CURRICULUM VITAE – SPRING 2014 Family name: de Stefano

CURRICULUM VITAE – SPRING 2014
Family name: de Stefano
Given name: Carlo
Gender: male
Date of birth: 10th January 1987
Citizenship: Italian
Email address: [email protected]; [email protected].
Qualifications
Ph.D. in International Law and Economics (2012- )
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan.
Thesis: The Colour of Authority: State Entities in International Arbitration; Supervisor: Prof.
Giorgio Sacerdoti.
Visiting Researcher Program (Spring 2014)
Yale Law School, New Haven (CT).
Auditor of the courses on International Investment Law and International Commercial Arbitration
(Prof. W. Michael Reisman).
Editor of the Yale Journal of International Law.
Combined Bachelor and Master of Science in Law (2006-2011)
Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan.
Graduation mark: 110/110 summa cum laude.
Thesis: Jurisdictional Immunity of Foreign States and Commercial Transactions (in English).
Advisor: Prof. Giorgio Sacerdoti. Co-advisor: Dr. Anna De Luca. Thesis awarded with the “Daniele
Padovani” Prize 2012 of the Italian Society of International Law (SIDI) and the right of publication.
Exchange Program (Fall 2010)
University of California – Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco (CA).
(Registered exams: Remedies; Comparative Law; Climate Change; Legislative Process).
Awards and Scholarships
Sep 2012 Ph.D. Fellowship, Università Commerciale “Luigi Bocconi”
Sep 2013
Bocconi Ph.D. Award (International Law and Economics)
Jul 2013
Laureate of the Arbitration Academy Prize
Mar 2013
Freshfields Prize (Italy)
Jun 2012
“Daniele Padovani” Prize, Italian Society of International Law (SIDI)
Further Studies
Jul 2013
Aug 2012
International Academy of Arbitration Law, Paris (Université Panthéon-Assas,
SciencesPo)
International Arbitration Summer Courses
General Course: “The Perspective of the Arbitrator” (Prof. David D. Caron).
The Hague Academy of International Law
Summer Programme (Private International Law Session)
General Course: “The Law of Open Societies – Private Ordering and Public
Regulation of International Relations” (Prof. Jürgen Basedow).
Nov-Dec 2011
Roma Tre University
“International Organizations and the Settlement of Economic Disputes”,
Director: Prof. A. Di Blase. Discussants: P. Acconci, F. MacMillan, E.U.
Petersmann, A. Reinisch, G. Sacerdoti, V. Vadi.
Oct-Nov 2011
Rome Bar Association and “Associazione Italiana per l'Arbitrato”
“Institutional Course on Arbitration”. Discussants: A. Auricchio, P.
Bernardini, A. Carlevaris, C. Carrara, D. Corapi, F. Emanuele, A. Giardina.
Research Interests
Public Int'l Law, Private Int'l Law, Int'l Commercial Arbitration, Int'l Investment Law, European
Union Law, Int'l Trade Law.
Publications
ARTICLES
Arbitration Agreements as Waivers to Sovereign Immunity, 30(1) Arbitration International 59
(2014)
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Arbitration Under Article 21.3(c) of the DSU, China - Countervailing and Anti-dumping Duties on
Grain Oriented Flat-Rolled Electrical Steel from the United States (China - GOES), WT/DS414/12,
3 May 2013, 23 The Italian Yearbook of International Law (2013) [forthcoming]
The Proper Law Applicable to Arbitration Agreements: The Conflict-of-Laws Approach Adopted by
English Judges, in Rivista dell'Arbitrato (2014) [forthcoming]
ESSAYS
The Parties’ Right to Appoint 'Their' Arbitrator in an International Arbitration Proceeding,
http://www.arbitrationacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Runner-up-Carlo-de-Stefano.pdf
(International Academy for Arbitration Law - Comité Français de l'Arbitrage)
Working Papers
Corporate Nationality in Investment Arbitration Between Treaty Shopping and Abusive
Restructuring
The Legitimacy Issue of Setter Bodies in International Financial Law
Freedom of Establishment of Companies under European Union Law
Conferences as Speaker
"Corporate Nationality in International Investment Law", Graduate Programs Advanced Legal
Studies Seminar, 27 March 2014, Yale Law School, New Haven (CT).
"Host States vis-à-vis Investors' Treaty Shopping", presentation at the 4th Biennial Global
Conference, Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), Bern, World Trade Institute, 10-12
July 2014.
Work Experience
Jan 2012 - May 2013
"Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners", Piazza Belgioioso n.
