The Technological Competence of Arbitrators

Katia Fach Gómez, Dr iur., LLM, is a tenured Lecturer (Profesora Titular) of Private International Law at the University of Zaragoza (Spain). She is the author of several legal books and book chapters published in English, Spanish and German. Her scholarly articles have appeared in a number of international peer-reviewed law reviews. Her latest co-edited volume is The Award in International Investment Arbitration (OUP 2024) and her latest English monograph is Key Duties of International Investment Arbitrators (Springer 2019). Katia graduated summa cum laude from the University of Zaragoza, holds a European PhD and an LLM from Fordham University (NY-US) (summa cum laude and Edward J Hawk prize). She has taught international investment and commercial arbitration, ADR, global law, international litigation, conflict of laws, etc., at numerous European, US, and Latin American universities. She has been a recipient of a Humboldt scholarship for senior scientists. Katia has been designated  by the Kingdom of Spain to the Panel of Conciliators of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) (2020-2026) . She acts regularly as arbitrator and mediator in domestic and international disputes and has been involved in various key international litigation cases in the USA and Europe.  She is also a member of the International Law Association (ILA), the International Academy of Comparative Law (IACL) and the European Society of International Law (ESIL) and is elected member of the editing board of various legal journals.