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Patrick Thieffry

Address: 

66 rue de Monceau

75008 Paris

France

Phone Number: 
(33-9) 72 50 43 30
Born: 
1955, Neuilly
Languages: 
French English
Nationalities: 
French
Education: 
Diploma of Higher Studies in International Economics 1979, Univ. of Paris II; Diploma of Higher Studies in International Law 1980, Univ. of Paris I; Docteur en droit, 1998
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Paris bar 1979; Georgia bar 1983; New York bar 1984
Present Position: 
Independent Arbitrator; Associate Professor at the Sorbonne School of Law (Paris I University).
Professional Experience: 

Thieffry & Associés, New York office (1985–1991); Attorney, international law firm of Thieffry & Associés (1979–2018).

Professional Associations: 

ABA; European Law Academy (Board of Trustees); Sorbonne études et recherche en droit de l’environnement, de l’aménagement de l’urbanisme et du tourisme (SERDEAUT); ICC Institute of World Business Law; International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA); Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA, ICC

Arbitration Experience: 

Counsel, several institutional and ad hoc cases, French parties v. U.S. or Middle Eastern parties, re: breach of sale and construction contracts (1983– ); Arbitrator, several AAA panels in US v. European or Middle Eastern parties, re: construction contracts, including chair in major international multi-partite arbitration involving construction disputes with RICO and anti-trust claims; Several ICC matters as Sole Arbitrator, Party-appointed Arbitrator or Chairman of Arbitral Tribunal in construction, energy and environmental matters involving European and Middle-Eastern Countries.

Areas of Specialization: 
Competition, Antitrust, Restrictive Trade Practices
Dispute Resolution
Environmental Law
European Union Law
Foreign Investment & Joint Ventures
Franchise Law
International Business Transactions
Joint Ventures
Licensing
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

Le règlement des litiges civils et commerciaux avec les Etats-Unis (Paris 1986); Droit Européen de l’Environnement, Ed. Dalloz, Paris (1998); Traité de droit de l’Environnement de l’Union Européenne, Ed. Bruylant, Brussels (3nd Edition, 2015); Manuel de droit de l’environnement de l’Union Européenne Ed. Bruylant, Brussels (2nd Edition, 2017); Handbook of European Environmental Law, Ed. Bruylant, Brussels (2018); numerous articles in law reviews and professional journals.