Andrea Melchionda

Andrea Melchionda

Education

  • Degree in Law (Catholic University of Milan, 2022)

Admissions

Milan Bar (2024)

Languages

Italian, English, French

Andrea joined ArbLit in 2021. His practice focuses on commercial and investment arbitration, where he acts both as counsel and as assistant to arbitral tribunals in arbitration proceedings governed by a variety of institutional rules (including ICC, CAM, SCC, LCIA, and UNCITRAL). He has gained experience across diverse industry sectors, including energy, construction and IT. Andrea is also part of the litigation team, where he assists clients in domestic and cross-border disputes.

 

Andrea graduated summa cum laude from the Law School of the Catholic University of Milan in 2022 with a dissertation in EU competition law. During his studies, he participated in the 28th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2020-21), and he is now coach of the Catholic University of Milan team.

 

Andrea is also member of several professional associations, including AIA-ArbIt-40 (AA40) and the ICC Young Arbitration and ADR Forum (ICC YAAF).

  • PUBLICATIONS

    • “Panorama international de jurisprudence / Panorama Of World Case Law – Italie”, Les cahiers de l’arbitrage (The Paris Journal of International Arbitration) (Lextenso), Vol. 3 2025, 795 (con Michele Sabatini)
    • “Cautela sì, ma consapevole: sull’applicazione del novellato art. 818 c.p.c. alle clausole compromissorie concluse ante riforma Cartabia”, Rivista trimestrale di diritto e procedurale civile, Vol. 4 2025. 1071 (con Fabio G. Santacroce);
    • “Italy Chapter – Addressing Corruption Allegations in Arbitration Disputes”, Navigation guide, 2025 (con Emilio Bettoni, Andrea Puccio, Giulia Cagnazzo, Giulia Raona)
    • “Panorama international de jurisprudence / Panorama Of World Case Law – Italie”, Les cahiers de l’arbitrage (The Paris Journal of International Arbitration) (Lextenso), Vol. 4 2023, 1045 (con Michele Sabatini)
    • “Thou Shalt Have the Power to Grant Interim Relief: The Reform of the Italian Regime on Arbitral Interim Relief”, Journal of International Arbitration (Wolters Kluwer), Vol. 40(4) 2023, 479–494 (con Fabio G. Santacroce)
    • “The Reform of Italian Arbitration Law”, Arbitration & Mediation (Nomiki Bibliothiki), Vol. 9(5) 2023 (con Fabio G. Santacroce)
    • “Here Lies the Indispensability Condition: The General Court’s Judgments in the Google v. Commission Saga”, Legal Issues of Economic Integration (Wolters Kluwer), Vol. 50(1) 2023, 1-24
    • “Self-preferencing as an independent abuse: still clouds on the horizon”, Eurojus, Vol. 4 2022, 16-25