Camilla Gambarini

Special counsel | London


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Camilla is a special counsel in our public international law and international arbitration team.

Dual qualified as Avvocato (Italy) and Solicitor Advocate (England & Wales), Camilla specialises in public international law and international arbitration.

Camilla's expertise in public international law covers boundary disputes, cultural heritage, human rights, international environmental law, international humanitarian law, international investment law, law of the sea, natural resources, sanctions, sovereign immunity, statehood issues and treaty law. Camilla regularly assists clients in pro bono human rights cases before constitutional courts, the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies and regional human rights courts. She has advised NGOs and States before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice in relation to the Advisory Opinions on Climate Change. For her work in public international law, Chambers UK ranked Camilla since 2023 and in 2025 as "Up and Coming". Clients describe her as "incredibly thoughtful, dedicated, very knowledgeable". She is "responsive, and brings a personal commitment and excitement to the work she does". Since 2021, Legal 500 UK ranked Camilla for her work in public international law.


In the international arbitration field, she assists clients from both civil and common law jurisdictions and has represented individuals, companies, States and State-owned entities in international arbitrations across a range of sectors, including the apparel, aviation, energy, gambling, infrastructure, insurance, metal, oil & gas, and railway industries in different regions of the world, particularly Africa, CIS countries, MENA and Latin America. She has experience of international commercial and investment arbitrations under the auspices of the CAM, CIAC, ICC, ICSID, LCIA and UNCITRAL rules. For her work in international arbitration, since 2021 she has been ranked in Who's Who Legal (now Lexology) and since 2023 as Global Elite Below 45 (top 5%).

Camilla is involved in arbitration associations and editorial boards. She served as Co-Chair of Young ICCA (2018-2020) and as UK Coordinator of the Italian Arbitration Association AIA-Arbit below 40 (2020-2025). She serves on the Executive Committee of the Rising Arbitration Initiative (RAI) and the Next Generation Committee of the Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers (REAL) group. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration and is on the board of the American Review of International Arbitration at Columbia Law School, the Lexis PSL Arbitration Consulting Editorial Board, the Editorial Board of Brill Research Perspectives in International Investment Law and Arbitration. She is an Editor of Jus Mundi Wiki Notes on Investment Arbitration and is one of the Co-Chairs of the Annual Juris Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration.

She regularly speaks at major international arbitration conferences and lectures at the Catholic University of Milan (Master in International Business) on international arbitration and ADR. She accepts appointments as an arbitrator.