Renato Nazzini

Education

• PhD in competition law, University of London (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies), 2004;
• PhD in international arbitration, University of Milan (Statale), 2001;
• Law Degree, University of Naples (Federico II), magna cum laude, 1996.

Professional career

• Director|CCLDR, King’s College London – 2021 – present;
• Professor of Law | Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London – 2013 – present;
• Partner | LMS Legal LLP, London, LMS Milan – 2011 – present;
• Professor of Law | Law School, University of Southampton – 2012 – 2013;
• Reader in Law | Law School, University of Southampton – 2006 – 2011;
• Of counsel | Bonelli Erede, London – 2010 – 2011;
• Deputy Director/Senior Legal Adviser | Office of Fair Trading, London – 2003 – 2010;
• Senior Research Fellow | British Institute of International & Comparative Law –  2001 – 2003.

Arbitration experience

• Chair in two DIAC arbitrations;
• Emergency Arbitrator in ICC proceedings;
• Sole arbitrator in Milan Chamber of Commerce arbitration;
• President in ICC arbitration with seat in Malta concerning construction works in the healthcare sector;
• President in ICC arbitration with seat in Milan concerning two subcontracts in the oil and gas sector;
• Party-appointed arbitrator in ICC arbitration with seat in London concerning supply contract between Italian supplier and Russian buyer;
• Court-appointed arbitrator in arbitration with seat in Rome concerning excavation and banks works;
• Counsel in ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SCC and Milan Chamber of Commerce arbitrations with seats in London, Paris, Geneva, Doha (Qatar), QIFC (Qatar), Singapore, Vienna, Stockholm and concerning projects/contracts in Kuwait, Qatar, Dubai, Panama, Nigeria, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, Belarus, Italy, etc.;
• Professor of Arbitration and Director of the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King’s College London;
• Member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission, member of the ICC Task Force on dealing with corruption issues in international arbitration;
• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Membership in organizations

• Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and as an advocate in Italy (with rights of audience before the Supreme Court);
• Member of the ICC, the LCIA, the IBA, the Society of Legal Scholars and the Athenaeum.

Publications

1. Renato Nazzini and Aleksander Kalisz, ‘Adapting Arbitration to the Construction Sector: Ensuring efficiency through arbitration avoidance and case management techniques’ in Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration 2024;
2. Renato Nazzini (editor), Construction Law in the 21st Century (London, Informa, 2024);
3. Renato Nazzini (editor), Transnational Construction Arbitration and ADR (London, Informa 2021);
4. Renato Nazzini (editor), Key Themes in International Construction Arbitration (London, Informa 2017);
5. Renato Nazzini, ‘Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards: Res Judicata, Issue Estoppel and Abuse of Process in a Transnational Context’ (2018) 66 American Journal of Comparative Law, 603;
6. R Nazzini, 'The Law Applicable to the Arbitration Agreement: A Transnational Solution?’ (2016) 2 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 681 – 703.