GBS Disputes

INCLUDES REPRESENTATION OF:

International arbitrations

• An international joint venture, project owner, Respondent in an ICC arbitration in Paris initiated by an oil field services provider. The dispute arises from an EPC contract for the construction of upstream facilities in Africa. Issues include liability for delay, additional works and disruption.
• The Republic of Georgia in an ICSID arbitration brought by U.S. investors under the Georgia-U.S. bilateral investment treaty. The dispute arises from the alleged mistreatment of Magticom, Georgia’s leading telecommunication company, including the investigation, arrest and detention of its founder and majority shareholder, the son-in-law of former Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, by the government of President Mikhail Saakashvili in the aftermath of the 2003 Rose Revolution.
• An international logistics company in an ICC arbitration in Paris brought against the Port Authority of an African State. The dispute arises from a concession agreement related to the management and operation of a container terminal.
• An African transportation authority in an ICC arbitration initiated by two contractors. The dispute arose from a contract for the renovation of railway systems. The law of the Respondent’s State applied.
• A North African State-owned mining and chemicals company in relation to substantial claims for project delays, associated costs and alleged scope changes relating to the construction of two large scale chemical processing plants. The claims are subject to expert determination in accordance with the ICC administered expertise procedure.
• An African transportation company in an UNCITRAL arbitration against an Asian equipment manufacturer. The dispute arises from an agreement for the supply of passenger trailers. The law of the Claimant’s State applies.
• Port operator Togo Terminal as Claimant in an ICSID arbitration brought against the Republic of Togo (ICSID Case No. ARB/18/16). The dispute related to a concession agreement.
• Sonatrach, Respondent in an ICC arbitration in Geneva brought by Saipem SpA and Saipem Contracting Algérie SpA. The dispute arose from a contract for the construction of gas liquefaction facilities. Over EUR 2.6 billion was at stake. Algerian law applied.
• A European company in the aviation sector in a dispute with a provider subject to ICC arbitration. The dispute arises from an agreement for the supply of aircrafts’ components.
• A North African company, Respondent in an ICC arbitration in Geneva initiated by an Iberian contractor. The dispute related to a major infrastructure project in North Africa. The law of the Respondent’s State applied.

Post-awards matters

• The majority shareholders in the former Yukos Oil Company in proceedings initiated in multiple jurisdictions to seek the recognition and enforcement of the USD 50 billion award rendered in the arbitrations brought by the shareholders against the Russian Federation concerning the expropriation of their investments in Yukos.

Education

• Université de Nantes, Doctorat in Private Law, (with highest honors)
• Université de Strasbourg, Master 2 in International Law, (with highest honors)

Admissions & Courts

• Paris

Languages

• French
• English

Nationality

• French

• Lecturer (International Arbitration), Université Paris II Panthéon – Assas (Magistère de Juriste d’Affaires – DJCE)
• Conseil National des Universités, Qualification of Maître de Conférences (2013)