Camilla Gambarini

Senior associate | London

Camilla is a senior associate in our litigation and arbitration team.

Dual qualified as an Avvocato (Italy) and as a Solicitor (England & Wales), Camilla specialises in international arbitration (commercial and investment treaty) and public international law matters.

Before moving to London, she practised in Milan, Houston and New York. She 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, media and railway industries in different regions of the world, including Europe, Africa, CIS countries 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.

Her public international law experience includes advising companies and individuals on the protection of investments under international investment treaties, and sovereign States on boundary disputes, natural resources and sovereign immunity.

Camilla regularly assists clients in pro bono cases, including on human rights violations before domestic constitutional courts and the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies, securing recommendations to overturn a country’s total criminalization of abortion.

She is a recommended lawyer in 2021 Legal 500 UK and is ranked as a Who’s Who Legal – Arbitration Future Leader (Non Partner).

She served as Co-Chair of Young ICCA (2018-2020) and is the UK Coordinator of the Italian Arbitration Association AIA-Arbit below 40. She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitration and is on the board of the American Review of International Arbitration at Columbia Law School, on the Lexis PSL Arbitration Consulting Editorial Board and is an Editor of Jus Mundi.

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Camilla Gambarini, an associate with in the London office, has provided outstanding pro bono assistance in multiple matters pertaining to Latin America and Africa.

Legal 500 UK 2021

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Camilla delivers a consistently strong dedication and passion for international arbitration work.

Who's Who Legal 2021

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Camilla has a sharp mind.

Who's Who Legal 2021

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She has worked in very complex cases with remarkable ease.

Who's Who Legal 2021

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She is extremely talented and well known in the arbitration world.

Who's Who Legal 2021

Focus areas

Energy

Government

Asia Pacific

Italy

Middle East

North America

South America

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Representing Scholz in ICSID arbitration proceedings against the Kingdom of Morocco.

Representing Ukraine in UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings commenced by Olympic Entertainment SA.

Representing an Italian company in an investor-State arbitration against an African State.

Representing a football player in ICC arbitration proceedings.

Representing an Italian company in an ICC arbitration in relation to a multi-billion dollar railway and infrastructure project in Africa (London seat).

Representing an individual in an ICSID arbitration under a bilateral investment treaty in the media sector.

Advising a State in relation to discrimination issues arising under a human rights treaty.

Advising a State in a potential State-to-State dispute in relation to international environmental law issues.

Advising an international organisation in relation to EU-Russia sanctions.

Advising an international company in relation to Iran sanctions.

Representing a CIS State in two UNCITRAL arbitrations under the Energy Charter Treaty (London seat).

Representing African State in an UNCITRAL arbitration under an oil & gas production sharing agreement (London seat).

Representing a Russian aviation company in an LCIA arbitration in relation to alleged breaches of aircraft leasing agreements (London seat).

Representing a US company in a post-M&A ad hoc arbitration (Brussels seat).

Representing a US company in a gas pricing CIAC arbitration against a State-owned entity in Latin America (Paris seat).

Representing a Middle East group in the enforcement of an ICC award before Italian courts and related claw-back action in relation to breaches of apparel franchise agreement.

Drafting an amici brief with Stanford Law School Clinic in support of the Defendants in Nestlé v Doe in relation to the Alien Tort Statue in proceedings pending before the Supreme Court of the United States (pro bono).

Representing the Center for Reproductive Rights in amici briefs before the Constitutional Court of an African country (pro bono).

Successfully representing the Center for Reproductive Rights in amici briefs before the United Nations

Committee of the Rights of the Child in recommending El Salvador to decriminalise abortion (pro bono).

Successfully representing the Center for Reproductive Rights in amici briefs before the United Nations

Committee of the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in recommending El Salvador to decriminalise abortion (pro bono).

Representing the Center for Reproductive Rights in amici brief before the Constitutional Law in Chile in relation to women’s reproductive rights (pro bono).

Successfully representing a low-income client in appeal proceedings before the Employment Tribunal in England & Wales to obtain disability benefits (pro bono).

Successfully representing a federal inmate in the context of President Obama’s Clemency Project and obtained sentence commutation (pro bono).

Representing an individual in judicial review proceedings in Belize to abolish Belize’s sodomy law.

Assisting the IBA in the Eyewitness Project (pro bono).

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Italy, 2013

England and Wales, 2019

‘Withers public international law team files pro bono amici brief with United States Supreme Court in landmark case challenging restrictions to reproductive health and abortion access,’ Withers – September 29, 2021, co-author

‘Sovereign Wealth Funds: Transnational Regulation and Dispute Resolution’ Withers and British Institute of International and Comparative Law, Co-author, 2021.

‘Due Diligence in Investment Arbitration’, Jus Mundi Wiki Notes, forthcoming 2020.

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Young ICCA (Co-Chair 2018-2020)

AIA-ARBIT40 UK Coordinator (2020-2022)

International Bar Association

Young IAG

ICC Young Arbitrators Forum

British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Sede del Arbitraje y Ley Aplicable (Istituto Peruano de Arbitraje, Centro Internacional de Arbitraje deMadrid, 2 October 2020 (webinar).

