Franco Ferrari is Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Transnational Litigation, Arbitration, and Commercial Law at New York University. He is the recipient of the 2018 Merits award from the American society of International Law for editing the Encyclopedia of Private International Law Elgar (2017). He received an honorary degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and was formerly a Legal Officer for the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, International Trade Law Division.