Francesca Dal Poggetto is a Swiss-qualified lawyer, specialising in international commercial and investment arbitration, and with a solid background in public international law. She is active as counsel in a number of ad hoc and institutional arbitration proceedings, e.g., under the ICC and UNCITRAL Rules, encompassing a variety of sectors. She joined Peter & Kim as an associate in June 2022, after having been a trainee lawyer with the firm since August 2020.
Prior to joining Peter & Kim, she gained academic and professional experience working as a teaching assistant in public international law and interning in a boutique law firm specialised in international commercial arbitration.
She graduated with a Master in International Law from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (2017) and a Bachelor in International Relations from the University of Geneva (2015). She is currently pursuing her PhD studies in international law.
- Associate, Peter & Kim, Geneva (2022-present)
- Trainee Lawyer, Peter & Kim, Geneva (2020-2022)
- Teaching Assistant in international law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (2018-2020)
- Legal intern in a boutique law firm specialised in international commercial arbitration, Geneva (2018)
- Ad honorem assistant to a Member of the International Law Commission, Geneva (2016)
- Official Representative of an NGO at the United Nations Office in Geneva (2014-2015)
- Certificate of Advanced Studies in Legal Professions, University of Geneva (2018)
- Master in International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva (2017) (Best Master’s Thesis 2017)
- Upgrading Program in Law (Equivalent to Bachelor of Law), University of Geneva (2016)
- Bachelor in International Relations, University of Geneva (2015) (Best Bachelor’s Thesis in Law 2015)
- Counsel in a treaty investment arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules arising out of a series of real estate projects.
- Counsel in two parallel treaty investment arbitrations under the ICSID Additional Facility Rules arising out of a construction project.
- Counsel in a commercial arbitration under the ICC Rules for a major mining and metallurgy consortium with more than USD 500 million in dispute, with Swiss law applicable.
- Counsel in a multiparty commercial arbitration under the ICC Rules relating to a major joint venture infrastructure project, with Swiss law applicable.
- Ordre des avocats de Genève (Geneva Bar Association)
- Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) below 40
- Swiss Section of the Italian Arbitration Association (AIA)
- Italian below40 Arbitration Association (AIA ArbIT-40)