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Biography

Mauro Rubino-Sammartano is a Chartered Arbitrator and is admitted to the Italian and to the Paris Bar. He chairs the European Court of Arbitration and the International School of Arbitration and Mediation for the Mediterranean and the Middle East. He sits as an arbitrator, appears as counsel in arbitral proceedings and in court proceedings for challenges against awards. He is a paladin of the full right of a party to call evidence and to examine witnesses without undue interference. He has been a visiting professor at the Milan and Padua Universities and has chaired the Union Internationale des Avocats, the IBA’s International Construction Committee T, the IBA International Sales Committee and the IBA Mediation Committee. His main textbooks are Arbitrage International, Droit et Pratique (Larcier 2019) (4th edition), International Arbitration : Law and Practice (3rd Edition, Juris 2014), Il Diritto dell’Arbitrato (Arbitration Law, 6th Edition, Cedam, 2010), and Appalti di Opere e Contratti di Servizi (Construction Law and Contracts for Services, Cedam 2006). His articles include A Continuous Search for New Horizons (ARIA 2012, Vol. 23, No. 2), The Arbitrator's Pledge Launched by the European Court of Arbitration (ARIA 2015, Vol. 26, No. 4) and A Second (Quasi-Perfect) Storm Also in Arbitration (JOIA, Vol. 34, 6, 2017).