Giovanni Zarra is professor of international law at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. He holds a PhD (University of Naples Federico II – with honours) and a LLM with distinction (Queen Mary University of London – where he was awarded best arbitration student for the 2013/2014 academic year). In 2019 he was visiting professor at the Max Planck Institute for Private International Law in Hamburg. He is also alumnus and ambassador of the International Academy for Arbitration Law (Paris). His main fields of expertise are international arbitration law and international litigation.