Loretta Malintoppi*

Year of Call 1987 (Rome)

Loretta Malintoppi*

Year of Call 1987 (Rome)

Profile

An Italian lawyer by training, Loretta has an LLM from Georgetown University Law Centre in Washington DC and is dually qualified, at the Rome and Paris Bars. Loretta has also been registered to practise in Singapore since 2012. Ranked in Chambers Asia- Pacific 2024 Most in demand Arbitrators as ‘a highly regarded arbitrator known for handling high-profile cases‘, Loretta sits as arbitrator in arbitrations under a variety of arbitration rules, including International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”), International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), The United Nations Commission on Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”), London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (“SCC”), Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM) and Dubai International Arbitration Chamber (”DIAC”). Loretta also regularly appears as counsel and advocate in State-to-State disputes before the International Court of Justice and in ad hoc inter-State arbitrations. Aside from her native Italian, Loretta is fluent in English, French and Spanish and conducts procedures in all of these languages.

Prior to focusing on her career as arbitrator, Loretta acted for twenty-five years as counsel and advocate in international commercial arbitration with a major international law firm based in Paris. Her practice was particularly focused on public international law matters, infrastructure projects, oil and gas concessions, international sales contracts, disputes arising out of shareholders agreements, and construction projects under FIDIC contracts.

Loretta was a Member for Italy of the ICC International Court of Arbitration from 2000 to 2009 and a Vice-President of the ICC Court from 2009 until June 2015. Loretta was nominated as ICCA Vice-President in 2022 for a term of two years, and has been a member of the Governing Board of ICCA from 2017 to 2021. She also sits as a member of the Council of the CAM, the International Arbitration Committee of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB International), the Arbitration Committee of the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVI IAC) and the Council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law. She is also a Member of the Governing Board for the Centre for International Law (CIL) of the National University of Singapore (NUS). Loretta was designated by the Chairman of the Administrative Council of the World Bank to the ICSID List of Arbitrators.

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Appointments

  • Member of the Governing Board for the Centre for International Law (“CIL”) of the National University of Singapore (“NUS”);
  • Vice-President (until 1 April 2024) and member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (“ICCA”);
  • Member of the Council of the ICC Business Institute;
  • Member of the International Arbitration Committee of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB International);
  • Member of the Arbitration Committee of the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Committee (BVI IAC);
  • Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration;
  • Former co-Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration’s Task Force on Production of Electronic Documents in International Arbitration;
  • Former member of the Special Drafting Committee of the ICC Task Force on Arbitration Involving States or State Entities;
  • Member of the ICC Latin American Arbitration Group.

