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Table of Cases

 

1.    Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 26 February 2013, Sprecher et al. v Khaled Ali Z et al.  

      

2.    Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 26 February 2013, Société Lola Fleurs v Société Monceau Fleurs et al.   

 

3.    Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 27 February 2013, Office des Faillites du Canton de Genève v FIFA      

 

4.    Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 6 March 2013, Société Deloitte SA v M. X et al. 

 

5.    Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 13 March 2013, Projet Pilote Garoube v l’Etat du Cameroun  

6.    COUR DE CASSATION,FIRST CIVL CHAMBER, 13 MARCH 2013, SOCIETE CARREFOUR V. SOCIETE COOP ATLANTIQUE

 

7.    Cour de cassation, Second Civil Chamber, 21 March 2013, Société Metelmann v M. X         

 

8.    Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 28 March 2013, Société Neftegaz v Société Interneft      

 

9.    Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 28 March 2013, Société Etisalat  v Société Telecel Faso et al.        

 

10.    Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 28 March 2013, Société Atlantique Telecom v Société Planor Afrique et al.

 

11.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 28 March 2013, Société Pirelli v Société Licensing Projects           

 

12.  Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 2 April 2013, Société SARL Blow Pack v Société Windmoller et Holscher KG          

 

13.  Cour de cassation, Commercial Chamber, 16 April 2013, Société Prodim v Société Ramaje            

 

14.  Cour de cassation, Commercial Chamber, 23 April 2013, Société Lesieur et al. v Société Kura Shipping Ltd et al.   

 

15.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 15 May 2013, M. X v Mme Y  

 

16.  Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 11 June 2013, Société EMAC v Société RUDIS S.A.         

 

17.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 12 June 2013, Société Thermodyn v M-Real Alizay et al.   

 

18.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 12 June 2013, Societe Vitocor Technologies v Benteler automobiltechnik         

 

19.  Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 25 June 2013, Société Sirec S.A.S. v Société Metalmonde Steel Trading Ltd

 

20.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 26 June 2013, Société Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation v Société National Gas Company             

 

21.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 26 June 2013, Société Kettal v M. X      

 

22.  Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 2 July 2013, Société La Valaisanne Holding ‘LVH’ Company v M. Besnardeau et al.  

 

23.  Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 3 September 2013, Société Eutelsat S.A. v Société Deutsche Telekom AG     

 

24.  Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 10 September 2013, Syndicat mixte des aeroports de Charente (SMAC) v Société Airport Marketing Services (Limited) ‘AMS’, Ryanair Limited 

 

25.  Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 29 October 2013, S.A.R.L. K L v Societe Z SERVICES           

 

26.  Paris Court of Appeal, Eighth Chamber, 31 October 2013, Société Federal State Unitary Enterprise ‘Russian Satellit Company’ v Société Orion Satellite Communications Inc    

 

27.  Paris Court of Appeal, Fifth Chamber, 6 November 2013, Société SARL Polo Garments Majunga v Société SA DS 2           

 

28.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 6 November 2013, Société Bioalliance Pharma v Société Spepharm Holding BV        

 

29.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 6 November 2013, Société Bioalliance Pharma v Société Spepharm Holding BV        

 

30.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 6 November 2013, Société Logistique Fret v Société Hapag Lloyd et al.         

 

31.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 6 November 2013, M X, et al. v Société Encore Medical

 

32.  Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 12 November 2013, La République de Guinée Equatoriale v Société Fitzpatrick Equatorial Guinea Ltd 

 

33.  Cour de cassation, First Civil Chamber, 20 November 2013, Société Giepac Bourgogne v Société Automation Group

 

34.  Paris Court of Appeal, First Chamber, 3 December 2013, Société the State Grain Organisation of the Islamic Republic of Iran v Société Redler Grains Silos Ltd 

 

 

 

Thomas Clay is a Professor of law at Sorbonne Law School, (University of Paris I: Pantheon-Sorbonne) where he teaches arbitration law and alternative dispute resolution. He previously founded and directed the Master of Laws in Arbitration and Business Law at the University of Versailles (Paris Saclay University) for 12 years and served as the university’s Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Law.

Enjoying a strong and recognized expertise in domestic, international and investment arbitration, he has participated in more than one hundred arbitral proceedings, as chairman, sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator in domestic or international arbitrations, ad hoc or institutional, in different sectors such as energy, telecommunication, construction, distribution, international trade, sports law, labor law, etc., under the aegis of many different arbitration centers including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Stockholm Arbitration Chamber (SCC), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Milan Chamber of Arbitration (CAM), the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), the Paris Mediation and Arbitration Center (CMAP), the International Arbitration Chamber of Paris, etc.

He was appointed by France as co-arbitrator in the first ICSID arbitration case against France and he currently serves on other ICSID arbitral tribunals. He has also developed a specific competence in sports law. He is on the list of arbitrators of the CAS. Member of the Paris Bar, Professor Thomas Clay advises and represents States, French and foreign companies before arbitral tribunals and States Courts.

Philippe Pinsolle is the Head of International Arbitration for Continental Europe at the Paris Office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. He has acted as counsel in more than 220 international arbitrations, with a particular focus on Investor-State arbitrations and commercial disputes involving the energy, power, oil & gas, construction and defense industries. He has been involved in arbitrations under the auspices of virtually all major arbitration institutions including the ICC, the LCIA, the ICSID, the SCC, the AAA, the ICDR, the Swiss Chambers of Commerce, the AFA, as well as in ad hoc cases under the UNCITRAL rules or otherwise.  He has also served as arbitrator in more than 45 cases, as well as expert witness on arbitration and French law issues.

Mr. Pinsolle is a member of the Paris Bar and of the Bar of England & Wales (Gray’s Inn). He is a lecturer on international arbitration at the Universities of Aix-Marseille III, Versailles-St Quentin and Paris 12. He is also the former President of the International Arbitration commission of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) and a cofounder of the Young Arbitration Practitioners (YAP).  He is the author of numerous articles and case-notes on international arbitration and holds a J.D. degree from the University Pantheon-Assas (Paris II), a M.Jur. from Oxford University, Hertford College, and an MBA degree from Essec.

Alexander G. Leventhal is a senior associate at the Quinn Emanuel Paris office.  He has extensive experience in international commercial and investment arbitration, touching upon multiple sectors, with a particular focus on the energy sector.  He has represented clients in commercial arbitrations arising out of contractual disputes and has sought recourse on behalf of clients against States for treaty breaches.  Mr. Leventhal also helped lead a team that obtained an order from an ICSID tribunal, which, for the first time, ordered the suspension of extradition proceedings in a third-party State.  He acts as CIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) YMG (Young Member Group)’s Global Ambassador for France and previously sat on the Steering Committee of Paris Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (PVYAP).  He writes and speaks frequently on topics of arbitration in English, French, Portuguese, and Arabic.  Mr. Leventhal was also the recipient of the Special Award in the 2014 Young Arbitrators Match, the 2018 CPR Y-ADR Award for Efficient and Effective Collaboration between Corporate Counsel and Outside Counsel, and the 2018 CIArb (Singapore Branch) Competition, and was chosen to serve on the Young ICCA Special Committee for the first edition of the ICCA Guillermo Aguilar-Alvarez Memorial Prize.