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Alberto Pecoraro
Consultant

Maqsut Narikbayev University (MNU)

Alberto Pecoraro

Investment arbitration and international projects

PhD, University of Antwerp. A specialist in international investment law and arbitration, advising on investment protection, dispute funding and international projects.

Professional experience

Advises on ICSID investment proceedings. His experience includes securing third-party dispute funding through a successful application to fund a claim under a bilateral investment treaty.

Advises on investment in deep seabed mining and the international law of the sea. He has worked on matters relating to International Seabed Authority negotiations and advised on international law issues in Kazakhstan.

Combines legal practice with research and teaching in international law at the University of Hull, MNU and Coventry University Kazakhstan.

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Books, articles and research

  1. Pecoraro, A. A Sea Too Far: A Regional EIA Framework for the Caspian Sea. International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, 2026.
  2. Pecoraro, A., Lily, H. and Singh, P. Case Concerning an Inquiry by the International Seabed Authority: Less a Defence of Due Process than an Attempt to Short-circuit It? EJIL: Talk!, 2026.
  3. Pecoraro, A. and Shah, N. Governance Challenges of Deep Seabed Mining. UN University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies Insight Brief, 2026.
  4. Pecoraro, A., Robb, S. and Lily, H. Effective Control and State Sponsorship in Deep Seabed Mining. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2024, Vol. 209, Part A, Article 117119.
  5. Pecoraro, A., Lily, H. and Singh, P. Legitimate Expectations and the International Seabed Authority. Journal of World Investment & Trade, 2024, Vol. 25.
  6. Pecoraro, A. and Harrison, J. Dispute Settlement Options and Rights of Participation in Deep Seabed Mining Disputes. In V. Tassin Campanella (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Deep Seabed Mining and the Law of the Sea. Routledge, 2023.
  7. Pecoraro, A. The Regulatory Powers of the International Seabed Authority: Security of Tenure and Its Limits. Ocean Development & International Law, 2022, Vol. 53, No. 4. DOI: 10.1080/00908320.2022.2159898.
  8. Pecoraro, A. MFN in BITs: The Deconstruction of State Consent to Dispute Settlement? Central Asian Yearbook of International Law and International Relations, 2022, Vol. 1.
  9. Pecoraro, A. Disputes between Deep Seabed Miners and Their Sponsoring State: The Role of International Law. Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 2022.
  10. Pecoraro, A. Tuvalu Cancels Its Sponsorship: The Role of International Law. DSM Observer, 2022.
  11. Pecoraro, A. Free Access to and from the Ocean in the Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea: The Law of the Sea and the Caspian Body of Water. Asian Journal of International Law, 2021, Vol. 11, No. 2.
  12. Pecoraro, A. Common Heritage of Mankind. In K. De Feyter, G. Erdem Türkelli and S. de Moerloose (eds.), Encyclopedia of Law and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021.
  13. Pecoraro, A. UNCLOS and Investor Claims for Deep Seabed Mining in the Area: An Investment Law of the Sea? GCILS Working Paper Series, No. 5, November 2020.
  14. Pecoraro, A. Law of the Sea and Investment Protection in Deep Seabed Mining. Melbourne Journal of International Law, 2019, Vol. 20, No. 2.
  15. Pecoraro, A. Deep Seabed Mining in the Area: Is International Investment Law Relevant? EJIL: Talk!, 2019.
  16. Pecoraro, A. The Reach of International Investment Agreements: Kazakhstan and the Umbrella Clause. Bulletin of the Institute of Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2017, No. 2.
  17. Pecoraro, A. Justifying Russian Sanctions: Quantitative Restrictions on Trade and Security Exceptions in WTO Law. Law and State, 2016, No. 1 (69).