Publications

  • Schreuer’s Commentary on the ICSID Convention, Third Revised Edition, General editor Stephan W. Schill, co-editors Christoph Schreuer, Loretta Malintoppi, August Reinisch and Anthony Sinclair, Cambridge University Press, September 2022;
  • The ICSID Convention: A Commentary, Second Edition, by Christoph Schreuer, Loretta Malintoppi, August Reinisch and Anthony Sinclair, Cambridge University Press, 2009;
  • Investment Protection in Southeast Asia: A Country-by-Country Guide on Arbitration Laws and Bilateral Investment Treaties, editor, with Charis Tan, Martinus Nijhoff, 2017;
  • “L’arbitre fait du chaos une force a l’aune de l’impartialité, de l’indépendance et de l’immunité”, Revue de l’arbitrage 2024 no. 2;
  • “Don’t Shoot the Sheriff: The Threat of Legal Claims Against Arbitrators and Arbitral Institutions”, Arbitration International, 2021, 37, pp. 487–501;
  • “L’arbitrato in materia di investimenti davanti ad istituzioni arbitrali diverse dall’ICSID”, co-authored with Pierfrancesco Rossi, Trattato di Diritto dell’Arbitrato Prof. Mantucci (ed.), Volume XIII, L’arbitrato negli investimenti internazionali (2020);
  • “The Application of Mandatory Rules by Arbitral Tribunals Under Singapore Law: A Need for Greater Certainty?” co-authored with Alvin Yap, in Singapore Arbitration Journal, Vol. 1, November 2019 pp. 55-82;
  • Challenges of Arbitrators in International Investment Arbitration; Still Work in Progress?” co-authored with Alvin Yap, in Arbitration Under international Investment Agreements; A Guide to the Key Issues, Katia Yannaca-Small ed.,2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2018;
  • “Inter-State Arbitration of Disputed Sovereignty and Maritime Delimitation Issues”, paper delivered at the ICCA Congress 2016, ICCA Congress Series, 2017, pp. 45-76;
  • “Fact-Finding and Evidence before the International Court of Justice (Notably in Scientific-Related Disputes)”, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2016, 7 (2), pp. 421-444;
  • “A Cautionary Tale: the Singapore and Hong Kong Chapters of the Astro v First Media Saga”, Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage 2015-4;
  • “Is there an ‘Asian Way’ for Investor-State Dispute Resolution?”, KLRCA Newsletter 19, July-September 2015;
  • “Challenges of Arbitrators: Lessons from the ICC”, co-authored with Andrea Carlevaris, in Challenges and Recusal of Judges and Arbitrators, C. Giorgetti ed., Brill 2015;
  • “The Non-Disputing State Party in Investment Arbitration: An Interested Player or the Third Man Out?”, co-authored with Hussein Haeri, in Practising Virtue, Inside International Arbitration, D. Caron, S. W. Schill, A. C. Smutney, E. E. Triantafilou, Oxford University Press, 2015;
  • “Living in Glass Houses? The Debate on Transparency in International Investment Arbitration”, co-authored with Natalie Limbasan, Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration Review, Vol. 1, May 2015, N. 2, p. 31;
  • “La procédure arbitrale devant le CIRDI et hors CIRDI: une comparaison”, Droit international des investissements et arbitrage trans-national, Ch. Leben ed., Pedone, 2015;
  • “Regards croisés sur la mise en oeuvre des techniques interprétatives de la norme internationale – Les techniques interprétatives du CIRDI”, Revue Générale de Droit International Public, Vol. 115, 2011, N° 2;
  • “The Algiers Accords and the Iran-US Claims Tribunal (1981)”, World Arbitration Reporter (WAR), 2d edition, JurisNet LLC 2011;
  • “Unlawful interference with international arbitration by national courts of the seat in the aftermath of Saipem v Bangladesh“, co-authored with Luca Radicati di Brozolo, in Liber Amicorum Bernardo Cremades, La Ley, 2010;
  • “Provisional Measures in Recent ICSID Proceedings: What Parties Request and What Tribunals Order”, in International Investment Law for the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Christoph Schreuer, Oxford University Press, 2009;
  • “Independence, Impartiality and Duty of Disclosure in Investment Arbitration”, in Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law, P. Muchlinski, F. Ortino and C. Schreuer eds., Oxford University Press, 2008;
  • “Methods of Dispute Resolution”, co-authored with A. Reinisch, in Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law, P. Muchlinski, F. Ortino and C. Schreuer eds., Oxford University Press, 2008;
  • “Methods of Dispute Resolution in Inter-State Litigation: When States go to Arbitration Rather Than Adjudication”, The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol. 5, 2006;
  • La jurisprudencia arbitral de la CCI relativa a los contratos de Estado”, in Revista de Arbitragem e Mediaçao, Ano 1, n.2, maio-agosto de 2004, p. 186;
  • Editor, International Litigation in Practice Series, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers;
  • Member of the editorial board, The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers;
  • Member of the editorial advisory board, Journal of World Investment and Trade.

Additional Information

Teaching Positions and Speaking Engagements

  • Faculty Member of the Roma Tre University Certificate in International, Commercial and Investment Arbitration, 8th edition, 2021;
  • Lecturer on international investment arbitration at the Singapore International Arbitration Academy 2014;
  • Senior lecturer on international investment arbitration in the Master Degree on economic law at Science Po Law School, Paris, 2010-2012;
  • Regular lecturer at the Master on Arbitrage & Commerce international of the Faculté de droit et de science politique of the Université de Versailles – Saint-Quentin;
  • Regular guest lecturer at the Université de Nanterre (Paris X);
  • Lecturer at the Université de droit, d’économie et des sciences sociales de Paris (Paris II), 1988-1990, course on Italian law;
  • Frequent guest lecturer in the Law Schools of the Universities of Verona, Padova, Treviso and Catania;
  • Frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on public international law, investment arbitration and international commercial arbitration.

