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Virginie COLAIUTA |
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LMS Legal LLP 4 New Street Square New Fetter Lane Tel: +44(0)7585996261 (Cell) virginie.colaiuta@lmslex.com
https://www.lmslex.com/
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Languages |
Italian, French (native); English (fluent) |
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Nationality |
Italy |
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Bar Admission |
New York - 2001
Paris - 2006
Solicitor, England & Wales - 2016 |
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Position |
Co-Chair of the International Construction Projects Committee of the International Bar Association |
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Education |
Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas (Doctorat - currently enrolled); University of Chicago (LLM - 1997); Università di Roma "La Sapienza" (Laurea in Giurisprudenza - 1994) |
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Academic Position |
Lecturer (Conflict of Laws and Investment Treaty Protections) - King's College London; Lecturer (Damages and Defects under French Law) - University of Stuttgart
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Experience as Counsel |
Numerous international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of ICC, SCC, LCIA, ICSID, EDF (European Development Fund)(energy and construction disputes) |
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Publications Relating to Arbitration |
• "Construction Contracts as 'investments' for the purposes of investment treaty arbitrations," in Transnational Construction Arbitration 98 (R. Nazzini ed., Taylor & Francis, 2017) (with W. L. Craig)
• "Expropriation of Contractual Rights in Investment Treaty Arbitration," in Transnational Construction Arbitration 111 (R. Nazzini ed., Taylor & Francis, 2017) (with M. Bollini)
• "The protection of legitimate expectations relating to investments in infrastructure projects," in Liber Amicorum en l’honneur de William Laurence Craig 57 (LexisNexis, 2016)
• "Construction contracts as 'investments' for the purposes of investment treaty arbitrations," in Van het Gebaande Pad, the Liber Amicorum in honour of Arent van Wassenaer (Instituut voor Bouzrecht, 2016)
• "When does a violation of the domestic law of the host state amount to a violation of a public international law principle in determining protection of investors' claims?," in Energy Dispute Resolution: Investment Protection, Transit and the Energy Charter Treaty, 3 (G. Coop ed., Juris Publishing, 2011)
• "The Similarity of Aims in the American and French Legal Systems with Respect to Arbitrators' Powers to Determine their Jurisdiction," in International Arbitration 2006: Back to Basics?, ICCA Congress Series No. 13, at 154 (Kluwer, 2008) |
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Other Connections with France |
Practised in France from 1999 to 2011 and qualified as Avocat à la Cour since 2001. |
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