ProfessorsMaria Beatrice Deli is a distinguished scholar in her fields of expertise: international law and private law. On account of her unmistakable qualifications in the academic arena, our partners have been often retained by both private companies and sovereign States to serve as expert witness in commercial litigation and international arbitration.

Our partners have been retained, among others, in the following proceedings:

• Silver Ridge Power BV v. the Italian Republic, ICSID No. ARB/15/37. Investment Treaty Arbitration pending before the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Retained by the Italian Republic (defendant).
• Belenergia S.A. v. the Italian Republic, ICSID No. ARB/15/40. Investment Treaty Arbitration pending before the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. Retained by the Italian Republic (defendant).
• CEF Energia B.V. v. the Italian Republic, SCC Arbitration No. V 2015/158. Investment Treaty Arbitration pending before the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Retained by the Italian Republic (defendant).
• Angiolillo et al. v. Christies, Inc. et al., No. 650871/2015.
  Civil action pending before the Commercial Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York. Retained by Clarick Gueron Reisbaum LLP & Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP (lawyers for the defendants), New York City, NY, U.S.
• Cataldo Pirito v. Penn Engineering World Holdings et al<, No. 2:09 – CV – 02396 (SD). Civil action before The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Retained by Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP (lawyers for the defendant), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.