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Paolo Marzolini

Paolo Marzolini

Position

Jan. 2014 –         Partner with PATOCCHI & MARZOLINI, Geneva

2013 –                  Member of the Advisory Board of ArbIt Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR (former Co-chair, 2015-2016)

Jun. 2020 –         Member of the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre

Jul. 2022 –          Member of the Special Committee of the Court of the Swiss Arbitration Centre

Career

Mar. 2007 / Dec. 2013         Associate (and subsequently Senior Associate) with Lenz & Staehelin, Geneva office, involved in several arbitration proceedings as counsel and arbitrator

Jan. 2012 / Jul. 2012           Associate (Secondee) with Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP London office; member of the International Dispute Team headed by Lord Goldsmith KC

Sept. 2005 / Feb. 2007        Head Counsel at the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan in charge of administering over 150 arbitration proceedings (domestic as well as international)

Aug. 2003 / Aug. 2005         Counsel at the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan

May 2004                             Member of the Committee “Contratti – tipo” of the Milan Chamber of Commerce

Jul. 2002 / Jul. 2004             Assistant to Prof. Elisabetta Silvestri, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Comparative civil procedure and (Italian) civil procedure

Languages

English, Italian, French, Spanish

Education

2010                     Graduated Swiss Arbitration Academy

2002                     Graduated “Università degli Studi”, Pavia (Italy)

2001                     Université de Paris 1 (“Pantheon – Sorbonne”), Institute of International and Comparative Law, International Litigation and Arbitration organised by Cornell University

1995     Liceo Classico “Melchiorre Gioia”, Piacenza (Italy)

Mentions

Switzerland

Dispute resolution: arbitration