Languages

  • Italian, mother tongue
  • French, fluent
  • English, fluent
  • Spanish, fluent

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Appointments

  • Member of the Governing Board for the Centre for International Law (“CIL”) of the National University of Singapore (“NUS”);
  • Vice-President (until 1 April 2024) and member of the Governing Board of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (“ICCA”);
  • Member of the Council of the ICC Business Institute;
  • Member of the International Arbitration Committee of the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board (KCAB International);
  • Member of the Arbitration Committee of the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Committee (BVI IAC);
  • Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration;
  • Former co-Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration’s Task Force on Production of Electronic Documents in International Arbitration;
  • Former member of the Special Drafting Committee of the ICC Task Force on Arbitration Involving States or State Entities;
  • Member of the ICC Latin American Arbitration Group.

Publications

  • Schreuer’s Commentary on the ICSID Convention, Third Revised Edition, General editor Stephan W. Schill, co-editors Christoph Schreuer, Loretta Malintoppi, August Reinisch and Anthony Sinclair, Cambridge University Press, September 2022;
  • The ICSID Convention: A Commentary, Second Edition, by Christoph Schreuer, Loretta Malintoppi, August Reinisch and Anthony Sinclair, Cambridge University Press, 2009;
  • Investment Protection in Southeast Asia: A Country-by-Country Guide on Arbitration Laws and Bilateral Investment Treaties, editor, with Charis Tan, Martinus Nijhoff, 2017;
  • “L’arbitre fait du chaos une force a l’aune de l’impartialité, de l’indépendance et de l’immunité”, Revue de l’arbitrage 2024 no. 2;
  • “Don’t Shoot the Sheriff: The Threat of Legal Claims Against Arbitrators and Arbitral Institutions”, Arbitration International, 2021, 37, pp. 487–501;
  • “L’arbitrato in materia di investimenti davanti ad istituzioni arbitrali diverse dall’ICSID”, co-authored with Pierfrancesco Rossi, Trattato di Diritto dell’Arbitrato Prof. Mantucci (ed.), Volume XIII, L’arbitrato negli investimenti internazionali (2020);
  • “The Application of Mandatory Rules by Arbitral Tribunals Under Singapore Law: A Need for Greater Certainty?” co-authored with Alvin Yap, in Singapore Arbitration Journal, Vol. 1, November 2019 pp. 55-82;
  • Challenges of Arbitrators in International Investment Arbitration; Still Work in Progress?” co-authored with Alvin Yap, in Arbitration Under international Investment Agreements; A Guide to the Key Issues, Katia Yannaca-Small ed.,2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2018;
  • “Inter-State Arbitration of Disputed Sovereignty and Maritime Delimitation Issues”, paper delivered at the ICCA Congress 2016, ICCA Congress Series, 2017, pp. 45-76;
  • “Fact-Finding and Evidence before the International Court of Justice (Notably in Scientific-Related Disputes)”, Journal of International Dispute Settlement, 2016, 7 (2), pp. 421-444;
  • “A Cautionary Tale: the Singapore and Hong Kong Chapters of the Astro v First Media Saga”, Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage 2015-4;
  • “Is there an ‘Asian Way’ for Investor-State Dispute Resolution?”, KLRCA Newsletter 19, July-September 2015;
  • “Challenges of Arbitrators: Lessons from the ICC”, co-authored with Andrea Carlevaris, in Challenges and Recusal of Judges and Arbitrators, C. Giorgetti ed., Brill 2015;
  • “The Non-Disputing State Party in Investment Arbitration: An Interested Player or the Third Man Out?”, co-authored with Hussein Haeri, in Practising Virtue, Inside International Arbitration, D. Caron, S. W. Schill, A. C. Smutney, E. E. Triantafilou, Oxford University Press, 2015;
  • “Living in Glass Houses? The Debate on Transparency in International Investment Arbitration”, co-authored with Natalie Limbasan, Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration Review, Vol. 1, May 2015, N. 2, p. 31;
  • “La procédure arbitrale devant le CIRDI et hors CIRDI: une comparaison”, Droit international des investissements et arbitrage trans-national, Ch. Leben ed., Pedone, 2015;
  • “Regards croisés sur la mise en oeuvre des techniques interprétatives de la norme internationale – Les techniques interprétatives du CIRDI”, Revue Générale de Droit International Public, Vol. 115, 2011, N° 2;
  • “The Algiers Accords and the Iran-US Claims Tribunal (1981)”, World Arbitration Reporter (WAR), 2d edition, JurisNet LLC 2011;
  • “Unlawful interference with international arbitration by national courts of the seat in the aftermath of Saipem v Bangladesh“, co-authored with Luca Radicati di Brozolo, in Liber Amicorum Bernardo Cremades, La Ley, 2010;
  • “Provisional Measures in Recent ICSID Proceedings: What Parties Request and What Tribunals Order”, in International Investment Law for the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Christoph Schreuer, Oxford University Press, 2009;
  • “Independence, Impartiality and Duty of Disclosure in Investment Arbitration”, in Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law, P. Muchlinski, F. Ortino and C. Schreuer eds., Oxford University Press, 2008;
  • “Methods of Dispute Resolution”, co-authored with A. Reinisch, in Oxford Handbook of International Investment Law, P. Muchlinski, F. Ortino and C. Schreuer eds., Oxford University Press, 2008;
  • “Methods of Dispute Resolution in Inter-State Litigation: When States go to Arbitration Rather Than Adjudication”, The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol. 5, 2006;
  • La jurisprudencia arbitral de la CCI relativa a los contratos de Estado”, in Revista de Arbitragem e Mediaçao, Ano 1, n.2, maio-agosto de 2004, p. 186;
  • Editor, International Litigation in Practice Series, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers;
  • Member of the editorial board, The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers;
  • Member of the editorial advisory board, Journal of World Investment and Trade.

