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Mr Rupert Reece
Work Department
Dispute Resolution, Projects Finance&Infrastructure
Position
Rupert is an English Barrister and an Avocat à la Cour. He is head of the Firm’s dispute resolution team in London. He specialises in international arbitration relating to construction, joint ventures, aerospace and international commerce.
Having started his career as a Barrister in London in 1992, Rupert joined Gide Loyrette Nouel in Paris in 1995 and became a partner in 2001. He relocated to the Gide office in London in 2012.
Rupert acts as counsel in arbitration proceedings in English and/or French, most frequently under the ICC or LCIA rules. He has also appeared before tribunals under a variety of institutional rules in Asia, the Middle East and Central Europe. He is “an excellent advocate who masters technical details of complex projects”.
Rupert is regularly appointed as an arbitrator. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Languages
French and English
Education
Chambers of Patrick Phillips QC, 2 Temple Gardens, London, Pupil and Tenant (1992)
Called to Paris Bar (1998)
Examen d’aptitude (Art 99, Decree 27 Nov 1991) (1997)
University Panthéon Assas (Paris II) D.E.S.S (litigation and arbitration) (1996)
Called to Bar of England & Wales (1992)
Magdalene College, Cambridge University B.A. Hons. (Law Tripos Parts I and II) (M.A. 1994) (1990)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Focused on commercial and investment disputes, predominantly in relation to energy and infrastructure, Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP‘s London group has ‘very detailed knowledge of investment arbitration‘. London IDR leader Rupert Reece ‘brings gravity to hearings‘; and raised to partner in June 2022, Saadia Bhatty heads the investment arbitration arm of the firm’s London’s international arbitration practice. At counsel level, Hannah McIrvine acts for clients from the construction, energy, commercial, technology, and insurance sectors.
France > Dispute resolution: International arbitration
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. has a combined London and Paris-based practice that handles commercial and investment arbitration cases on behalf of some European and African state entities but predominantly for companies. The team has a strong involvement in Africa-related matters, concerning mining, oil and gas and construction issues. It has also been recently retained to handle a high-stakes case linked to Russia and another significant case opposing leading insurance companies. The practice also regularly handles exequatur cases before French courts. Carole Malinvaud, who regularly sits as an arbitrator in ICSID and ICC arbitration cases, is noted. She co-chairs the practice alongside Christian Camboulive, Alexandra Munoz and London-based Saadia Bhatty and Rupert Reece.