Emma A. Iannini

Emma is a dual-qualified New York lawyer and English solicitor whose practice focuses on investment treaty arbitration, international commercial arbitration, and high-stakes cross-border contentious matters.

She has experience representing States, investors, and commercial parties in complex international arbitrations under the ICSID, LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, ICDR, SCC, and SIAC rules, including proceedings conducted bilingually in English and French. Her practice has a particular focus on disputes in the mining, oil and gas, renewable energy, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries.

Before joining Boies Schiller Flexner, Emma served as a Judicial Fellow to H.E. Judge Peter Tomka at the International Court of Justice in The Hague and practised in the international disputes groups of several international law firms. Emma is bilingual in English and French, with working proficiency in Italian and conversational fluency in Mandarin Chinese. Her ability to advise clients on complex, high-stakes, and often politically sensitive disputes is enhanced by her experience living and working in the U.S., France, China, the Netherlands, and the U.K.

Emma’s experience includes:

• Acting for U.K. investors in an ICSID arbitration against the Kingdom of Morocco concerning the expropriation of a more than $1 billion potash mining project
• Representing European investors in more than half a dozen Energy Charter Treaty arbitrations under the ICSID, UNCITRAL, and SCC rules concerning retroactive changes to renewable energy incentive regimes
• Acting for the U.S. subsidiary of a major Japanese energy company in an LCIA arbitration arising from an LNG supply agreement
• Defending an American subsidiary of a Japanese gas company in a LCIA arbitration arising out of a LNG supply agreement with an American subsidiary of a German energy company
• Representing Italian investors in an ICSID arbitration against North Macedonia concerning expropriation of landfill concession and related rights under the Italy-North Macedonia BIT
• Representing dozens of European renewable energy investors in Energy Charter Treaty claims involving changes to feed-in tariffs and other incentive regimes by Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, and Romania and in related enforcement proceedings in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Co-author, Perspectives from Civil Society: The Utilization of Advisory Opinions at the International Court of Justice as a Vehicle for Social and Political Progress, International Community Law Review (March 2026)

The Next Generation of Energy Transition Disputes: What Might Be the Future for Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage and Arbitration?, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, (July 2024)

Les perspectives des allégations de l’Ukraine concernant les violations de la Convention sur le génocide par la Russie : quel sera l’impact de l’absence d’un tribunal international spécial sous l’égide du Chapitre VII de la Charte des Nations Unies ?, Le blog – Droit International Penal, (January 2024)

NJSC Naftogaz et al. v. Russia, PCA Case No. 2017-16, Quantum Quarterly, 4Q 2023 (also in J. of Damages In Int'l Arb.)

Euroscepticism and the Fading Dream of a 'Federal' Europe: The Driving Forces Behind the Conflict Between EU Law and Investment Arbitration?, Conn. J. of Int'l l. (Vol. 38, Spring Issue) (2023)