Members Directory

Sanctions Committee of the IDB (administrative tribunal); former judge in the Dominican Republic

• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP – International Arbitration Group, Paris, France Graduate Trainee (01/2016 – 06/2016)
• The PCA, The Hague – Legal Trainee (04/2015 – 06/2015)
• Assistant Coach to the University of Bologna, William C. Vis International Moot Court Team (2025, 2026)
  Arbitrator at William C. Vis International Moot Court, Belgrade Pre-Moot and Vienna Moot Court (2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)

Patrizia Netal has been recognized in international directories as "a highly regarded name for construction and arbitration proceedings" and "absolutely excellent to work with". She has been continuously ranked among "European top 10 future leaders" in Who's Who Legal Arbitration. She was described as "an 'extremely focused' lawyer who is highly recommended for her outstanding work as both counsel and arbitrator in international proceedings". Clients cited in Who's Who Legal 2019-2021 commended her "truly excellent work" and highlighted her "very clear and straightforward way of thinking and arguing" as well as her "tenacity, reliability and diligence".

Patrizia is Vice President of the VIAC Board (Vienna International Arbitral Centre) and a senior member of VIAC's working group drafting the latest amendments of the new 2021 Vienna Rules. She is co-director of the Willem C. Vis Moot, the world's largest student competition in the field of international commercial arbitration. Patrizia lectures on arbitration subjects at the Austrian Arbitration Academy of the University of Vienna and she is a faculty member of the Remote Oral Advocacy Program (ROAP) at Delos.

Patrizia is Austria's Steering Committee member of the Pledge for Equal Representation in Arbitration (ERA - The Pledge).

Patrizia serves both as counsel and arbitrator. She has more than 15 years' extensive experience in institutional and ad hoc arbitration proceedings. Her core practice is international commercial arbitration, focusing on construction and engineering, transportation, M&A projects, energy and international sales and supplies.

Dana MacGrath is an independent arbitrator with more than two decades of experience in international dispute resolution. Her unique mix of experience includes serving as an arbitrator, arbitration practitioner, and in-house counsel in arbitration finance. Most recently, Dana served as Legal Counsel and Investment Manager at Omni Bridgeway, a leading global litigation and arbitration finance company. In this role, she led arbitration investments out of the United States while also serving as an independent arbitrator. Prior to joining Omni Bridgeway, Dana was a partner in the international arbitration group at Sidley Austin LLP. Previously, she served as an international arbitration practitioner and arbitrator at Allen & Overy LLP and O’Melveny & Myers LLP. She started her legal career in the litigation department at Sullivan & Cromwell. Dana’s high-stakes international arbitration matters have involved a variety of businesses and industries, among them oil and gas, LNG, energy, construction, finance, telecommunications, intellectual property, construction, sale of goods, and international investments. She has also represented parties regarding the enforceability of arbitration agreements and arbitral awards under the New York Convention, disputes regarding forum selection and choice of law clauses, sovereign immunity, arbitral immunity, and discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782. Dana has been recognized as a leader in international arbitration in various directories including Chambers USA – Nationwide – International Arbitration and Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration. She has also been recognized in the field of arbitration finance in various directories including Leaders League – Arbitration Finance and LawDragon: Global 100 Leaders in Legal Finance. Dana is active within the international arbitration field across arbitral institutions and organizations. She is on the Council of the AAA-ICDR, co-chairs the AAA Large Complex Case Committee, and is a member of the AAA Nominating and Governance Committee. Dana is also an active member of the CPR Arbitration Committee. Previously she served as Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and as co-chair of the CPR Institute Arbitration Rules Revision Committee that revised CPR’s domestic and international arbitration rules. Additionally, Dana served on the ICC Commission on Arbitration Task Force on Reducing Time and Cost in Complex Arbitration and the ICC Commission on Arbitration Task Force on National Rules of Procedure for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards Pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958. Dana is a committed leader in the diversity and inclusion space. She has been President of the Board of Directors of ArbitralWomen since 2018, having joined the Board in 2016. She is also on the Global Steering Committee of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge, and on the Global Steering Committee of Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers. She is also on the Advisory Board of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative and the North American Committee for the Campaign for Greener Arbitrations. Dana regularly speaks and writes on international arbitration issues. She co-authored a chapter on Covid-19 and Third-Party Funding published by Kluwer International in 2020, and several articles on recent case law regarding U.S. discovery pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782 in aid of foreign arbitrations. She has long served as an adjunct professor of law at Brooklyn Law School teaching a seminar on international commercial arbitration and coaching the Brooklyn Vis Moot team. Dana received her J.D. from New York University School of Law and her B.A., cum laude, from Middlebury College. She is a member of the New York Bar. She is fluent in English and proficient in French, having majored in French at Middlebury and lived in Paris for a year. *Disclaimer: Attorney Advertising*
Litigation finance; international arbitration; international litigation; U.S. judicial enforcement of arbitration awards

- CEDR Accredited Mediator since 2016

- Member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and of the ICC Task Force on “ADR and Arbitration”

- Manager of the ICC International Centre for ADR (from 2016 to 2019)

- Global Co-Chair of the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (from 2016 to 2019)

- Deputy Counsel for the Central and Eastern European Team, Secretariat of the ICC International Court of Arbitration (from 2007 to 2016)

- Case processing Lawyer, European Court of Human Rights (from 2006 to 2007)

Representing companies in commercial arbitrations and mediations in complex disputes arising from different economic sectors and industries; see below for more details.