Academic Position : Lecturer (Legal English) - University of Paris II Panthéon Assas (1982)

Education : Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (Certificates in French language and culture - 1976, DESS in Foreign Trade - 1983); Harvard Law School (JD - 1980); Texas Christian University (BA, Phi Beta Kappa - 1977)

Experience as counsel:

Numerous international and domestic French arbitration proceedings, ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) and under the Rules of the ICC and ICSID (construction, petroleum, international turnkey contracts, energy, mergers & acquisitions, and pharmaceutical industry matters)

Experience as arbitrator:

Sole arbitrator or member of the tribunal in several domestic French and international arbitration proceedings, ad hoc and under the aegis of the ICC

Publications:

• "The Arbitral Tribunal's Role in Default Proceedings," 22(2) Arb. Int'l 233 (2006)(with J. Butchers)

• "Arbitral Awards and Enforcement in Romania," 5 Int'l Arb. L. Rev. 11 (No. I, Mar. 2002)

• "Singapore Report," XI Y.B. Com. Arb. 29 (1986)

• "General Viability of Arbitration in Singapore: Singapore’s Accession to the NY Convention Fills the Last Gap," 1986 Rev. dr. aff. int. / Int’l Bus. L.J. 783• "Esprit de géométrie, esprit de finesse ou l’acceptation du mot 'raisonnable' dans les contrats de droit privé américain," 9 DPCI 43 (1983)(with V. Amar)Speaker at numerous conferences worldwide, including on cross-border investments and international arbitration (Paris, Singapore, Jakarta), and on arbitration in the New Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan)

• "Arbitral Awards and Enforcement in Romania," 5 Int'l Arb. L. Rev. 11 (No. I, Mar. 2002)

• "Singapore Report," XI Y.B. Com. Arb. 29 (1986)

• "General Viability of Arbitration in Singapore: Singapore’s Accession to the NY Convention Fills the Last Gap," 1986 Rev. dr. aff. int. / Int’l Bus. L.J. 783

• "Esprit de géométrie, esprit de finesse ou l’acceptation du mot 'raisonnable' dans les contrats de droit privé américain," 9 DPCI 43 (1983)(with V. Amar)§§Speaker at numerous conferences worldwide, including on cross-border investments and international arbitration (Paris, Singapore, Jakarta), and on arbitration in the New Central Asian Republics (Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan)