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Renato’s practice covers all aspects of both international arbitration and competition law.
Renato has a substantial experience as counsel in international arbitration in high-value cases of up to billions of USD across the whole spectrum of commercial disputes. He has a wide industry knowledge, including foreign investments, construction and engineering, steel and heavy industries, oil and gas, infrastructure, energy, IT and digital, IP, pharmaceuticals, transport, commodities, and consumer goods. He is a specialist in ICSID arbitration and ISDS more generally and has published widely on the subject. As a dually qualified English barrister and Italian advocate, he understands the different approaches of common law and civil law and is able to resolve effectively and pragmatically complex substantive and procedural problems. Aware of the multi-cultural dimension of many international disputes, he has worked across Europe, Africa, Asia, America and Australia under most internationally used arbitration rules (ICC, LCIA, SIAC, DIAC, CAM, UNCITRAL) and in purely ad hoc arbitrations.
As a competition lawyer, Renato benefits from having worked for eight years at the Office of Fair Trading (which was then the UK competition authority) where he advised on investigations, appeals, mergers and policy work across all industry sectors. In private practice, Renato advised on multi-billion mergers, investigations by competition authorities on cartels and abuses of dominant position and damages claims. He acted as counsel in cases before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union in cartel and State Aid cases. He has advised clients in the EU, the UK, Italy and other jurisdictions on information exchanges, joint ventures, complex distribution arrangements, and the intersection of IP law and competition. He has been a non-governmental adviser to the ICN for 10 years and has published three books on competition procedure and abuse of dominance.
As arbitrator, Renato has worked as chair/president, wing member/party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator and emergency arbitrator under most internationally used rules. He is admitted to the following panels and lists of arbitrators: SIAC, DIAC, SCCA, Polish Chamber of Commerce, Lewiatan Court of Arbitration (Poland), Serbian Construction Dispute Resolution Centre and HKIAC. He is also admitted to the HKIAC panel of adjudicators. He is a member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Commission, Italy, of the ICC Task Force on Dealing with Corruption Issues in International Arbitration, of the Board of the International Construction Law Association and of Africa Construction Law.
In 2025, Renato was appointed King’s Counsel (Hon) for his major contribution to English law.
Acted as counsel in international arbitration cases relating to construction, engineering, oil and gas, energy, intellectual property, M&A, joint ventures, commercial contracts and foreign investments:
Arbitrated cases in international arbitration with seats in London, Geneva, Paris, Milan, Malta, Dubai, Hong Kong and Singapore as chair, sole arbitrator, party-nominated arbitrator and emergency arbitrator, including the following:
Renato is Professor at King’s College London and Director of the Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution. He has been Visiting Professor at the University of Turin, the University of Zurich, and FGV of São Paulo, Brazil and a non-governmental adviser to the International Competition Network (ICN).
He holds two doctorates: one in competition law from the University of London and one on international arbitration from the University of Milan (Università Statale di Milano).
He also works as an expert and has experience in doing so in the High Court.
Renato works in English and Italian. He is a British and Italian national.
2026 – present Barrister, Monckton Chambers
2021 – present Director, Centre of Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, King’s College London
2013 – present Professor of Law | Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London
2011 – 2025 Partner | LMS Legal LLP, London, LMS Milan
2012 – 2013 Professor of Law | Law School, University of Southampton
2006 – 2011 Reader in Law | Law School, University of Southampton
2010 – 2011 Of counsel | Bonelli Erede, London
2003 – 2010 Deputy Director/Senior Legal Adviser | Office of Fair Trading, London
2001 – 2003 Senior Research Fellow |BIICL
Books:
Reports, articles and book chapters