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Pietro Grassi

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Work Department

Public International Law, Investor-State Arbitration, International Commercial Arbitration

Position

Pietro has significant experience in public international law, investor-State arbitration, and international commercial arbitration.

He has advised and represented corporations, individuals, and States on matters of public international law before national and international courts and tribunals, as well as arbitral tribunals constituted under major arbitration rules (e.g., ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SCC, and UNCITRAL).

He is also often engaged in pro bono litigation involving human rights issues.

Highlights of his career so far include securing US$455 million for a US-based bottle maker in an ICSID claim against a Latin American State, and successfully obtaining provisional measurers for a politically prosecuted South American individual  proceedings before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

Pietro is admitted to practice in both Brazil and Portugal, and he is a Registered Foreign Lawyer with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in England and Wales.

Career

Associate, Volterra Fietta, 2014; Associate, Morrison & Foerster, 2017; Associate, Signature Litigation, 2021.

Languages

English, Portuguese, Italian and Spanish.

Education

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Università di Bologna; The Hague Academy of International Law; LSE.