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Giorgio
Francesco
Mandelli
Partner
Trial and Global Disputes
/ International Arbitration and Litigation
Giorgio Mandelli is a partner in King & Spalding’s International Arbitration Practice Group, based in London.
Giorgio’s practice focuses on complex, high-value international dispute resolution. He specialises in commercial and investment arbitrations, with a particular focus on representing companies and investors in disputes in the energy and natural resources and financial services sectors. He has acted as counsel and advocate before ad hoc and institutional international arbitration tribunals, including under the ICSID, ICSID Additional Facility, SCC, ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL Rules.
Most recently, Giorgio has worked on a number of high-profile commercial arbitrations and investment disputes involving Latin American, European and African States, arising variously under international investment agreements and treaties, foreign investment laws and contracts. Additionally, Giorgio provides counsel on public international law matters, including advising States on significant jurisdictional immunity issues in the context of judicial proceedings before European courts, and he has delivered practical training in public international law to lawyers from various ministries of States in the Middle East and Africa. Currently, Giorgio also is sitting as a party-appointed arbitrator in a Stockholm Chamber of Commerce investor-State arbitration.
Giorgio is qualified as a solicitor-advocate in England and Wales and admitted to practice in New York. He was “recommended” by The Legal 500 2014 (Latin America) and described as a “rising star” in the GAR 100 (9th, 10th and 11th editions). He was included in Who’s Who Legal’s inaugural listing of the “Future Leaders of International Arbitration – Partners” (2017) and, again, in 2018. He also was mentioned as “highly rated” for public international law and international arbitration by The Legal 500 UK 2017; a “name to note” in public international law and international arbitration by The Legal 500 UK 2019; noted for international arbitration in The Legal 500 UK 2020.
Giorgio is a regular speaker at conferences on topics of public international law and international dispute resolution and writes frequently on international investment law and arbitration.
Credentials
LL.M., New York University School of Law
B.A., The University of Oxford
A.B., Princeton University, cum laude
England and Wales
New York
English
French
Italian
Spanish
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Recognition
A “rising star”
GAR 100 (9TH, 10TH, 11TH EDITIONS), 2016, 2017 AND 2018
Future Leaders of International Arbitration – Partners
WHO’S WHO LEGAL, 2017 AND 2018
Recommended
THE LEGAL 500 (LATIN AMERICA), 2014
News
Recognition
September 27, 2019
Legal 500 UK 2020 Recognizes King & Spalding Among Leading UK Law Firms
In the News · Source: Global Arbitration Review
Recognition
April 9, 2019
Global Arbitration Review Names King & Spalding Most Impressive Firm in International Arbitration
Matters
Arbitrator Appointment
Mr Zaza Okuashvili v Georgia Appointed by the Claimant in an SCC (investor-State) arbitration under the UK/Georgia bilateral investment treaty
Selected Investor-State Arbitration Matters
Representing a UK metal trading company in an ICSID arbitration against Sierra Leone stemming from its investment in the mining sector
Represented subsidiaries of a major U.S. glass manufacturer in two ICSID arbitrations, and subsequent annulment proceedings, against Venezuela
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Matters
Arbitrator Appointment
Mr Zaza Okuashvili v Georgia Appointed by the Claimant in an SCC (investor-State) arbitration under the UK/Georgia bilateral investment treaty
Selected Investor-State Arbitration Matters
Representing a UK metal trading company in an ICSID arbitration against Sierra Leone stemming from its investment in the mining sector
Represented subsidiaries of a major U.S. glass manufacturer in two ICSID arbitrations, and subsequent annulment proceedings, against Venezuela
Represented a Liechtenstein blood plasma trading company and its Swiss owner in an ad hoc investment treaty arbitration against the Czech Republic
Represented a Luxembourg company in an SCC investment treaty arbitration against Poland stemming from its equity investment in a Polish bank
Represented a major U.S. oil company in a multibillion-dollar ICSID arbitration against Venezuela
Represented a Canadian mining company in a multibillion-dollar ICSID Additional Facility arbitration against Venezuela
Represented a leading European polymer products producer in an ICSID arbitration against a Latin American State
Selected International Commercial Arbitration Matters
Representing the African subsidiary of a UK commodity trading business in an ICC arbitration against an African State relating to an iron ore project
Representing the Dutch subsidiary of a US energy sector company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against an Indian company relating to a joint venture for the manufacturing and marketing of steam turbine products
Representing a European chemical company in an ICC arbitration against a European general contractor stemming from the design and construction of a technical ammonium nitrate manufacturing plant in Australia
