Emma A. Iannini

Emma’s global practice focuses on high-stakes international investment and commercial arbitration and litigation.

She is a former judicial fellow to H.E. Judge Peter Tomka at the International Court of Justice in The Hague and a dual-qualified New York attorney and English solicitor. She has lived and worked previously in the U.S., France, the People's Republic of China, and the Netherlands and she is bilingual in English and French. Emma also maintains working proficiency in Italian and Mandarin Chinese.

Prior to joining the firm, Emma worked in the international disputes practices of several major international law firms.

Emma’s experience includes:

• 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
• Defending the Republic of Türkiye in an ICC arbitration brought by the Republic of Iraq over alleged breaches (of claimed value of $30 billion) under a bilateral treaty concerning administration and maintenance of petroleum pipelines and in related enforcement proceedings before the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the Paris Court of Appeal 

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, Int'l Comm. L. R. (Fall 2025) (forthcoming) 

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)