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Biography

Gabriele Ruscalla is a Partner at Le 16 Law, a Paris-based firm dedicated to dispute resolution. Gabriele has 15 years of experience representing corporations, States, and state entities in international commercial and investment arbitrations across the construction, energy, mining, and corporate sectors. He handles cases in English, French and Italian. He has acted under all major arbitration rules, including ICC, ICSID, LCIA, SIAC, UNCITRAL, and CCJA. Much of Gabriele’s practice focuses on large-scale infrastructure and energy projects in the Middle East and Africa. These cases often involve complex technical issues and diverse legal systems, from French and Swiss law to the laws of Qatar, Kuwait, the UAE, the RDC, Chile and Singapore. Before national courts, he represents his clients in arbitration-related litigation. Gabriele regularly serves as arbitrator. Prior to returning to private practice in 2021, Gabriele has served as Counsel at the Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for five years. He teaches international commercial and investor-State arbitration at the Paris Campus of the Catholic University of Lille, and regularly speaks and publishes on international arbitration-related subjects.