AA40 - The Italian below40 Arbitration Association

What AA40 - The Italian below40 Arbitration Association does

AA40 (AIA-ArbIt-40) is a non-profit professional association founded in 2019 in Milan, Italy, that serves young professionals, academics, and students under the age of 40 who are interested in international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) with a connection to Italy. The association operates under the auspices of two senior Italian arbitration bodies — AIA (Associazione Italiana per l'Arbitrato) and ArbIt (Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR) — and is governed by five Co-Chairs elected to three-year terms, supported by an Executive Committee of at least six members. It is a signatory of the Arbitration Pledge on equal representation and is structured around principles of transparency, independence, inclusiveness, and diversity.

The core offering is free membership coupled with a structured portfolio of community, educational, and professional-development products. These include international chapters in France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States; a dedicated In-house Lawyers Chapter; a Mentorship Series that visits Italian universities (Florence, Trento, Pavia, Roma Tre, Turin, Trieste, Bologna); an annual intensive training retreat (e.g., the May 2025 Capri retreat on International Arbitration Practical Training); the "L'arbitrato, da vicino" intensive course run jointly with Camera Arbitrale di Milano; pre-moot conferences in partnership with AIA and CAM; directory resources linking to essay competitions, internships, and LL.M. courses through partnerships with organizations such as UNIDROIT, LCIA, and ICSID; and discounts on the ICC Executive Course on International Commercial Arbitration via ICC Italia. No proprietary technology platform is operated; delivery is via website, LinkedIn, email, and in-person events.

The business model is non-commercial: membership is free of charge, the only eligibility criterion being age (under 40 at the time of joining). The association does not raise venture or private equity capital, has no parent company or subsidiaries, and generates no revenue from membership dues or program fees based on disclosed information. Sustained operations rely on the volunteer labor of Co-Chairs and Executive Committee members drawn from leading international arbitration practices (e.g., BonelliErede, Freshfields, Cleary Gottlieb, Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Pinsent Masons, Legance, Chiomenti) and institutions (Permanent Court of Arbitration, Camera Arbitrale di Milano, Webuild), with institutional support from AIA and ArbIt and in-kind co-programming with partner organizations.

Name

AA40 - The Italian below40 Arbitration Association

Legal name

AIA-Arbit-40

Website

https://aia-arbit-40.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

AA40 is a Milan-based non-profit association providing free membership, networking, mentorship, and educational programming to under-40 arbitration professionals connected to Italy, operating under the auspices of AIA and ArbIt.

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B2C

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Core offering

AA40 is a non-profit professional association offering free membership to arbitration practitioners and scholars under the age of 40 who have a connection to Italy. The association delivers networking events, mentorship programs, educational courses, an annual retreat, and a member directory under the auspices of AIA (Associazione Italiana per l'Arbitrato) and ArbIt (Italian Arbitration Association).

Product overview

AA40 is a membership-based professional association (free of charge) for young professionals, academics, and students under 40 interested in arbitration and ADR with a connection to Italy. Operating under the auspices of AIA and ArbIt, the organization provides a unified platform comprising membership with directory resources, international chapters (France, Germany, Switzerland, UK, USA, and In-house Lawyers), educational events (Mentorship Series visiting universities, L'arbitrato da vicino courses), annual retreats, and conference support (AIA-CAM Pre-Moot, Italian Arbitration Day, PAW events, Pranzo Arbitrale sessions). The portfolio centers on community-building, professional development, and knowledge-sharing within the international arbitration community.

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Products and services

• AA40 Membership

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AIA (Associazione Italiana per l'Arbitrato)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019AIA is one of the two main Italian associations promoting arbitration and ADR culture in Italy. AA40 was established under the auspices of AIA and maintains a complementary relationship. AA40 membership does not preclude full membership of AIA.
• ArbIt (Italian Forum for Arbitration and ADR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019ArbIt is one of the two main Italian associations promoting arbitration and ADR culture in Italy. AA40 was established under the auspices of ArbIt and maintains a complementary relationship. AA40 membership does not preclude full membership of ArbIt.
• International Under-40 Arbitration Associations WorldwideminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAA40 maintains relationships with under-40 arbitration associations worldwide and is committed to building connections with similar organizations internationally.
• Camera Arbitrale di Milano (CAM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAA40 collaborates with Camera Arbitrale di Milano on educational events including the 'L'arbitrato, da vicino' course series and Pre-Moot conferences.
• ICC ItaliacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAA40 partners with ICC Italia to offer members special discounted rates for the ICC Executive Course on International Commercial Arbitration.

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Direct peers

• Young ITA (YITA): The young practitioners' arm of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration; global, age-based community for arbitration professionals under ~40 with a comparable programming mix of events, mentorship, and networking.
• Young ICSID: ICSID's network for young investment-arbitration practitioners; comparable age-based, membership-driven community model focused on the next generation of arbitrators, though centered on investment treaty disputes.
• Young Madrid Arbitration (YA MIA): Madrid International Arbitration Centre's young practitioners' association; comparable mission, age cap, and programming (moots, mentorship, networking) for Spain-based arbitration professionals under 40.
• Young Arbitrators Forum (YAF) of the ICC: ICC's global forum for young arbitration practitioners under 40; the international flagship of the very category AA40 operates in at the national (Italian) level, making it the most direct functional analog.
• Swiss Arbitration Association's Young Practitioners Group: ASA's under-40 network for arbitration professionals in Switzerland; AA40 already operates a Swiss chapter, making this a closely comparable and geographically adjacent peer.
• Paris Arbitration Week (PAW) / Young Paris Arbitration: Paris-based community and events platform for young arbitration practitioners; AA40 co-hosts PAW events, and the Paris ecosystem is one of the most active in the under-40 space AA40 serves.
• DIS40 (German Young Arbitration Practitioners): The young practitioners' initiative of the German Institution of Arbitration (DIS); closely mirrors AA40 as a national under-40 arbitration association operating under a senior institutional umbrella, giving AA40 an explicit comparative model.
• Young Austrian Arbitration Association (YAAP / Arb40 Austria): Austria's national under-40 arbitration group; structurally analogous — age-capped membership under a senior arbitration institution — and a peer within the same European under-40 association network AA40 coordinates with.
• Young LCIA: The London Court of International Arbitration's under-40 practitioner network; structured similarly to AA40 (membership-based, events, mentorship) but oriented to the UK/London seat of arbitration.

Broad incumbents

• AIA (Associazione Italiana per l'Arbitrato): One of the two senior Italian arbitration associations under whose auspices AA40 was founded; while not a direct competitor (AIA serves all ages), it is the parent-style incumbent whose positioning AA40 complements.

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Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/aa40

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