TEAM
FRANCISCO AMALLO
Partner
Buenos Aires
Francisco is a lawyer specialized in international dispute settlement and international business law with experience in foreign investment, oil and gas, construction, international sale and transport of goods, sports, and general corporate and financial transactions.
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English, and Portuguese.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE & L’INSTITUT DE HAUTES ÉTUDES, Geneva, Switzerland
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Dispute Settlement, 2010.
BUCERIUS LAW SCHOOL, Hamburg, Germany
International Exchange Program in Comparative and International Business Law, 2008.
UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Economic Business Law, 2008.
UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Law Degree, 2006.
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Dispute Settlement, 2010.
BUCERIUS LAW SCHOOL, Hamburg, Germany
International Exchange Program in Comparative and International Business Law, 2008.
UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Economic Business Law, 2008.
UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Law Degree, 2006.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ACADEMIA
UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Professor of Arbitration in Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Economic Business Law (2018-present).
Professor of Private International Law in Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Patrimonial Civil Law (2012-present).
Professor of International Arbitration in Law Degree (2012-present).
Professor of Private International Law in Law Degree (2007-present).
UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Professor of Private International Law in Law Degree (2015-present).
UNIVERSIDAD PRIVADA BOLIVIANA, La Paz, Bolivia
Professor on Applicable Law in International Arbitration in Postgraduate Diploma in International Arbitration (2015).
Latest publications and events:
Speaker at “Curso Abreviado de Arbitraje CCI” organized by ICC Argentina (Buenos Aires, November 2018). Topic: “Reconocimiento y ejecución de laudos”.
Speaker at conference on “Latin American Arbitration” organized by ICDR Y&I (London, October 2018). Topic: “Arbitrators and Judicial Courts”.
Speaker at conference on “Latin American Arbitration” organized by ICDR Y&I (Paris, October 2018). Topic: “Seats of Arbitration”.
Speaker at conference on “Confidencialidad y Transparencia en el Arbitraje Internacional” organized by ICC YAF (Cusco, May 2018). Topic: “Confidencialidad y transparencia en el arbitraje de inversiones.”
Speaker at “Jornadas sobre el procedimiento de arbitraje bajo el Reglamento CCI – Cuestiones prácticas” organized by Cámara Argentina de Comercio y Servicios and ICC Argentina (Buenos Aires, November 2017). Topic: “Técnicas para la conducción del arbitraje”.
Speaker at conference on “Toma de medidas cautelares en el Derecho Internacional Privado” organized by the Private International Law Institute of Colegio de Abogados de La Plata (Buenos Aires, November 2017). Topic: “Cuestiones prácticas sobre medidas cautelares internacionales”.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Recognized in Dispute Resolution by Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America.
Scholarship for Foreign Students granted by the Swiss Confederation.
Ecoscientia Foundation Scholarship granted by the Université de Genève & L’institut de Hautes Études.
Dana Beldiman Scholarship granted by Bucerius Law School.
ASSOCIATIONS
Francisco is admitted to practice in Argentina. He was a member of the Global Advisory Board (2014-2016) and is a member of the Executive Board of ICDR Young & International. He is also a member of the International Bar Association (IBA), the Argentine Association of International Law (AADI), the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF), the LCIA Young International Arbitration Group, the Swiss Arbitration Association: Groupe des Jeunes Praticiens de l'Arbitrage (ASA40), Young ICCA, and the Private International Law Institute of the Buenos Aires Bar.
Practice area
Arbitration & Litigation
International Law
Business Law
Sports & Entertainment