Hearing: the Ultimate Test for an Arbitration Associate, Delos-Y, 2 October 2020 (webinar).

Environmental Protection and Human Rights Law Under Armenian BITs Armenia (American University in Armenia, Center for Dispute Resolution, ADR Clinic, 26 August 2020 (webinar).

ELSA Academy for International Investment Law, Athens Public International Law Center of the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 21 August 2020, (webinar).

The Italian Launch of the Code of Best Practices in Arbitration of the Spanish Arbitration Club (Club Español del Arbitraje Italy, 4 June 2020 (webinar).

Job Resources in Complex Times, Columbia Law School (Columbia International Arbitration Association, 24 April 2020 (webinar).

International Investment Disputes and Armenia (Armenia Center for Dispute Resolution, Yerevan, 4 September 2019.

L’importanza della scelta della giurisdizione, in particolare la sede dell’arbitrato - La importancia de la Sede de la Jurisdicción, en particular, la Sede Arbitral, CEA Mujeres Italia, Rome 4 July 2019.

Faster, Higher, Stronger – Shaping efficient procedures, AIJA 11th Annual Arbitration Conference, Zurich, 28 June 2018.

Arbitrato Internazionale: un Approccio Pratico, Assindustria Triveneto, Treviso, 17 May 2019.

IBA Rules v Prague Rules: Do Prague Rules provide a viable option in reducing the time and costs of international arbitration. An Oxford-Style Debate, ABA Section of International Law Annual Conference, Washington DC, 10 April 2019.

Third Party Funding in Investor State Arbitration: Can it be Regulated? Shall it be Regulated? (13th Juris Annual Investment Treaty Arbitration Conference, Washington DC, 8 April 2019.

Alternative Dispute Resolution: Consequences and The Cost of a Mistake, Russian Arbitration Center and the Russian School of Private Law, Ekaterinburg, 15 February 2019.

Interaction between UK Courts and the Enforcement of Investor-State Awards ad Orders, ICAC and YIAG Conference, Kiev, 5 October 2018

Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in England and Wales, ICAC and UNCITRAL Conference, New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: a 60 Years of Success, V International Arbitration Readings in Memory of Academician Igor Pobirchenko, Kiev, 4 October 2018.

Careers in International Arbitration, London School of Economics Arbitration Society Talk, London, 19 March 2018.

Hay vida despues de Achmea? - Is There Life After Achmea? (XIII Congreso del CEA-40; 13th Congress of CEA-40, Madrid, 10 June 2018.

Efficiency And Costs in International Arbitration: a Practicum, Young ICCA-CEA-40 Skills Training Workshop, Madrid, 22 September 2017.

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Education

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Laurea Magistrale in Giurisprudenza (2009)

The Graduate Institute, Geneva, Master in International Law (2011)

Columbia Law School, LL.M. (2014)

Parker School Recognition of Achievement in International and Comparative Law, LL.M.

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English
French
Italian
Spanish

Dates

Joined

2017

Recognition

London

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Insight

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09 May 2022 - Article

Draft opinion in the pending US Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked to the public

19 April 2022 - Article

The extension of the arbitration agreement to non-signatory parties

07 December 2021 - Article

Withers public international law team comments on the oral argument heard by United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

29 September 2021 - Article

Withers public international law team files pro bono amici brief with United States Supreme Court in landmark case challenging restrictions to reproductive health and abortion access

21 January 2021 - Article

International arbitration in the time of coronavirus: a look back at 2020

25 November 2020 - Article

Withers public international law team files pro bono amicus brief with US Supreme Court in case tackling human rights violations in the global chocolate industry

15 January 2019 - Article

Looking back on arbitration in 2018

17 October 2018 - Firm News

Withers assists Center for Reproductive Rights on securing United Nations recommendation to decriminalise abortion in El Salvador

23 October 2018 - Article

International Arbitration and why it matters for Italians doing business abroad

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Cristina Pagni

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Camilla Gambarini

Senior associate | London

Focus areas

Energy

Government

Asia Pacific

Italy

Middle East

North America

South America

Education

Languages

Dates

Recognition

London

Insight

Draft opinion in the pending US Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization leaked to the public

The extension of the arbitration agreement to non-signatory parties

Withers public international law team comments on the oral argument heard by United States Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

Withers public international law team files pro bono amici brief with United States Supreme Court in landmark case challenging restrictions to reproductive health and abortion access

International arbitration in the time of coronavirus: a look back at 2020

Withers public international law team files pro bono amicus brief with US Supreme Court in case tackling human rights violations in the global chocolate industry

Looking back on arbitration in 2018

Withers assists Center for Reproductive Rights on securing United Nations recommendation to decriminalise abortion in El Salvador

International Arbitration and why it matters for Italians doing business abroad

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Eleni Polycarpou

Lesley Timms

Matilde Rota

Hussein Haeri

Ruzin Dagli

Sidney Ross

Sinead Harris

Yousra Salem

Emma Lindsay

Cristina Pagni

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