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Michael Polkinghorne

Address: 

White & Case LLP

19 Place Vendôme

Paris 75001

France

Phone Number: 
+33 1 5504 5800
Fax Number: 
+33 1 5504 1516
Email: 
mpolkinghorne@whitecase.com
Born: 
1962, Adelaide, Australia
Languages: 
English French
Nationalities: 
Australian
Education: 
LLM, Queens' College, Cambridge University (Commonwealth Scholar) LLB, (Hons), University of Adelaide, South Australia (Stow Medalist)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Paris Bar, 1992
Solicitor of England and Wales, 1994
Solicitor and Barrister of the Supreme Court of South Australia, 1985
Present Position: 
Partner, EMEA Disputes, International Arbitration; head of Paris arbitration department; co-head of firm’s international oil and gas practice.
Professional Experience: 

Lived and practiced as a lawyer in Australia, England, Vietnam, Thailand and France. Admitted to practice in civil and common law jurisdictions with significant expertise as counsel and arbitrator in the areas of energy, foreign direct investment, and acting for and against States.

Professional Associations: 

Member of Legal Advisory Taskforce of the European Energy Charter Secretariat; Former Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration; Member of the Commission of the ICC Institute of World Business Law and a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators; also listed on various institutional lists of arbitrators in, inter alia, Korea, Kuala Lumpur and the BVI.

Arbitration Experience: 

Broad range of experience in the areas of energy, telecommunications, project finance, and infrastructure. Served as counsel and arbitrator in arbitrations conducted under most major institutional rules.

Areas of Specialization: 
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Investment Treaty
Oil & Gas
Mining and Natural Resources
Publications from JURIS: 
The Legality Requirement in Investment Arbitration - Jurisdiction in Investment Treaty Arbitration - IAI Series No. 8
Price Re-Openers In Long-Term Gas Supply Agreements - Chapter 12 - Leading Practitioners’ Guide to International Oil & Gas Arbitration
MR. WILLIAM NAGEL (UNITED KINGDOM) v. THE CZECH REPUBLIC DECISION BY THE SVEA COURT OF APPEAL (SWEDEN) RENDERED ON 26 AUGUST 2005 - Stockholm International Arbitration Review (SIAR) 2006 No. 2
Arbitration under the ECT and other Investment Protection Treaties - Chapter 6 - Investment Arbitration and the Energy Charter Treaty
Arbitration under the ECT and other Investment Protection Treaties - Chapter 6 - Investment Arbitration and the Energy Charter Treaty
Sweden: 3S Swedish Special Supplier AB v. Sky Park AB - International Arbitration Court Decisions - 3rd Edition
Provisional application of the Energy Charter Treaty: the conundrum - Chapter 11 - Energy Dispute Resolution: Investment Protection, Transit and the Energy Charter Treaty
Sweden - Judgment of the Supreme Court of Sweden rendered in 2000 in case T 5119-99: the 3S case 75 - (SAR) 2001 - 2
Mr. William Nagel v. The Czech Republic - Chapter 5 - Investment Arbitration Decisions
Publications: 

Numerous articles and book chapters on energy, foreign investment and international arbitration.