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Roberto Lupini

Roberto Lupini

Senior Associate

Roberto specializes in international investment law and public international law. With over a decade of experience, he advises private entities and sovereign States on both contentious and non-contentious public international law matters, particularly focusing on investor-State arbitration. He has represented numerous sovereign States in over twenty investor-State arbitrations under the ICSID and UNCITRAL rules, as well as before the International Court of Justice (ICJ). His expertise also extends to high-stakes commercial arbitration proceedings, where he has successfully acted for various private and public entities.

Roberto has also advised sovereign States, international organizations, and private clients on a wide range of public international law matters, including negotiations of investment treaties, investment restructuring, enforcement of arbitral awards, exploitation of natural resources in disputed areas, treaty law, statehood, land and maritime delimitation, human rights, international humanitarian law, international criminal law, and sovereignty issues.

Some highlights of Roberto’s work include representing Barbados, Croatia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Grenada, Kenya, Peru, Serbia, Slovenia, and Uruguay in investor-State arbitration proceedings. Additionally, he has advised States including Albania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican Republic, and the United Arab Emirates on contentious and non-contentious public international law matters. Roberto has also successfully represented numerous investors in investor-State cases in recent years, including multiple Fortune 500 companies.

Roberto is also a frequent speaker at international conferences and contributes to scholarly journals on public international law and international arbitration.

Roberto has multiple nationalities, reflecting his vast experience and varied cultural background. He is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.

Experience

  • Unión de Cervecerías Peruanas Backus y Johnston S.A.A., Cervecería San Juan S.A. and AB InBev Southern Investment Ltd. v. Republic of Peru (ICSID Case No. ARB/24/53).
  • Fibranet, Sociedad Anónima v. Republic of El Salvador (ICSID Case No. ARB/25/6).
  • Gasoducto Sur Peruano S.A. En Liquidación v. Republic of Peru (ICSID Case No. ARB/24/29).
  • ENAGÁS S.A. (España) and ENAGÁS Internacional S.L.U. (España) v. Republic of Peru (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/26).
  • Glencore International A.G. v. Republic of Colombia (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/30).
  • José Alejandro Hernández Contreras v. Republic of Costa Rica (ICSID Case No. ARB(AF)/20/2).
  • Addiko Bank AG v. Republic of Slovenia (ICSID Case No. ARB/22/9).* 
  • United Group B.V., Adria Serbia Holdco B.V., and Serbia Broadband–srpske kablovske mreže d.o.o. Beograd v. Republic of Serbia (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/5).*
  • APG SGA SA and D.O.O. za promet i usluge Alma Quattro Beograd v. Republic of Serbia (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/13).* 
  • True Blue Development Limited and others v. Grenada (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/37).*
  • Koch Minerals Sàrl and Koch Nitrogen International Sàrl v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/19) (Annulment phase).* 
  • OI European Group B.V. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/11/25) (Annulment phase).*
  • Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21) (Annulment phase).*
  • Fábrica de Vidrios Los Andes, C.A. and Owens-Illinois de Venezuela, C.A. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/21).*
  • Erste Group Bank AG and others v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/49).*
  • Addiko Bank AG and Addiko Bank d.d. (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/37).*
  • Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d. v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/34).* 
  • UniCredit Bank Austria AG and Zagrebačka Banka d.d. v. Republic of Croatia (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/31).*
  • Al Jazeera Media Network v. Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/16/1).*
  • Interocean Oil Development Company and Interocean Oil Exploration Company v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/13/20).*
  • Peter A. Allard v. The Government of Barbados (PCA Case No. 2012-06).*
  • An Asian mining company in relation to an investment treaty arbitration.*

*Reflects experience at previous employer.

Credentials

Education

  • LL.M., University of Chicago, 2015
  • LL.B., Andrés Bello Catholic University, 2010

Admissions

  • Registered Foreign Lawyer, England & Wales
  • Venezuela

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Italian
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