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Audit Duprey Fekl
26 Avenue de l'Opéra
75001 Paris
France

Work Department

International Arbitration and Complex Litigation

Position

Pierre Duprey is a founding partner at Audit – Duprey – Fekl.

Career

Pierre Duprey has extensive experience in international arbitration and risk management, areas in which he has been practicing for more than 30 years. His expertise also covers international transactions and the structuring of foreign investments.

In his career, Mr. Duprey has represented both private businesses and state entities in Europe, Latin America, the United States, Asia and Africa. Specifically, he has acted as counsel in over 170 arbitration proceedings, both commercial and investment, both institutional (ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SCC, PCA, ICSID, AFA, Milan Chamber of Arbitration) and ad hoc. Prior to founding the firm, he was co-head of Linklaters’ international arbitration practice worldwide. He is also regularly appointed as an arbitrator in institutional or ad hoc arbitrations (ICC, LCIA, AFA, PCA, UNCITRAL, CCIG, Milan Arbitration Chamber, CMAG).

Mr. Duprey is notably involved in industries such as energy and natural resources, defense, pharmaceuticals, mass distribution, information and communication technologies and construction. He regularly advises clients in post-acquisition litigation as well as in litigation involving complex joint ventures.

  • Founding Partner, Audit – Duprey – Fekl (since 2021)
  • Partner, Global co-head of the international arbitration practice, Linklaters LLP (2015 – 2020)
  • Partner, Linklaters LLP (2013 – 2015 )
  • Partner, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier (2002 – 2013)
  • Associate, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier (1995 – 2002)
  • Associate, Gide Loyrette Nouel (1992 – 1995 )

Languages

French; English

Memberships

  • President of the Arbitration Committee and member of the board of the French Arbitration Association (AFA)
  • Member of ICC France’s Commission on Arbitration and ADR
  • Delegate to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
  • Member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
  • Panel of arbitrators, Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA)
  • Member of the Commission on International Arbitration  of the Paris bar
  • Member of the board of the French Arbitration Commitee (CFA)
  • Member of the Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
  • Member of the ICC Task Force on “Maximizing the Probative Value of Witness Evidence

Education

  • Université de Paris II – Panthéon-Assas, Master’s degree in private law (1989)

Lawyer Rankings

France > Dispute resolution: International arbitration

(Leading individuals)

Pierre DupreyAudit Duprey Fekl

Boutique firm Audit Duprey Fekl has a high-level team that is retained by leading companies to assist with commercial and investment disputes, notably in relation to Africa. The team regularly acts in large oil and gas and mining disputes, while its expertise also spans sensitive exequatur cases and its strong academic knowledge and recognition also earns it mandates on complex judicial proceedings challenging arbitrators’ duties and arbitration court composition. The practice is co-headed by Pierre DupreyMathias Audit and Matthias Fekl who are all regularly appointed as arbitrators in ICC and AFA disputes.