Laurent Yves Gouiffès
Hogan Lovells LLP
17 avenue Matignon
75008 Paris
Counsel, Allen & Overy, London and Paris (2005- 2009); Senior Associate, Denton Wilde Sapte, London (2002 - 2005); Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Paris (1998 – 2002).
CC French Committee, Councilor on the LCIA European Users’ Council, ICC taskforce on arbitrations involving States, LCIA Working Group on the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, Comité Français de l’Arbitrage, Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage, International Arbitration Institute, The Law Society.
ICC, LCIA, Milan Chamber of Arbitration, SIAC, SHIAC and KLRCA.
Acting as sole arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Greek engineering construction company and a Romanian company arising out of a FIDIC contract for the rehabilitation of a railway line; Sole arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration, under English law with proceedings in French, between two courier services companies in relation to their business in North Africa; Sole arbitrator in an ICC arbitration arising out of a FIDIC contract for the rehabilitation of a railway line; Sole arbitrator in an arbitration administered by the Milan Chamber of Arbitration, under Italian law, between an Italian aviation company and a German company concerning the provision of transport; Sole arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration under English law, seated in London, between a law firm and various companies from Kazakhstan; Sole arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration under Italian law, seated in London, in the pharmaceutical sector; Sole arbitrator in an ICC arbitration, in English under Italian Law, between an Italian company and an Israeli company in the fashion industry; Co-arbitrator in an ICC arbitration in relation to the payment of legal fees between an English and French company; Sole arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration under English law, seated in London, in the mining sector; Sole arbitrator in a Milan Chamber of Commerce arbitration, under Italian law, in the pharmaceutical industry; Sole arbitrator in a LCIA arbitration under English law in relation to a financial dispute between British and American companies; Sole arbitrator in an arbitration under the aegis of the Chamber of Arbitration of Milan for a F3000 car racing dispute; Sole arbitrator in an ICC arbitration in the food industry, between a German company and an English company; Co-arbitrator in an LCIA arbitration in relation to a dispute between Maltese and Italian parties.
“Jurisdiction and admissibility: are we any closer to a line in the sand?”, Arbitration International, 2015; “Quelle flexibilité pour le contrôle des sentences CIRDI?”, La Revue des Juristes de Sciences Po, 2012; “Provisional Application of the Energy Charter Treaty: The Conundrum” with Michael Polkinghorne, Juris Publishing, 2011; “L’arbitrage d’investissement en Afrique sub-saharienne”, in Journal Africain de Droit et Affaires, 2011 “The dispute settlement mechanisms of the Energy Charter Treaty” in Investment arbitration and the Energy Charter Treaty, Juris Publishing, 2006; “The first investment treaty arbitration award before the English court – the Republic of Ecuador v Occidental Exploration and Production Company”, in International Arbitration Law Review, September and December 2005; “Arbitration and pricing mechanisms in international gas sales contracts”, ICC handbook for United Kingdom, 2003; “Legal Issues for International Oil and Gas Companies in Iraq – Past, Present and Future”, with Graham Coop and Heike Trischmann, in International Energy Law and Taxation Review, October 2003.