Region: France
Dutch duo launch Paris boutique
Melanie van Leeuwen and Sophia von Dewall have left the partnership at Derains & Gharavi to launch a new Paris boutique.
08 January 2025
ICC opens hearing centre in Paris
The new ICC Hearing Centre in Paris, which opened this week four years after the closure of the last centre, offers secure, state-of-the-art hearing rooms for in-person, hybrid and virtual hearings that span the upper ground floor of a new five-storey complex.
20 December 2024
AXA brings ICSID claim against Mexico
French insurer AXA has launched an ICSID claim against Mexico after it was reportedly hit with a retrospective tax bill.
09 December 2024
Working group to reform French arbitration law
A working group launched by the French Ministry of Justice and chaired by Thomas Clay and Judge François Ancel is to undertake a reform of France’s arbitration law.
29 November 2024
Latham duo head to De Gaulle Fleurance
Esperanza Barron Baratech and Diego Romero have both left Latham & Watkins to join Paris firm De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, where they will launch an Ibero-American disputes practice.
22 November 2024
Indian state entity loses French appeal over satellite award
The French Court of Cassation has rejected an appeal by India’s Antrix over the enforcement of a US$1.3 billion ICC award, upholding an earlier ruling that the tribunal was validly constituted under a clause that provided for either ICC or UNCITRAL arbitration.
11 November 2024
Ivorian banker’s family lose appeal over Swiss Re award
Relatives of an Ivorian insurance tycoon have lost a final appeal in Paris over a €24 million ICC award arising from an ill-fated partnership with Zurich-based reinsurer Swiss Re.
08 November 2024
French supreme court sides with Malaysia in Sulu dispute
Malaysia is celebrating a “historic victory” after the French Court of Cassation affirmed that a Spanish arbitrator lacked jurisdiction to order the Asian state to pay US$15 billion to the Filipino heirs of the last Sultan of Sulu.
07 November 2024
Kendra leaves Hogan Lovells for Kennedys
After 15 years at Hogan Lovells in Paris, seven as partner, UK and French qualified lawyer Thomas Kendra has joined Kennedys to develop its commercial and investor-state arbitration practice.
07 November 2024
Morocco beats telecoms claim at ICSID
Morocco has reportedly defeated an ICSID claim worth up to €300 million brought by a French telecoms company over a high-speed network project.
25 October 2024