Additional Information

Teaching Positions and Speaking Engagements

  • Faculty Member of the Roma Tre University Certificate in International, Commercial and Investment Arbitration, 8th edition, 2021;
  • Lecturer on international investment arbitration at the Singapore International Arbitration Academy 2014;
  • Senior lecturer on international investment arbitration in the Master Degree on economic law at Science Po Law School, Paris, 2010-2012;
  • Regular lecturer at the Master on Arbitrage & Commerce international of the Faculté de droit et de science politique of the Université de Versailles – Saint-Quentin;
  • Regular guest lecturer at the Université de Nanterre (Paris X);
  • Lecturer at the Université de droit, d’économie et des sciences sociales de Paris (Paris II), 1988-1990, course on Italian law;
  • Frequent guest lecturer in the Law Schools of the Universities of Verona, Padova, Treviso and Catania;
  • Frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on public international law, investment arbitration and international commercial arbitration.

Languages

  • Italian, mother tongue
  • French, fluent
  • English, fluent
  • Spanish, fluent

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Areas Of Expertise

Loretta’s experience as arbitrator in international commercial arbitration, includes acting as Sole Arbitrator, presiding arbitrator and party-appointed arbitrator in numerous international commercial arbitrations over the last thirty years. She sat as arbitrator and chair in arbitral proceedings under a variety of rules, including: International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”), London Court of International Arbitration (“LCIA”), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”), Dubai International Arbitration Chamber (“DIAC”), Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (“SCC”) and Milan Chamber of Arbitration (“CAM”).

The cases concern disputes arising from a variety of international transactions (including automative industry disputes, construction contracts, infrastructure projects, international sale of goods, agency, oil and gas, pharma and life sciences, procurement, shareholders’ agreements, and distribution), with particular regard to disputes involving States and State entities.

Procedures conducted in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Cases of Note

