Fabio specializes in arbitration (both domestic and international) and court litigation. He has participated as counsel, arbitrator, secretary or assistant to the arbitral tribunal in around 50 arbitrations across a variety of sectors (such as energy, telecommunications, construction, defence and insurance) under all major arbitration rules (ICC, ICSID, SIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and Milan Chamber of Arbitration). He has also developed a court litigation practice centering on commercial disputes and arbitration-related proceedings (particularly pre-arbitral injunctive relief and post-award proceedings).

As counsel, Fabio has recently represented:

• a leading Italian energy group in two parallel ICC arbitrations against a European multinational group arising out of two contracts for the provision of energy services;
• a leading German multinational group active in the defence sector in multibillion ICC arbitration proceedings brought against it by a European State;
• an Italian supplier of materials handling systems against an Austrian company in court proceedings before the Tribunal of Milan;
• the Mexican subsidiary of a prominent Italian steel-making group in an ICC arbitration and in post-award proceedings relating to a project for the construction in the US of one of the world’s largest iron-production plants;
• four prominent European oil and gas companies in a post-M&A ICC arbitration against two US companies;
• a major Italian energy company in an ICC arbitration arising from the acquisition of a hydro business; and
• a French multinational active in the defence sector in a post-M&A ICC arbitration arising from their acquisition of an Italian company.

Fabio’s recent experience also include acting as:

• Sole Arbitrator in an ICC “expedited arbitration” between an Italian company and a German company arising from a distribution agreement;
• Sole Arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between an Italian company and a Swiss company arising out of a construction project;
• Assistant to the Arbitral Tribunal in ICSID Case No. ARB/19/19 (IC Power Ltd and Kenon Holdings Ltd v. Republic of Peru);
• Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal in three parallel LCIA arbitrations between a third party funder and three Spanish companies; and
• Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration between an investor and a European State arising out of an oil concession agreement.

Fabio is recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” (The Legal 500 “Dispute Resolution – Europe, Middle-East & Africa”), a “future leader” in international arbitration (Who’s Who Legal “Arbitration Future Leaders – Partners”), a notable Italian lawyer in that field (Who’s Who Legal “Italy: Arbitration”) and an “Up and Coming” arbitrator (Chambers and Partner’s “Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators”). He has also been featured in The Legal 500’s Dispute Resolution Powerlist: Italy.

Fabio publishes regularly with prestigious academic reviews, such as ICSID Review, Journal of International Arbitration and Arbitration International. In 2014, his essay “The Emergency Arbitrator: a full-fledged arbitrator rendering an enforceable award?” was named a runner-up for the McGill University’s Nappert Prize, and, in 2012, his graduate dissertation on international arbitration was awarded the Padovani prize by the Italian Society of International and European Law.

Between 2021 and 2024, Fabio was a Regional Representative for Europe of ICC YAAF, ICC’s below 40 association and one of the largest association of that type in the world.

Fabio graduated summa cum laude from Bocconi University and obtained an LLM from the University of Cambridge. Before joining ArbLit, he was a member of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s International Arbitration Group and, prior to that, of Hogan Lovell’s M&A department in Milan.  He is fluent in English, and reads French, Spanish and Portuguese.