GBS Disputes

includes representation of:

• 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.
• A European pharmaceutical company, Respondent in an ICC arbitration in Geneva against a European life sciences company. The dispute arises out of an acquisition and concerns liability relating to third party claims. Swiss law applies.
• A European aerospace company in an ICC arbitration in London against an Asian insurance company. The dispute concerns delays in product delivery. English law applies.
• Georgia, Respondent in an SCC arbitration initiated by Mr. Zaza Okuashvili under the Georgia-U.K. bilateral investment treaty. The dispute relates to taxes owed to the State by various companies owned by the Claimant.
• Advice on the legal consequences of the COVID-19 crisis for several clients, especially with regards to the force majeure clauses contained in various agreements.

Education

• Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Ph.D. in Law
• Columbia University School of Law, LL.M., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
• University of Cambridge, LL.B., John Eliot Harvard-Cambridge Scholar
• Harvard University, B.A., magna cum laude with highest honors

Admissions & Courts

• New York

Languages

• English
• French

Nationalities

• French
• U.S.
• Brazilian

• Visiting Lecturer (International Arbitration Practice in Perspective: History, Sociology, and Legal Theory), Sciences Po, Master 2
• Guest Lecturer (History of International Arbitration), University of Montpellier, Diplôme universitaire Droit de l’arbitrage
• Member, International Law Association (French branch)
• Member, Paris Place de Droit
• Member, American Society of International Law (ASIL)
• Former Treasurer of the Harvard Club of France and Co-Chair of the Harvard French Scholarship Fund

• The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration (Cambridge University Press, 2022). To find out more about this book, see here (print version) and here (online version).
• “Towards a Global History of International Arbitration,” in Y. Banifatemi, M.-E. Ancel, J.-B. Racine and M. Wu (eds.), Liber Amicorum Emmanuel Gaillard (forthcoming)
• “Diversity and Inclusiveness in International Arbitration” (co-author), in M. Reisman and N. Blackaby (eds.), Arbitration Beyond Borders: Essays in Memory of Guillermo Aguilar Álvarez (Kluwer, forthcoming)
• “The Stop-and-Go Rise of France’s Pro-Arbitration Regime: A Play in Five Acts,” in Kabir Duggal et. al. (eds.), “Pro-Arbitration” Revisited: A Tribute to Professor George Bermann from his Students over the Years (Juris, forthcoming)
• “Jalons pour une histoire contemporaine de l’arbitrage commercial international,” Cahiers de l’Arbitrage / Paris Journal of International Arbitration, issue 3 (2022), pp. 789–807
• “T. Schultz and F. Ortino (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Arbitration” (book review), Journal du droit international – Clunet, issue 1 (2021), pp. 419–422
• “The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration and the Development of the ICC Arbitration System,” ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin, issue 2 (2020), pp. 63–75
• “P. Sands, East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity” (review essay), Revue critique de droit international privé, issue 1 (2018), pp. 170–176
• “A. Stone Sweet and F. Grisel, The Evolution of International Arbitration. Judicialization, Governance, Legitimacy” (note), American Journal of Legal History, vol. 58 (2018), pp. 159–160
• Mikaël has also acted as peer reviewer for book proposals and articles submitted to Cambridge University Press, Journal of International Economic Law, The Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, etc.

• Third Edition of the “Rendez-vous des auteurs de l’arbitrage” [conference and debate on The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration] organized by Sorbonne Arbitrage (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, 26 October 2022)
• “Researching the Modern History and Evolution of International Commercial Arbitration” (Columbia International Arbitration Association (lunchtime seminar), Columbia Law School, New York, 30 August 2022)
• “The Modern History of International Commercial Arbitration,” Kobe Seminars on Asian Law and Dispute Management (Kobe University (online event), 27 August 2022)
• Harvard International Arbitration Law Students Association (HIALSA) Book Talk on The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration (Harvard Law School (online event), 6 April 2022)
• Book Launch for The Three Ages of International Commercial Arbitration (GBS Disputes and Sciences Po Arbitration Society (online event), 1 March 2022)
• “The Twin Genealogies of International Arbitration,” Conference on “Why Arbitration? History, Theory and Practice” (Oxford University, 1 October 2021)
• “The ICC: One Hundred Years of Arbitration (1919–2019),” Executive Course on “ICC Arbitration: Current Developments” (Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement (CIDS), 13 September 2019)
• “The Evolution of the Arbitral Case Law of the International Chamber of Commerce in the 1920s and 1930s,” Conference on Historical Perspectives on International Commercial and Investment Treaty Arbitration (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, 13 June 2017)
• Several shorter talks and presentations on the modern history and evolution of international arbitration