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Thierry Bernard

Address: 

156 bd Haussmann
PARIS 75008
FRANCE

Phone Number: 
+ 33 1 53 53 82 82
Fax Number: 
+ 33 1 53 53 82 80
Email: 
tbernard@bernardsfirm.com
Born: 
1955, Boulogne Billancourt
Languages: 
French English
Nationalities: 
French
Education: 
Univ. of Paris II, Maîtrise, 1977
MBA HEC, 1989
Institut des Stratégies Industrielles (ISTRA), 1995
Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale (IHEDN), 2001
Cycle des Hautes Etudes du Développement Economique (CHEDE), 2005
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to the Paris 1978
Present Position: 
Founder and managing partner of BERNARDS lawfirm, a law simplified limited-liability company, certificated ISO 9001 & 14001, since 2001.
Professional Experience: 

associate in lawfirm of Jean Robert, 1978-1983; associate in lawfirm Surrey & Morse (Washington-USA), lawfirm Holtzmann (New York-USA) and American Arbitration Associate (New York-USA) 1984; partner in lawfirm Robert-Moreau-Bernard, 1984-2000; Bernards, founder and managing partner, 2001.

Professional Associations: 

ICC, AFA, Cepani, Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (former General Secretary); Cercle des Stratèges Disparus (President); Association for the CHEDE formers auditors (former President); AIJA, Arbitration commission of the young lawyers international Association (former President).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

arbitrator to the French Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the French Arbitration Association (AFA) and the Belgium Arbitration Center (Cepani).

Arbitration Experience: 

several arbitrations as party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator, counsel, ad-hoc and institutional arbitration, mediator to the Mediation Automobile Center.

Areas of Specialization: 
Business Law
Competition, Antitrust, Restrictive Trade Practices
Foreign Investment
Insurance
Products Liability
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

publications in the  “Revue de l'Arbitrage” published by the “Comité Français de l'Arbitrage” (CFA) ; Transnational Litigation - A Practitioner’s Guide, Oceana Publications, Inc – 2003 ; Evidence in international arbitration proceedings, collective book, Ed. Graham et Trotman – 1994 ; L'arbitrage, droit interne et droit international, collection “Ce qu'il faut savoir”, Ed. Delmas Masson – 1993.