  • Pharma and life sciences – President in an ICC case between six Hong Kong and Taiwan companies as claimants and two German companies as respondents regarding a settlement agreement and supply agreement for the sale and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products (applicable law: Republic of China (Taiwan) law);
  • Supply of goods – Sole Arbitrator in an ad hoc case (SIAC acting as fund-holder) between a Singapore company and two Indonesian companies regarding the supply of goods (applicable law: Singapore law);
  • Oil and gas – Co-arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration between two Eastern European companies concerning the supply of petroleum products (applicable law: English law);
  • Oil and gas – Co-arbitrator in an LCIA case between a Hong Kong company and a PRC company concerning the sale of crude oil (applicable law: English law);
  • Engineering, construction and projects – President in an ICC case between a Thai company and a Korean company regarding a project for the engineering, procurement and construction of a phenol and acetone plant (applicable law: Thai law);
  • Oil and gas – President in an ICC case between two UAE companies regarding a pipeline project (applicable law: UAE law);
  • Joint venture dispute – President in an ICC case between one Singapore company and six Korean companies as claimants and a Korean State-owned entity as respondent regarding a joint venture for the development of an urban construction project (applicable law: Korean law);
  • Oil and gas – Co-arbitrator in an ICC case between a Canadian company and two Eastern European State entities concerning onshore operations in oilfields (applicable law: English and Swiss law);
  • Oil and gas – Sole Arbitrator in an ad hoc case (SIAC acting as fund-holder) between three Indonesian companies (one claimant, two respondents) regarding the supply of pipelines (applicable law: Indonesian law);
  • Construction, infrastructure and projects – Co-arbitrator in an ICC case between two Eastern European companies and an Austrian company concerning a construction project (applicable law: English law);
  • Procurement and manufacturing – Co-arbitrator in a multi-party ICC arbitration concerning the termination of three connected agreements for procurement and manufacturing in the shipping industry (applicable law: Italian law);
  • Commercial contracts – Sole Arbitrator in a SIAC case concerning a sales agreement between a Singaporean company and an Indian company (applicable law: Indian law);
  • Construction, infrastructure and projects – President of the tribunal in an ICC arbitration between a German company and a Korean company concerning a construction project in Korea for the installation of a logistical automation system for a regional postal centre (applicable law: Swiss law);
  • Automative industry – President of the tribunal in a SIAC arbitration between a Korean company and a German company concerning a contractual dispute in the automobile sector (applicable law: not specified);
  • Healthcare procurement – President of the tribunal in an LCIA arbitration between a Chinese company and a UK Ministry concerning the medical sector (applicable law: English law).

Loretta was appointed Judge ad hoc on the International Court of Justice by Italy in the case concerning Questions of Jurisdictional Immunities of the State and Measures of Constraint against State-Owned Property (Germany v. Italy) on 25 May 2025.

Loretta has extensive experience and expertise in public international law and investment arbitration, both as counsel and arbitrator.

Loretta exclusively sits as arbitrator in investment arbitrations under a variety of arbitration rules, including ICSID, UNCITRAL, and SCC.

The cases listed below are a sample of her cases and only include public references.

Cases of Note

  • Questions of Jurisdictional Immunities of the State and Measures of Constraint against State-Owned Property (Germany v. Italy) – The case was instituted by Germany against Italy before the International Court of Justice forallegedly failing to respect its jurisdictional immunity as a sovereign State;
  • Zenith Energy Africa Limited, Zenith Overseas Assets Limited, et Compagnie du Désert Limited c. Tunisie (Aff. CIRDI n° ARB//23/18) – Oil, gas and mining (procedure in French);
  • Djamel Ben Ferha c. Royaume de Belgique (Affaire CIRDI ARB/24/15) – Sports (procedure in French);
  • PCA Case No. 2019-44 – Schindler Holding AG v Republic of Korea – Factual details of the case are not public;
  • PCA Case No. 2021-24: Qalaa Holdings S.A.E. (Egypt) and ASEC Cement S.A.E. (Egypt) v. The People’s Democratic Republic of AlgeriaFactual details of the case are not public;
  • Korea National Oil Corporation, KNOC Nigerian West Oil Company Limited, and KNOC Nigerian East Oil Company Limited v. Federal Republic of Nigeria (ICSID Case No. ARB/23/19) – Oil, gas and mining;
  • Spentech Engineering Limited v. United Arab Emirates (ICSID Case No. ARB/24/16) – Construction project;
  • Arbertis Infraestructuras, S.A. c. República Argentina (Caso CIADI No. ARB/23/39) (procedure in Spanish) – Highway Construction project;
  • Corral Morocco Holdings AB v Kingdom of Morocco (ICSID CASE NO. ARB/18/7) – Operation and development of an oil refinery;
  • Itochu Corporation v Kingdom of Spain (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/25) – Renewable energy generation enterprise.

