Robert SPANO

Robert Spano is a partner in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and the former President of the European Court of Human Rights. As a former judge and President of an international court, Mr. Spano offers clients a unique perspective on multi-national and cross-border disputes, particularly in the fields of investor-state and commercial arbitration, public international law, digital rights, tech, platform regulation and privacy. Having adjudicated complex disputes between individuals/legal persons and States, and in State-to-State proceedings, his broad international experience allows him to offer clients invaluable skills and strategic insights. He sits on the Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).