Represented a European energy sector company in an LCIA arbitration against another European energy company involving a dispute under a sales contract and a related settlement agreement
Represented a major U.S. oil company in an ICC arbitration against a Latin American State-owned oil entity regarding a joint venture dispute governed by New York law
Represented a major U.S. oil company in consolidated ICC arbitrations against a Latin American State-owned oil entity arising under guarantees and in connection with production curtailments imposed on two extra-heavy oil projects
Selected Advisory Work
Advising a Europe-based, integrated, international oil and gas company on issues arising from a joint venture relationship in Pakistan
Represented a G8 State in a number of domestic judicial proceedings on issues of sovereign immunity arising from a number of employment relationships in receiving European States
Advised a G20 State on a wide range of public international law issues and taught PIL courses to lawyers from various ministries
News
Recognition
September 27, 2019
Legal 500 UK 2020 Recognizes King & Spalding Among Leading UK Law Firms
In the News · Source: Global Arbitration Review
Recognition
April 9, 2019
Global Arbitration Review Names King & Spalding Most Impressive Firm in International Arbitration
Matters
Arbitrator Appointment
Mr Zaza Okuashvili v Georgia Appointed by the Claimant in an SCC (investor-State) arbitration under the UK/Georgia bilateral investment treaty
Selected Investor-State Arbitration Matters
Representing a UK metal trading company in an ICSID arbitration against Sierra Leone stemming from its investment in the mining sector
Represented subsidiaries of a major U.S. glass manufacturer in two ICSID arbitrations, and subsequent annulment proceedings, against Venezuela
See more
Close
Matters
Arbitrator Appointment
Mr Zaza Okuashvili v Georgia Appointed by the Claimant in an SCC (investor-State) arbitration under the UK/Georgia bilateral investment treaty
Selected Investor-State Arbitration Matters
Representing a UK metal trading company in an ICSID arbitration against Sierra Leone stemming from its investment in the mining sector
Represented subsidiaries of a major U.S. glass manufacturer in two ICSID arbitrations, and subsequent annulment proceedings, against Venezuela
Represented a Liechtenstein blood plasma trading company and its Swiss owner in an ad hoc investment treaty arbitration against the Czech Republic
Represented a Luxembourg company in an SCC investment treaty arbitration against Poland stemming from its equity investment in a Polish bank
Represented a major U.S. oil company in a multibillion-dollar ICSID arbitration against Venezuela
Represented a Canadian mining company in a multibillion-dollar ICSID Additional Facility arbitration against Venezuela
Represented a leading European polymer products producer in an ICSID arbitration against a Latin American State
Selected International Commercial Arbitration Matters
Representing the African subsidiary of a UK commodity trading business in an ICC arbitration against an African State relating to an iron ore project
Representing the Dutch subsidiary of a US energy sector company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against an Indian company relating to a joint venture for the manufacturing and marketing of steam turbine products
Representing a European chemical company in an ICC arbitration against a European general contractor stemming from the design and construction of a technical ammonium nitrate manufacturing plant in Australia
Represented a European energy sector company in an LCIA arbitration against another European energy company involving a dispute under a sales contract and a related settlement agreement
Represented a major U.S. oil company in an ICC arbitration against a Latin American State-owned oil entity regarding a joint venture dispute governed by New York law
Represented a major U.S. oil company in consolidated ICC arbitrations against a Latin American State-owned oil entity arising under guarantees and in connection with production curtailments imposed on two extra-heavy oil projects
Selected Advisory Work
Advising a Europe-based, integrated, international oil and gas company on issues arising from a joint venture relationship in Pakistan
Represented a G8 State in a number of domestic judicial proceedings on issues of sovereign immunity arising from a number of employment relationships in receiving European States
Advised a G20 State on a wide range of public international law issues and taught PIL courses to lawyers from various ministries
News
Recognition
September 27, 2019
Legal 500 UK 2020 Recognizes King & Spalding Among Leading UK Law Firms
In the News · Source: Global Arbitration Review
Recognition
April 9, 2019
Global Arbitration Review Names King & Spalding Most Impressive Firm in International Arbitration
Credentials
LL.M., New York University School of Law
B.A., The University of Oxford
A.B., Princeton University, cum laude
England and Wales
New York
English
French
Italian
Spanish
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Recognition
A “rising star”
GAR 100 (9TH, 10TH, 11TH EDITIONS), 2016, 2017 AND 2018
Future Leaders of International Arbitration – Partners
WHO’S WHO LEGAL, 2017 AND 2018
Recommended
THE LEGAL 500 (LATIN AMERICA), 2014