Legal System:
Civil Law, Common Law, European Law, International Law, Islamic Law
Practice Areas:
Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Audiovisual - Media, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, E-business, Energy - Natural Resources, Environment, Finance - Banking, Infrastructure, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Mediation, ODR (Online dispute resolution), Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law, Sales - Purchases, Trade - Industry, Other
Jurisdiction:
France, United States
Publications
- Lessons From UK-France Court Split on Arbitral Enforcement
Co-Authored with Erin Thomas, Monique O'Donoghue, and Catherine Karia - Law360 (2022)
- New Generation Model BITs - Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law - Vol. 15 (Forthcoming)
- The Campaign for Greener Arbitration's Green Protocols: Actions Not Words
Co-Authored with Lucy Greenwood and Christine Falcicchio - Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2021)
- The Missing Link in Progress to Greater Diversity - Arbitrator Intelligence 2021 Diversity Campaign
Co-Authored with Catherine Rogers, Amanda Lee, Fahira Brodlija, Kirsten Teo - Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2021)
- Sustainability and Diversity in the Newly Virtual World of International Arbitration
Co-Authored with Maguelonne de Brugière - Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2020)
- The Impact of the Arab Spring on the International Arbitration Landscape - Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2019)
- Conflicting Perceptions Threats and Opportunities for Self-Regulation of Ethics in International Arbitration
Co-Authored with James Clanchy - Issue 85(2) - CIArb International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management (2019)
- The InfoSpan Saga: Preserving Jurisdictional Defenses, Asserting Counterclaims, and Compelling Arbitration from California to Dubai - 2019/1 Edition - International Journal of Arab Arbitration (2019)
- U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Individualized Employer-Employee Arbitration Agreements Must Be Enforced As Written - Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2018)
- "Les inspections de concurrence" in Editions Panthéon Assas - Ed. Louis Vogel (2017)
- The Evolution of Arbitration in the Arab World - Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2015)
- "Les actions civiles de concurrence" in Editions Panthéon Assas - Ed. Louis Vogel (2013)
Teaching
Adjunct Professor, The George Washington University Law School
Former Professor of Law, Sorbonne Law School, Université Panthéon-Assas
Education
Bachelor of Arts - University of Michigan Juris Doctor - The George Washington University Law School LLM - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Fulbright Fellow - France
Other Information
ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR - Delegate (2022-Present)
ArbitralWomen - Board Member (2020-Present)
Campaign for Greener Arbitrations - Global Vice-President, Drafter of Green Protocols (2020-Present)
ArabArb - Co-Founder and Board Member (2022-Present)
CPR Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution Y-ADR - Steering Committee Member (2021-Present)
Arbitrator Intelligence - Advisor for Diversity & Inclusion (2021-Present)
American Bar Association, International Law Section - Member (2022-Present)
American Society of International Law - Member (2021-Present)
Rising Arbitrators Initiative - Member (2021-2022)
Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners (YAWP) - Board Liaison (2018-2022)
Paris Arab Arbitration Practitioners (PAAP) - Co-Founder (2015-2021)
Experience as Arbitral Secretary and Counsel
Select Speaking Engagements
- The Environment, Climate Change and Renewable Energies and International Arbitration: An Update on Merits and Quantum - Washington Arbitration Week 2022 (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington Arbitration Week 2022 ArbitralWomen Panel - From Inception to Recovery: A Panorama of International Arbitration Featuring Women (Washington, D.C.)
- American Society for International Law and Freshfields Young Arbitrator Debate Series 2022 - Investor-State Dispute Settlement and Climate Change (Washington, D.C.)
- China Arbitration Week - CIETAC - 2022 ICSID Amendment Rules (Virtual)
- ArabArb Launch Event (New York City)
- Tunisian Bar Association, Canadian Bar Association, International Development Law Organization - Training Program on International Human Rights Law 2022 (Virtual)
- Africa Arbitration Academy - Greener Arbitrations, Mitigating Costs and Increasing Efficiency in a Hybrid World 2022 (Virtual)
- London VYAP and the European Committee of the CGA - Greener Arbitrations in Action: Junior Practitioners' Role in Implementing the Green Protocols 2022 (Virtual)
- American Bar Association International Law Section Annual Conference 2022 (Washington, D.C.)
- University of Pennsylvania Law International Arbitration Conference 2022 (Philadelphia)
- Georgetown Law International Arbitration Society Arbitration Month 2022 (Washington, D.C.)
- Washington Arbitration Week Second Edition 2022 - Pairs of Practitioners (Washington, D.C.)
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Nigeria Branch 2021 Annual Conference on Climate Change (Virtual)
- Arbitrator Intelligence: Assessing and Resolving Disparities in Arbitrator Appointments (Virtual)
- Africa Energy Arbitrators' Forum Training (PRETRAC) 2021 - Green Arbitration (Virtual)
- Paths to Partnership - Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners (Virtual)
- Costs of Arbitration: From Pitching to Enriching - Young ArbitralWomen Practitioners (Virtual)
- 15th Annual Juris Investment Treaty Conference - New Generation Model BITs (Virtual)
- The Campaign for Greener Arbitrations: Green Protocols Global Launch (Virtual)
- Women in Dispute Resolution: Navigating the New Normal After COVID-19 (Virtual)
- New York Arbitration Week Diversity Challenge (New York)
- Paris Arbitration Week: Blockchain Technology, Data Protection, and Cybersecurity (Paris)
- MACI Masters Seminar on Exequatur and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards (Paris)
- Women in Law Conference on Diversity, Inclusivity & Intersectionality - University of Vienna (Vienna)
- ICC YAF Middle East, North Africa & Turkey Regional Conference (Cairo)
- CIArb European Branch 2018 Annual Conference on Ethical Rules (Lisbon)
- UNCITRAL Training Workshop for Ministries of Finance and Justice (Algiers)
