For more than 40 years Fabio Bortolotti has been dealing with international contracts, not only as professor of International Commercial Law at the University of Torino, but also as counsel assisting companies in negotiating and drafting international transactions and in dealing with possible disputes before courts and arbitral tribunals.

He is founding partner of the law firm Buffa, Bortolotti & Mathis, Torino. He has acted and is at present engaged as arbitrator or counsel in several international and domestic arbitrations. He is an accredited mediator, Center for Dispute Resolution (CEDR).

Fabio Bortolotti is co-chair of the Commission on Commercial Law and Practice (CLP) of the International Chamber of Commerce and has chaired various task forces which have drafted the major ICC model contracts (e.g. commercial agency, distributorship, sale, occasional intermediaries, turnkey, M&A, trademark license).

He is member of the council of the ICC Institute of World Business Law, of the ICC Commission on International Arbitration, of the ICC Commission on Competition and vice-chair of ICC Italy. He is member of various associations: “Associazione Italiana per l’Arbitrato (AIA), “Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit E.V.” (DIS); “Union Internationale des Avocat” (U.I.A.); “Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage” (A.S.A.). He is founder and chairman of the International Distribution Institute.

He is the author of numerous books and articles in the field of the international commercial contracts, contract law, distribution law, conflict of laws, international litigation and arbitration.