Davor Babić
Professor of Law, University of Zagreb
Biography
Gender: Male
Year of birth: 1974
Nationality: Croatia, United States
Type of practitioner:
Arbitrator
Jurisdiction(s) in which admitted to practice (if applicable):
Fields of legal expertise:
Civil law
Practice areas:
Joint Ventures, Cooperation, Energy and Natural Resources, Oil & Gas, Construction, Engineering, Corporate Law / M&A, Investment Law/ Public International Law
Contact details
Address:
University of Zagreb Faculty of Law Trg Republike Hrvatske 14 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
Zagreb, Croatia 10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Phone:
+385912062561
Email:
Davor Babić <davbabic@gmail.com>
Website:
https://www.pravo.unizg.hr/en/davor_adrian.babic
Languages
- Croatian: Native
- English: Fluent
- German: Fluent
- French: Basic
Relevant arbitration experience:
• served in 85 arbitrations as chair, sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator under various institutional and ad hoc rules (e.g. Croatian Chamber of Commerce, ICC, VIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL Rules, Milan Chamber of Arbitration, Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Belgrade Arbitration Centre, Ljubljana Arbitration Centre, Montenegro Chamber of Commerce, UNUM Chamber of Commerce Rotterdam, ICSID) and in different places of arbitration (e.g. Belgrade, Cluj-Napoca, Frankfurt, Geneva, Ljubljana, London, Milan, Munich, Paris, Podgorica, Rotterdam, Vienna, Zagreb).
• advised parties in five international arbitration cases and acted as an expert witness in one such case.
• served as a member of the ICC Court of Arbitration
Education & certifications:
1997 University in Zagreb, Faculty of Law: LL.B. (dipl. iur.)
1998 T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague: Asser College Europe – Diploma in European Law, WTO, International Commercial Arbitration and International Business Law
1999 Central European University, LL.M. in International Business Law
2005 University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law: doctorate in law (dr. sc.)
Publications:
Arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe // International Commercial Arbitration Practice: 21st Century Perspectives / Mason, Paul E. ; Grigera Naón, Horacio A. (ed.), with Dora Zgrabljić Rotar, (looseleaf)
Validity of the Time Bar under FIDIC Sub-Clause 20.1 in Croatian Law // Construction Arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe / Baltag, Crina ; Vasile, Cosmin (ed), with Fran Pelicarić, (2020), 131-140
The Application of the Rome I and Rome II Regulations in Croatia // Rome I and Rome II in Practice / Guinchard, Emmanuel (ed.), with Dora Zgrablić Rotar, Cambridge: Intersentia, 2020.
Rome I Regulation: binding authority for arbitral tribunals in the European Union?, 13 Journal of Private International Law (2017), 1; 71-90
Additional information:
• served as mediator in 23 cases, including in an ICC ADR case.
• served as chairman of a DAB in 4 disputes
Memberships:
- ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
- International Law Association
- Austrian Arbitration Association
- Croatian Arbitration Association
- Arbitration Association, Belgrade
- Croatian Association for Comparative Law
- Croatian International Law Society