INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

BETTO PERBEN is recognized as a French leader in arbitration. This reputation is based on the long experience of thirty years of the team in international commercial and investment arbitration. 

The partners of the firm have conducted some of the most significant cases of the past decade. They are honored by the trust of governments, State-owned entities, and leading companies, particularly in the energy (oil, gas, minerals), aerospace, construction, and defense sectors.

The firm worked under the rules of the most prominent arbitral institutions (ICC, LCIA, ICSID, CMAP, CCJA, etc.), and the partners regularly sit as arbitrators. 

Our lawyers also deal with all arbitration-related proceedings, such as annulment proceedings, appointment or challenge of arbitrators,  exequatur, and enforcement of arbitral awards. 

EXAMPLES OF MATTERS

  • BIT Arbitration relating to the expropriation of a Western investor in an Eastern European State in various industrial sectors and in real estate (12 billion dollars – UNCITRAL/BIT, Seat in Madrid, English language);
  • Breach of Public-Private Partnership in the mining sector in West Africa (4 billion dollars, Civil Law, ICC The Hague, French language);
  • Revision of a lump sum EPC contract in the Engineering & Construction sector (1.4 billion dollars, Qatari law, ICC Paris, English language);
  • Breach of a supply contract in the Defense sector (1,3 billion euros, French law, ICC Paris, English language);
  • Termination of a cooperation agreement in the Defense sector (1,2 billion euros, French law, ICC Paris, French language);
  • Breach of a Production Sharing Agreement in the oil and gas sector (1 billion dollars, Civil law, ICC Paris, French language);
  • Representation of an African company against Senegal in an ICSID arbitration about expropriation in the energy sector (ICSID ARB/18/24) (400 million euros, Civil Law, Senegalese law, ICSID, English as the language of arbitration);
  • Breach of a joint-venture agreement in the Defense sector (180 million dollars, Swiss law, ICC Geneva, English language);
  • Termination of an EPC contract in the Engineering & Construction sector (150 million euros, French law, ICC Lausanne, French language);
  • Breach of a cooperation agreement in the Defense sector (105 million euros, French law, ICC Brussels, English language);
  • Breach of an EPC subcontract in the Engineering & Construction sector (80 million euros, Abu Dhabi law, ICC Geneva, English language);
  • Representation of a state-owned company in Central Africa in a dispute regarding Cost Oil Recovery (43 million USD, French law, ICC Paris, French language); 
  • Representation of a major aeronautics group in a dispute related to a license agreement (25 million euros, French law, ad hoc procedure, English language);
  • Termination of a commercial lease in the retail sector (19 million euros, Greek law, ICC Athens, English language);
  • Breach of a commercial lease in the hospitality sector (12 million euros, OHADA law, ICC, seat in Paris, French language).

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