Angelina M. Petti

Angelina Petti is a Partner with von Segesser Law Offices in Zurich, Switzerland. Angela is a triple-qualified arbitrator and counsel with over thirteen years of experience in international arbitration.

Admitted to practice law in New York, England and Wales, and Switzerland, she has acted as presiding arbitrator, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, counsel and tribunal secretary in over 50 international arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutional (e.g., ICC, LCIA, ICSID, Swiss Arbitration Centre, DIS, ICDR, CAS and UNCITRAL), governed by various procedural and substantive laws. She also has practice employing ADR techniques such as mediation and conciliation.

Educated and trained in both civil and common law jurisdictions, Angelina has a profound understanding and appreciation of both legal systems. She has broad experience acting in complex cross-border multi-jurisdictional proceedings concerning an array of commercial and investment matters, including disputes arising under large-scale engineering projects, manufacturing, delivery and sales agreements, shareholders agreements, and license and distribution contracts. Angelina’s areas of specialization include construction and sales law, general contract law, and private and public international law.

In 2003, Angelina graduated from Loyola University in Maryland with a B.B.A. in Accounting. She thereafter received a J.D. with distinction from Hofstra University School of Law in New York, where she was a Notes & Comments Editor of the Hofstra Law Review. After practicing several years in the field of international tax, in 2009, she received an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from The Graduate Institute (IHEID) and University of Geneva, graduating at the top of her class.

Before joining von Segesser Law Offices as Counsel, she was a Senior Associate at the leading Swiss law firm Schellenberg Wittmer, where she was a member of the firm’s dispute resolution practice group in Geneva and Zurich from 2009 until 2018. Angelina regularly speaks and publishes on international dispute resolution and is a lecturer in International Arbitration at the Université Catholique de Lille.

She has been recognized for her work as an arbitrator by Who’s Who Legal Switzerland and Who’s Who Legal Arbitration – Future Leader, and is included in Leaders’ League’s Listing of Best Arbitrators in Switzerland.

von Segesser Law Offices offer services of the highest professional standard and integrity in domestic and international dispute resolution and in the conduct of arbitration proceedings under a variety of legal systems in different parts of the world.

We have a long standing and extensive experience ranging from general commercial arbitration to investment arbitration and sports arbitration. Serving as arbitrator worldwide under ad hoc and institutional rules, providing administrative assistance to arbitral tribunals and representing clients before arbitral tribunals.

The firm serves as mediator in both domestic and international commercial disputes under ad hoc or institutional mediation clauses. The firm has vast experience advising parties in mediation proceedings and the drafting of settlement agreements.

von Segesser Law Offices also offers comprehensive advice on all types of corporate and commercial matters across all relevant industries. This includes drafting corporate documents and commercial contracts of different types and assisting clients in estate and trust matters including international inheritance litigation.