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Shearman & Sterling LLP, Prof Emmanuel Gaillard, Paris, FRANCE

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Prof Emmanuel Gaillard

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Shearman & Sterling LLP

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International Arbitration

Position

Global Head of Disputes

Career

Emmanuel Gaillard founded and heads Shearman & Sterling’s 100-lawyer International Arbitration practice.

He has advised and represented corporations, States and State-owned entities in international arbitration cases for over 25 years. He has also acted as sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator or Chairman under most international arbitration rules and is frequently called upon to appear as expert witness on arbitration law issues in international arbitration proceedings or enforcement actions before domestic courts.

Over the course of his career, Emmanuel Gaillard has acted on many of the largest international disputes submitted to arbitration. In addition to the USD 50 billion award secured for the majority shareholders of the former Yukos Oil Company, he acted on the ICC arbitration brought by The Dow Chemical Company against Petrochemical Industries Company of Kuwait, which led to a USD 2.47 billion award in favor of Dow, previously distinguished as the largest arbitral award rendered in the history of international arbitration.

A Professor of Law in France currently acting as a Visiting Professor of Law at Yale Law School, Emmanuel Gaillard has written extensively on all aspects of arbitration law, in French and in English. Co-author of a leading treatise in the field (Fouchard Gaillard Goldman On International Commercial Arbitration), he also authored the first published essay on the legal theory of international arbitration.

Languages

French and English

Member

  • Member, appointed by France, ICSID Panel of Arbitrators (2006–18)
  • President and co-founder, International Academy for Arbitration Law (2011–13)
  • Chair, International Arbitration Institute (IAI)
  • Member, Editorial Advisory Board, ICSID Review – Foreign Investment Law Journal
  • Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
  • Chairman, International Arbitration Committee, International Law Association (1989–96)
  • Member, Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (CFA), Comité Français de Droit International Privé, Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA); former Court member (2002-2007)
  • Advisory Board Member, Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)
  • Member, Board of Trustees of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy
  • Member, SIAC Court of Arbitration

Education

  • Agrégé des Facultés de droit
  • Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II), PhD

Algeria

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Emmanuel Gaillard - Shearman & Sterling LLP

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‘One of the most active foreign firms in Algeria’, Shearman & Sterling LLP’s recent key projects include representing Algeria as respondent in a $4bn ICSID arbitration and acting for Sonatrach in two ICC arbitrations. International arbitration head Emmanuel Gaillard is regarded as a ‘leader in Algerian matters’ and Guillaume Isautier, Yas Banifatemi, Coralie Darrigade and Maude Lebois are also active in international arbitration, M&A, public international law and project development as well as in financing pertaining to the energy and natural resources, construction and civil infrastructure, telecoms, power and water sectors.

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Emmanuel Gaillard - Shearman & Sterling LLP

Within: International arbitration

Shearman & Sterling LLP has established itself as the leading ultimate reference for international arbitration in France: the Paris office is home to the firm’s international arbitration hub and to one of the market’s largest teams with 50 dedicated lawyers, who have a unique track record and consistently attract instructions on multibillion-dollar disputes in relation with the Arabic world, Africa and Europe. The group is managing a diverse and prominent commercial and investment arbitration portfolio spanning construction, telecoms, oil and gas price review and exploration issues. Recent highlights include representing Ukraine in an ICSID arbitration initiated by Emergofin and Velbay regarding an aluminium and alumina production company. The practice also obtained a precedent-setting victory regarding abusive claim definition when defending Algeria in a $4bn ICSID arbitration initiated by Orascom TMT. Areva, Yukos Oil‘s former majority shareholder, Egyptian Natural Gas, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Sonatrach, the Government of Lithuania and EDF are clients. Heading the firm’s global practice, Emmanuel Gaillard is the one and only market's leading figure in France. Yas Banifatemi, who leads the global public international law practice, also stands out. Coralie Darrigade, Jennifer Younan, Maude Lebois and Mohamed Shelbaya are key members, along with counsels Daniel Reich and Benjamin Siino.

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