, lex societatis e lex mercatus nel mercato comunitario delle regole, in Riv. dir. soc., 2007, pp. 39-49.

 

Offerte pubbliche d’acquisto e concorrenza tra ordinamenti nel sistema comunitario, in BANCA, BORSA, TIT. CRED., 2007, pp. 551-573.

 

Connecting factors, principles of coordination between conflict systems, criteria of applicability: three different notions for an ‘European Community private international law’, in DIRITTO DELL’UNIONE EUROPEA, 2005, pp. 421-440.

 

Mercato comunitario delle regole e riforma del diritto societario italiano, in Riv. soc., 2003, pp. 699-722.

 

Sul rapporto fra diritto comunitario e diritto italiano della concorrenza (riflessioni in margine al disegno di legge n. 3755 ed al regolamento comunitario sulle concentrazioni, in FORO IT., 1990, IV, cc. 199-235.

 

Principio di eguaglianza e divieti di discriminazione nella giurisprudenza comunitaria in materia di diritti di mobilità territoriale e professionale dei lavoratori”, in Riv. dir. eur., 1983, pp. 325-371.

Under updating.