Serena Boscia Montalbano is an experienced international arbitration partner, with extensive cross-border experience gained “on the ground” in four countries. 

She has handled multiple construction disputes and commercial disputes across a wide range of sectors and  under the Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA), and Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), seated in the major arbitral centres. Ms. Boscia Montalbano’s experience also includes investor-state arbitration disputes.

Ms. Boscia Montalbano has experience in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) courts and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) courts where she has represented clients in a wide range of disputes. She also has experience in mediation proceedings.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Boscia Montalbano worked in New York in the litigation department of a major U.S. law firm where she gained extensive experience in U.S. securities litigation and U.S. antitrust litigation, and in Milan, Italy, in the international litigation and arbitration department of a leading Italian law firm. 

Ms. Boscia Montalbano is a Recommended Lawyer in Legal 500 UK 2024 for Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration and in Legal 500 UAE 2026 for Dispute Resolution – International Arbitration

Languages

English

Italian

Education

University of Texas at Austin, LL.M.

University of Palermo, J.D., summa cum laude

Admitted to Practice

New York

DIFC Courts

Courts

Dubai International Financial Centre Courts

Eastern District of New York

Southern District of New York

Membership

New York State Bar

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