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Georgios Petrochilos KC

+33 1 83 79 09 60 georgios.petrochilos@threecrownsllp.com

Work Department

International Commercial Arbitration and Public International Law

Position

Georgios, one of the founding partners of Three Crowns, based in the Paris office, has a broad practice spanning more than two decades and covering inter-State, investment, and commercial disputes. He has represented States, international organisations, and private parties in more than 70 disputes, including several appearances in the International Court of Justice.

In addition to counsel work, Georgios is regularly sought out to act as co-arbitrator or presiding arbitrator and has experience administering cases heard under ICC, SCC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, and LCIA rules.

Career

He has published extensively on international law and international arbitration, including the well-known monograph Procedural Law in International Arbitration, the leading commentary, UNCITRAL Rules, and Social License and Dispute Resolution in the Extractive Industries.

Georgios has represented a Member State at UNCITRAL since 2007, is a visiting professor at the Universities of Bern and Fribourg in Switzerland, and is the current rapporteur of the International Law Association International Arbitration Committee.

Georgios is qualified as a barrister in England, an avocat in France, and an advocate in Greece. He holds graduate degrees, including a doctorate, from Oxford, as well as degrees from Strasbourg and Athens.

Languages

English, French, Greek

Education

DPhil, Oxford

MJur, Oxford

Maitrise (International and European Law), Strasbourg

Degree in Law, Athens