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Michael M. Ostrove

Address: 

DLA PIPER FRANCE LLP
27, rue Laffitte
Paris 75009
France

https://www.dlapiper.com/en/france/people/o/ostrove-michael/

Phone Number: 
+ 33 1 40 15 24 94
Fax Number: 
+ 33 1 40 15 24 03
Email: 
Michael.Ostrove@dlapiper.com
https://www.dlapiper.com/en/france/people/o/ostrove-michael/
Born: 
22/03/1967 New York - USA
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
USA
French
Education: 
Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), Sept. 1994-June 1995 (Auditeur libre) Public International Law
Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, J.D. Order of the Coif, May 1993
Yale University, New Haven, CT, B.A. English Language and Literature, Magna cum laude, May 1989
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
New York State, 1994
Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, 1994
Paris, 2002
Present Position: 
Partner, DLA Piper France LLP
Global Head of International Arbitration
Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas: Chargé d’enseignement, “La pratique de l’arbitrage transnational.”
Professional Experience: 

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP NY & Paris - International Counsel; Honorable Eugene H. Nickerson - Law Clerk.

Professional Associations: 

American Bar Association; Comité Français de l’Arbitrage; Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy; ICC French National Committee Arbitration Commission; Institut d’Arbitrage International; International Bar Association; Paris - The Home of International Arbitration / Paris Place d’Arbitrage; Swiss Arbitration Association.

Arbitration Experience: 

Counsel in over 40 international arbitrations. Selected matters:

• Respondent in BSGR v. Republic of Guinea (ICSID ARB/14/22) (claim of expropriation after cancellation of rights to major mining deposit on basis of corruption);
• Respondent in Sonatrach v. Technip (ICC Case No. 20197/MCP/DDA) (termination of contract relating to Algiers refinery);
• Respondent in Arif v. Republic of Moldova (ICSID ARB/11/23) (claims of violations of France-Moldova BIT relating to duty free stores);
• Respondent in Telekom Malaysia Berhad v. Government of Ghana (UNCITRAL) (claims of violations of Malaysia-Ghana BIT relating to management of Ghana Telecom);
• Claimant in Turkcell v Islamic Republic of Iran (UNCITRAL) (claims of violations of Turkey-Iran BIT relating to tender for GSM license);
• Claimants in Lauder v. Czech Republic and CME v. Czech Republic (UNCITRAL) (claims of violations of US and Dutch - Czech BITs relating to television broadcasting rights);
• Other ICC Cases include: 10435/AER/ACS (television broadcasting services agreement); 12996/FM (consumer product manufacturing); 11365/TE (consultancy services to African State); 12436/KG (production sharing agreement in Venezuela); 14000/EBS (ownership interests in electrical power plant in Pakistan); 14636/CCO/JRF (termination of distribution agreement in clothing industry); 16510/ND (joint venture in supermarket industry in Russia); 15597/JEM (shareholders’ agreement in telecoms industry); 19328/MCP (termination of distribution agreement in Saudi Arabia); 19992/EMT (payment for products delivered in Ukraine); 20431/MCP (agreement in food services industry in Egypt);
• Numerous ad hoc and institutional arbitrations in the mining, oil & gas, telecoms, commodities and other sectors.

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Investment Treaty
Litigation
Public International Law
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
(Selected): Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Law section of “International Litigation,” in International Legal Developments in Review: 1997, 32 Int’l Law. 223, 234 (1998) & 33 Int’l Law. 403, 418 (1999); “Indépendance de l’arbitre,” note sous Cour d’appel de Reims, arrêt du 2 novembre 2011, Avax/Tecnimont, CEPANI Newsletter No. 60, 12-14 (Dec. 2011) (with Caroline Verbruggen); “La recherche des preuves à l’étranger dans le cadre de procédures arbitrales,” 117 Rev. Gén. Droit Int’l Pub. 457 (2013) (with Caroline Delaffond); Venue in International Arbitration, Ostrove, Salomon and Shiff, eds. (Oxford University Press, 2014); “La clause relative à l’expropriation: L’imbrication du concept d’attentes légitimes dans la notion d’expropriation indirecte,” 119 Revue Générale de Droit International Public 197 (2015); “L’exécution des mesures conservatoires prononcées par les tribunaux arbitraux,” forthcoming Rev. Gén. Droit Int’l Pub.