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Ruggero Rubino Sammartano

Ruggero Rubino Sammartano
  • Avocat aux Barreaux de Milan et Paris.
    International Arbitratort
    Of Counsel
  • Adresse
    MCE Avocats (Lausanne)
    Rue du Grand-Chêne 1
    Case postale 1106
    1001 Lausanne
  • Langue(s) parlée(s)
    IT / EN/ FR / EN / DE / ES

Biography

Ruggero Rubino Sammartano is a lawyer qualified in Italy and France and international arbitrator with experience in cross-border litigation, international arbitration, corporate governance and strategic business advisory. He advises corporations, shareholders, entrepreneurs and international investors in domestic and multi-jurisdictional matters, particularly involving Switzerland, Italy, France and other many other jurisdictions.

His activity focuses primarily on international commercial arbitration, shareholders’ disputes, corporate litigation, governance matters, contractual negotiations and cross-border enforcement strategies. He also regularly assists clients in mediation procedures and negotiated settlements involving sensible disputes. Over the years, Ruggero Rubino Sammartano has developed particular expertise in disputes involving international corporate structures, technology-related matters, digital assets, fiduciary structures and regulated sectors.

His professional background combines litigation and arbitration practice with strategic advisory work for international businesses and boards of directors, allowing him to approach legal issues with both technical rigor and commercial pragmatism. He is actively involved in several initiatives connected with arbitration and international legal cooperation, including academic and institutional activities relating to ADR and international dispute resolution.

Practice areas

Arbitrage

Litigation & Arbitration

International Commercial Arbitration

droit des sociétés

Corporate & Commercial Law

droit des marchés public

Shareholders’ Disputes

droit des sociétés

Corporate Governance

droit des contrats

International Contracts

Médiation

Mediation & ADR

Cross-Border Litigation

Poursuite et faillite

Enforcement Proceedings

Swiss-Italian Legal Affairs

    Professional Activities

    • Co-editor of the legal journal *Il Foro Padano*

      Since 2020

    • President of the European Court of Arbitration, Strasbourg, France

      Since 2025

    • Director of the Scientific Committee of the Forensic Arbitration Chamber of the Milan Bar Association

      Depuis 2025

    • Member of the International Commission of the Milan Bar Association

      Since 2019

    • Coach of the University of Milan-Bicocca team for the Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot – Subject Expert

      Since 2017

    Articles, Publications & Conferences

    Forse una decisione « ultra-ultra vires » ? Un commento alla sentenza della Corte costituzionale tedesca 2 BVR 859/15 del 5 maggio 2020 – CRINT Bulletin, I, 2020 (Une décision « ultra-ultra vires » peut-être ?

    Comment to German Constitutional Court’s judgment BVR 859/15 of the Second Senate dated 5 May 2020)

    Practitioner’s Handbook on International Commercial Arbitration, 3e éd., coéditeur du chapitre italien, éd. gén. Frank-Bernd Weigand

    Oxford University Press 2019

    Italy dans Statute Of Limitations In International Commercial Claims dir. David Franklin, Thomson Reuters

    2016

    Il était une fois les montagnes russes – la médiation à l’italienne

    Paris Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 2, 2014

    Italian compulsory mediation: an example to be followed?

    IBA Mediation news – Sep. 2012 Issue

    Costi, interessi e maggior danno (Costs, interest and higher damages) to Arbitrato, Conciliazione e A.D.R. (Arbitration Mediation and ADR), Gen. Ed. Mauro Rubino-Sammartano

    Zanichelli 2009
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