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Biography

Loretta Malintoppi is an independent arbitrator and a member of 39 Essex Chambers, based in Singapore. Loretta is dual-qualified (Paris and Rome Bars) and specializes in international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and public international law. She sits as arbitrator in proceedings under several arbitration rules, including ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, SIAC, LCIA and DIAC. Loretta also appears as counsel and advocate in state-to-state disputes before the International Court of Justice and in ad hoc arbitrations. She was a member for Italy of the ICC International Court of Arbitration from 2000 to 2009 and served as a vice president of the ICC Court from 2009 until 30 June 2015. Currently, she is a vice-president of ICCA and a member of the ICCA governing board, a member of the Council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, a member of the Council of the Milan Chamber of Arbitration and a member of the governing board of the Center for International Law of Singapore National University (CIL-NUS). Loretta is one of the co-authors of The ICSID Convention – A Commentary, published by Cambridge University Press in 2009 and one of editors and co-authors of the third edition of the same book, published in September 2023. She is also a member of the editorial board of The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, editor of the International Litigation in Practice series, and a member of the advisory board of the Singapore Arbitration Journal .