As Arbitrator

Loretta’s experience as arbitrator in international investment arbitration is as follows:

  • President of the Tribunal in ICSID Case No. ARB/24/15;
  • President of the Tribunal in ICSID Case No. ARB/24/16;
  • President of the Tribunal in ICSID Case No. ARB/23/18;
  • Co-Arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/24/25;
  • Co-Arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/24/14;
  • Co-arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/23/19;
  • Co-arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/23/39;
  • Co-Arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/11/5;
  • Co-Arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/12/20;
  • Co-Arbitrator in ICSID Cases No. ARB/14/6 and No. ARB/14/7;
  • Co-Arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/15/16;
  • Co-Arbitrator in PCA Case 2016-11;
  • Co-Arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/18/7;
  • President of the ad hoc Committee in ICSID Case No. ARB/15/18;
  • President of the ad hoc Committee in ICSID Case No. ARB/12/33;
  • Member of the ad hoc Committee in ICSID Case No. ARB/15/8;
  • Co-Arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/18/25;
  • Co-Arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/18/47;
  • Co-arbitrator in ICSID Case No. ARB/30/37;
  • President of the ad hoc Committee in ICSID Case No. ARB/15/18;
  • President of the ad hoc Committee in ICSID Case No. ARB/18/28;
  • President of the Tribunal in PCA Case 2019-19;
  • President of the Tribunal in ICSID Case No. ARB/18/44 (discontinued);
  • Co-Arbitrator in PCA Case 2019-44;
  • Co-Arbitrator in SCC Case V2019-088;
  • Co-Arbitrator in PCA Case 2020-01;
  • Co-arbitrator in PCA Cases 2020-53 and 2020-54;
  • Co-arbitrator in PCA 2021-20;
  • Co-arbitrator in PCA Case 2021-24.

As Counsel

Loretta advises States and private entities on non-contentious matters of public international law and has represented States as counsel and advocate in numerous cases before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and in ad hoc arbitrations involving, inter alia, maritime and land boundary/sovereignty disputes, State responsibility, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD), treaty interpretation, and international environmental law.

Cases of Note

  • Qatar v UAE Application of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICJ proceedings, 2021);
  • Bahrain, Egypt and United Arab Emirates v Qatar – Appeal Relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council under Article II, Section 2, of the 1944 International Air Services Transit Agreement (ICJ proceedings, 2020); and Appeal relating to the Jurisdiction of the ICAO Council under Article 84 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (ICJ proceedings, 2020);
  • Ecuador-Colombia – Case Concerning Aerial Herbicide Spraying (ICJ proceedings, discontinued 2013);
  • Romania-Ukraine – Case concerning maritime delimitation in the Black Sea (ICJ proceedings, 2009);
  • The Government of Sudan/The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army – Abyei Arbitration (ad hoc Arbitration, 2009);
  • Singapore-Malaysia – Case concerning sovereignty over islands (ICJ proceedings, 2008);
  • Ethiopia-Eritrea – Boundary Commission Proceedings (ad hoc Arbitration, 2002);
  • Indonesia-Malaysia – Case Concerning sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (ICJ proceedings, 2002);
  • Ethiopia-Eritrea – Boundary Commission Proceedings (ad hoc Arbitration, 2002);
  • Indonesia-Malaysia – Philippines Application to Intervene (ICJ proceedings, 2001);
  • Yemen-Eritrea – Island and Maritime Delimitation Arbitration (ad hoc Arbitration, 1999);
  • Islamic Republic of Iran-United States of America – Aerial Incident Case of 3 July 1988 (ICJ proceedings, 1998);
  • Islamic Republic of Iran -United States of America – Oil Platforms Case (ICJ proceedings, Preliminary Objection, 1996);
  • Libyan Arab Jamahiriya-Chad – Territorial Dispute (ICJ proceedings, 1992).

Recommendations

“One of her key strengths is her forensic ability to absorb all the details and then very quickly work out what the key issues in dispute are – she does not get lost in detail.”

Legal 500, Asia Pacific, 2022

“One of her key strengths is her forensic ability to absorb all the details and then very quickly work out what the key issues in dispute are – she does not get lost in detail.“

Legal 500, Asia Pacific, 2022

“Loretta regularly sits as an arbitrator in the Latin America and Asia-Pacific regions, where she impresses sources with her ‘fantastic grasp of the facts’ in her cases. One commentator appreciates the manner in which ‘she commands the room’, while another finds her to be ‘extremely diligent.’”

Chambers Global, 2021

“Best prepared and most responsive arbitrator”

Global Arbitration Review (GAR) Award 2021

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