2, Milan. Practice: Litigation and Arbitration, M&A (Avv. Alberto
Nanni)
Oct - Dec 2011
"Studio Legale Sassani", Via XX Settembre n. 3, Rome. Practice:
Litigation and Arbitration (Prof. Avv. Bruno Sassani)
Mar - Jun 2011
“Marini, Salsi, Picciau” (now “K&L Gates”, Piazza San Marco n. 1),
Milan. Practice: Contracts, Litigation and Arbitration, M&A.
Teaching Assistantship
2013-2014
2012-2013
2011-2012
Teaching assistant of International Trade Law, Bocconi University
(Professor Giorgio Sacerdoti)
Teaching assistant of International Law, Bocconi University
(Professors Claudio Dordi and Yane Svetiev)
Voluntary assistant of International Trade Law, Bocconi University
(Professor Giorgio Sacerdoti)
Voluntary assistant of International Law, Roma Tre University
(Professor Antonietta Di Blase)
Other International Experiences
Apr 2013
Oikos Model World Trade Organization, St. Gallen – Geneva.
Mar 2010
National Model United Nations, New York City (Bocconi University team
member).
Aug 2009
Alliance Française, Nice: French language course (level B2).
May 2009
Milan International Model United Nations, Milan.
Mar 2009
Geneva International Model United Nations, Geneva.
Jul-Aug 2008
Embassy CES International School, New York City: English language course.
Jul-Aug 2007
EF International School, Cambridge, UK: English language course.
Language Skills
ENGLISH: Excellent
June 2013: TOEFL iBT score 103
March 2012: Legal English Certificate (Just Legal Services, Milan)
December 2009: Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English (C1)
FRENCH: Fluent (B2)
ITALIAN: Native speaker
IT Skills
European Computer Driving Licence (December 2008).
Other Activities
 Representative of Ph.D. students of the Department of Legal Studies “Angelo Sraffa”,
Bocconi University.
 Ambassador of the International Academy for Arbitration Law.
 Representative of the Exchange students at “Hastings International and Comparative Law
Society”.
 Founder of “Bocconi-student International Law Society” (B.I.L.S.).
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Editor of “Tra i leoni”, student newspaper edited by Bocconi University.
Contributor of "Redacció", student newspaper of ESADE University, Barcelona.
Representative of the students of the School of Law Council, Bocconi University.
Bocconi University, Course of Philosophy “Mankind in the Age of Technology” (Prof.
Emanuele Severino) – Apr-May 2010.
City of Rome: Award as graduate with the maximum of marks – May 2007.
Liceo ginnasio “Ennio Quirino Visconti”, Rome: Scholarship of Excellence “Legato
Crivelli” – Dec 2006.
Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa & Trento University: University Orientation Course,
Rovereto, Italy – Sep 2005.
Liceo ginnasio “Tito Lucrezio Caro”, Rome: Representative of the students – 2002-03.
“Guido Castelnuovo” Institute, Faculty of Maths, Sapienza University, Rome: Olympics of
Maths – Mar 2003.
Liceo scientifico “Amedeo Avogadro”, Rome: Games of Math – Dec 2000.
Music courses at Accademia Filarmonica Romana – 1993-2003.
Events Organised
 “International Arbitration Seminars” (cycle of five conferences on international
commercial and investment arbitration), Bocconi University. Discussants: A. Atteritano, S.
Azzali, M. Benedettelli, S. Brekoulakis, C. Cavallini, A. De Luca, D. Fernandez-Arroyo, S.
Kröll, G. Iudica, A. Mourre, P.M. Patocchi, L. Radicati di Brozolo, G. Sacerdoti, M.M.
Winkler – Nov 2012 - May 2013.
 “Chadha and the Legislative Veto”, Bocconi University. Discussants: Michael B. Salerno
(UC Hastings College of the Law), Giuseppe Franco Ferrari –24th Nov 2011.
 School of Law Conference on “Global Law”, Bocconi University. Discussants: Sabino
Cassese, Antonio Gambaro, Giorgio Sacerdoti – 17th May 2011.
 School of Law Conference on “Law and Territory”, Bocconi University. Discussants: Prof.
Francesco Galgano, Angelo Busani (Notary Public), Luigi Ferrarella (Corriere della Sera),
Prof. Giovanni Iudica, Avv. Giuseppe Lombardi, Avv. Elisabetta Lunati (Banca
IntesaSanpaolo), Prof. Piergaetano Marchetti, H.E. Alessandro Minuto Rizzo (Ambassador),
Judge Stefano Schirò (Corte di Cassazione) – 24th Mar 2011.
 “International Criminal Justice”, Bocconi University. Discussants: Paola Gaeta, Giorgio
Sacerdoti – 25th Feb 2011.