“CAPA” (professional legal qualification), EFB Paris (Barrister Training College of the Paris Court of Appeal); “DESS” (postgraduate degree) Law and Dispute Resolution : Litigation, Arbitration and ADR, Paris University II – Panthéon Assas (under Prof. Serge GUINCHARD and Prof. Philippe FOUCHARD) (Top of the year); “DEA” (postgraduate degree) Philosophy of Law, Paris University II - Panthéon Assas (under Prof. Francois TERRE) (Top of the year); “Maitrise” (degree) in general private law, Paris University II - Panthéon Assas.

Paris

Arbitration and ADR law, French and International; International Private law, International Commercial law and Foreign Investment; Commercial Law, Law of Obligations and Special Contracts, including: o Sale of Goods and Services (raw materials, flooring products, manufactured goods, IT services, machine tools, transfers of undertakings); o Commercial contracts (construction, consultancy or audit projects, JVs); o Company law (Partnership/Shareholder agreements, company statutes, get out clauses, Rep & War’, dispute resolution clauses); o Telecom (Interco, Roaming, satellite), IT communications; o Franchising and Agency law (industrial franchises with transfer of know how, rights of use/transfer of intellectual property (clientbase, trademark etc), Commercial Agency with or without representation/exclusivity; o Shipping, transportation of goods and individuals (maritime and air), intermediary and commissioner; o Oil & Gaz, Mining, Energy; o Industrial matters (engineering, manufacturing technologies, products liability/damages…) . Procedural Law: Civil Procedure and Enforcement measures; Comparative law and foreign procedures: Civil (inspired) Law (in Maghreb countries, Eastern Europe, French speaking Africa, Middle East), knowledge of Swiss Federal Law of Obligations, Common Law system, and “sharia” law in Moslem countries.

Avocat à la Cour; Partner, Eversheds Paris, Litigation & Arbitration; Secretary General of the French Committe on Arbitration; Co-President of the International Arbitration Commission of the Paris Bar; Member of the International Arbitration Institute (IAI), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA),the French Arbitration Association (AFA), the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA).

“La consécration de l’arbitrage en tant que justice internationale autonome”, Le Dalloz no. 21, 29 mai 2008 p.1429; “L’évolution du droit dans l’entreprise - le juridique face aux défis de l’économie”, La Tribune, 16 avril 2008, p.24; “Quel résultat pour l’honoraire de résultat en arbitrage ?”, in Petites Affiches (oct 2007); “La Recusacion con base en opiniones previas del arbitro. ?Hemos abierto la caja de Pandora”?”, in Arbitraje Internacional, Tensiones actuales, Legis, 2007, p.273; “Civil Liability of Arbitrators : New Inroads on the Arbitrator’s Immunity From Suit – a Worrying or Welcome Development?”, Stockolm International Arbitration Report, 2006 #1, p.149; “Stratégie du contentieux : l’arbitrage constitue-t-il une bonne solution ?”, Option Finance, mai 2005, pp 39-41; “La percée de l’arbitrage dans la justice administrative : le contentieux du contrat de partenariat”, Décideurs Stratégie Finance & Droit, 15 mars - 15 avril 2005, pp. 94-95; “Arbitration in a European context”, Revista Brasiliera de Arbitragem 36 (July- Aug 2003); “La Cour de Cassation consacre l’autonomie de la clause compromissoire en arbitrage interne” Le Dalloz no. 17, 24 April 2003 p.1117; “The new provisions of French law relating to the arbitration clause” RDAI/ Int’l Bus. Law J., 2001.653 (bilingual edition); “La clause compromissoire réhabilitée”, Gaz. Pal., 13-14 June 2001, Doctrine, p. 6; “Médiation et équité”, Rev. jur.comm., no. 6, 2001, p.147, with B. Moreau, conference delivered on 4 December 2000 to the Paris Commercial Court ; “Arbitrage interne et international: unification des conditions de la compétence du juge des référés pour accorder une provision ?” Revue de l’arbitrage, 1998.673; "hronique de jurisprudence française, Revue de l’arbitrage, 1997.583; Contributor to “Revue de l’arbitrage” (Arbitration Review); responsible for electronic version of the Arbitration Review (distributed on CD Rom by Kluwer Law International); Teacher on the training course for arbitrators at the Paris Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (CMAP) of the ICC; Speaker on training courses organised by Permanent Arbitration and Mediation Organisations (CNEJITA-CMITA, Federation of Cocoa Commerce) for arbitrators and mediators; Member of Drafting Committee of the reform of French arbitration law; General Secretary of Working Group 1, presided by Prof. E. LOQUIN, on the Arbitration Agreement within the framework of the workings of the Committee of inquiry of the French.

English, French, Spanish (knowledge)