Ettore Comi has over 15 years of consulting experience assisting clients in the areas of valuation, contractual disputes, antitrust, and finance. Mr. Comi specializes in litigation matters, providing economic and financial expertise with a particular emphasis on valuation of businesses, economic damages, and economic issues related to liability. He has consulted on a variety of cases involving discounted cash flow (DCF) valuation models or requiring the analysis and management of large, complex transactional databases.
His experience covers disputes in different countries and in a variety of industries, including chemicals, electricity, mining, oil and gas, telecommunications, transportation, food distribution, real estate, pharmaceutical, hospitality, computer hardware and computer software. Recent assignments have included the quantification of economic damages in high-stakes international investment and commercial arbitration proceedings under the rules of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC).
Mr. Comi has provided expert testimony in ICSID, ICC, UNCITRAL, and SIAC arbitrations and has been selected among the most highly regarded expert witnesses every year since 2017 by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration, an independent annual survey with clients and peers around the world.
Khaitan Holdings Mauritius Limited v. The Republic of India
UNCITRAL, Case No. PCA 2018-50
Expert report: July 2023
Telecommunications
XXX v. YYY (Confidential)
ICC, Case No. #####-###-###
Expert report: April 2023, December 2023
Construction materials, cement
Latin American Regional Aviation Holdings v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay
ICSID Case No. ARB/19/16
Expert reports: May 2021, April 2022
Hearing testimony: September 2022
Transportation, airlines
Republic of Mozambique and Mozambique Ministry of Transport and Communications v. Patel Engineering Ltd.
ICC Case No. 25334/JPA
Expert reports: May 2021, June 2022
Transportation, mining
PT Otto Pharmaceutical Industries and PT Pertiwi Agung v. PT Abbott Indonesia
SIAC, Case No. ARB106-18-CHB
Expert reports: May 2019, July 2019
Hearing testimony: August 2019
Pharmaceutical
Italba Corporation v. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay
ICSID, Case No. ARB/16/9
Expert reports: January 2017, August 2017
Hearing testimony: November 2017
Telecommunications
XXX v. YYY (Confidential)
UNCITRAL, Case No. ###-####-##
Customs management systems
Mr. Bachar Kiwan v. The State of Kuwait
ICSID Case No. ARB/20/53
Information and communication
Patel Engineering Limited v. The Republic of Mozambique
UNCITRAL, Case No. PCA 2020-21
Transportation, Mining
Lightbridge Corporation v. Framatome SAS
ICC Case No. 25123/GR
Nuclear power
AES Corporation. v. Argentine Republic
ICSID, Case No. ARB/02/17
Power generation, electricity
Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company v. the Republic of Ecuador
UNCITRAL, Case No. PCA 2009-23
Oil and gas
Ritika Mehta, Vinita Agarwal, Prenay Agarwal v. Oriental Republic of Uruguay
UNCITRAL, Case No. PCA 2018-4
Mining
Deutsche Telekom AG v. The Republic of India
UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2014-10
Telecommunications
CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. et al. v. The Republic of India
UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2013-09
Telecommunications
Anglo American PLC v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
ICSID, Case No. ARB(AF)/14/1
Mining
OI European Group B.V. v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
ICSID, Case No. ARB/11/25 (annulment proceedings)
Glass production
Serafín García Armas and Karina García Gruber v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2013-3
Food imports and distribution
Bryan Cockrell v. The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2015-03
Commercial real estate
Abertis Infrastructures S.A. v. Plurinational State of Bolivia
UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2011-14
Transportation, airports
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Europe v. The Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaICSID, Case No. ARB/12/13 Mineral products,
oil and gas field services
Devas Multimedia Private Limited v. Antrix Corporation Limited
ICC, Case No. 18051/CYK
Telecommunications
Koch Minerals Sàrl and Koch Nitrogen International Sàrl v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
ICSID, Case No. ARB/11/19
Chemicals, fertilizers
Gambrinus, Corp. v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
ICSID, Case No. ARB/11/31
Chemicals, fertilizers
ConocoPhillips Petrozuata B.V. et al. v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
ICSID, Case No. ARB/07/30
Oil and gas exploration and production
Guaracachi America, Inc. and Rurelec PLC v. Plurinational State of Bolivia
UNCITRAL, PCA Case No. 2011-17
Power generation, electricity
Universal Compression International Holdings, S.L.U. v. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
ICSID, Case No. ARB/10/9
Oil and gas services and equipment
OJSC Mobile TeleSystems et al. v. Ministry of Communication of Turkmenistan and Turkmenistan
ICC, Case No. 17602/GZ
Telecommunications
Cámara Nacional del Autotransporte de Carga v. The United States of America
NAFTA
Transportation
United States of America v. OZ Africa Management GP, LLC
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Case No. 1:16-cr-00515-NGG-LB
Mining
In Re: Provigil Antitrust Litigation
Litigation in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Pharmaceutical
In Re: AndroGel Antitrust Litigation
Litigation in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Pharmaceutical
In Re: TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation
Litigation in U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
Computer Hardware
In Re: Pharmaceutical Industry Average Wholesale Price Litigation
Litigation in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
Pharmaceutical
City of San Antonio, Texas, et al. v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al.
Litigation in U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division
Hospitality
RoDa Drilling Co., et al. v. Richard Siegal, et al.
Litigation in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma
Oil and gas exploration and production
Jim Hood, Attorney General ex rel. State of Mississippi v. Microsoft Corporation
Litigation in Chancery Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, First Judicial District
Computer Software
- Arbitration Expert Witnesses 2023
- “Ettore has an impressive knowledge of the industry.”
- “He is sharp with excellent clarity in his analysis.”
- “He is excellent in all aspects of his work.”
- Consulting Experts – Financial Advisory and Valuation – Quantum of Damages 2023
- The “outstanding” Ettore Comi has garnered strong support for his performance on a broad range of financial advisory and valuation issues. Market commentators describe him as “very well prepared and responsive.”