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France

Dispute Resolution

International arbitration

— 2026 —

Leading

1

Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes

Yas Banifatemi | Coralie Darrigade | Ximena Herrera-Bernal | Maude Lebois | Mohamed Shelbaya | Benjamin Siino

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Isabelle Michou | Philippe Pinsolle | Thomas Voisin | Michael Young

Three Crowns

Kathryn Khamsi | Ilija Mitrev Penushliski | Georgios Petrochilos | Shaparak Saleh | Todd Wetmore

White & Case

Nicolas Bouchardie | Noor Davies | Samy Markbaoui | Charles Nairac | Kirsten Odynski | Elizabeth Oger-Gross | Michael Polkinghorne | Christophe von Krause | John Willems

2

Bredin Prat

Laura Fadlallah | Raëd Fathallah | José María Pérez | Tim Portwood | Marina Weiss

Clay Arbitration

Thomas Clay | Taha Zahedi Vafa

Cleary Gottlieb

Laurie Achtouk-Spivak | Jean-Yves Garaud

Clifford Chance

Jason Fry | Simon Greenberg | Karolina Rozycka

King & Spalding

Vanessa Benichou | Amy Frey | Marc-Olivier Langlois | John Savage

Wordstone Dispute Resolution

Catalina Echeverri Gallego | José-Manuel Garcia Represa | Eduardo Silva Romero

Excellent

1

A&O Shearman

Marie Stoyanov | Jennifer Younan

Clyde & Co

David Brown | Michael Conrad | Olga Jefremova | Grégory Laville de la Plaigne | Rozenn Lopin | David Méheut | Gildas Rostain | Ivan Urzhumov

Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle

Marie-Claire Argac | Simon Batifort | Remy S. Lerner | Geoffroy Lyonnet | Peter M. Wolrich

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier

Laurent Aynès | Carine Dupeyron

Derains & Gharavi

Bertrand Derains | Yves Derains | Emmanuel Foy | Hamid Gharavi

DLA Piper

Alexander Brabant | Théobald Naud

Eversheds Sutherland

Anne-Marie Lacoste | Wesley Pydiamah

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Noah Rubins | Christophe Seraglini

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Christian Camboulive | Carole Malinvaud | Alexandra Munoz

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Andrew Cannon | Laurence Franc-Menget | Thierry Tomasi

Jeantet

Thierry Lauriol

Jones Day

Jean-Pierre Harb | Elie Kleiman | Claire Pauly

Le 16 Law

Gabriele Ruscalla | Julie Spinelli

Linklaters

Roland Ziadé

Mayer Brown

José Caicedo | Dany Khayat | Isabela Lacreta | Alejandro López Ortiz

Medici Law

Marie-Laure Bizeau | Valence Borgia | Caroline Duclercq

Squire Patton Boggs

Sabrina Aïnouz | José Feris | Jérôme Lehucher | Valérie Ravit | Carole Sportes

Teynier Pic

Raphaël Kaminsky | Sara Nadeau-Seguin | Pierre Pic | Danny Rifaat | Eric Teynier

2

Aceris Law

William Kirtley

Anima Dispute Resolution

Thomas Granier | Jacob Grierson

Asafo & Co.

Emmanuel Avramesco | Bob Bastos | Charles Kaplan | Tunde Oyewole | Isabelle Rouche

Audit Duprey Fekl

Mathias Audit | Pierre Duprey | Matthias Fekl

Bird & Bird

Flore Poloni

Fidal

Mathilde Cousteau | Jalal El-Ahdab | Daniel Rota

Foley Hoag

Diana Paraguacuto-Mahéo | Daniel Schimmel

FTMS Avocats

Tristan Dupré de Puget | Cédric Fischer | Marc Henry | Silvestre Tandeau de Marsac

Hogan Lovells

Melissa Ordonez

Honlet Legum Arbitration

Jean-Christophe Honlet | Barton Legum

Hughes Hubbard & Reed

Sena Agbayissah | Sébastien Bonnard | Alexander Marcopoulos

Latham & Watkins

Fabrice Fages

MCL Arbitration

Valentine Chessa | Hervé Le Lay | Alexis Mourre

Pinna Goldberg

NEW
Andrea Pinna

Signature Litigation

Philip Dunham | Jérémie Fierville

Simmons & Simmons

Philippe Cavalieros

Talma Dispute Resolution

Marina Matousekova | Alexandre Reynaud

Vanguard International Dispute Resolution

Nadia Darwazeh | Melanie van Leeuwen | Sophia Von Dewall

Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Grégoire Bertrou | Dominique Mondoloni

Highly recommended

1

Advant Altana

François Muller

Ashurst

Emmanuelle Cabrol

August Debouzy

Marie Danis | Valéry Denoix de Saint Marc

Baker McKenzie

Karim Boulmelh

BDGS Associés

NEW
Florian Dessault | Kyum Lee

CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats

NEW
Jean-Fabrice Brun | Shane Daly

De Gaulle Fleurance

Capucine du Pac de Marsoulies | Pierrick Le Goff

Dentons

Anna Crevon-Tarassova

Grandjean Avocats

Marguerite Aynès | Jean-Pierre Grandjean | Thomas Lambard

HFW

Pauline Arroyo | Vincent Benezech | Gaëlle Le Quillec | Stanislas Lequette | Olivier Purcell | Stéphanie Schweitzer | Iris Vögeding

K&L Gates

Louis Degos

Klein - Wenner

Georges Arama | François Klein | Martin Riedel

Lazareff Le Bars

Benoît Le Bars

Meyer Fabre Avocats

Damien Devot | Nathalie Meyer Fabre

Norton Rose Fulbright

Christian Dargham | Philippe Hameau | Marc Robert

Pinsent Masons

Gaëlle Filhol

Proskauer Rose

Ana Vermal

Schroeder Arbitration

Catherine Schroeder

UGGC Avocats

Ali Bougrine | Clémence Lemétais d’Ormesson | Jean-Jacques Uettwiller

2

Alerion Avocats

Jacques Bouyssou | Sibylle Mareau

Cartier Meyniel

Marie-Laure Cartier | Alexandre Meyniel

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei

Philippe Dubois | Barbara Levy | Alexandre Vermynck

Debevoise & Plimpton

Alexandre Bisch | Antoine Kirry

Kennedys

Nicolas Bouckaert | Thomas Kendra | Alexis Valençon

MMlaw

NEW
Guilhem Affre | Budes-Hilaire de La Roche | Emmanuel Moulin | Martin Valluis

Morgan Lewis

Alexandre Bailly | Marie Davy | Renaud Dubois | Xavier Haranger

Sader Arbitration

Nada Sader

Trinity International

Lucien Bou Chaaya | Stéphane Brabant | Natasha Peter | Florian Quintard

Winston & Strawn

Gilles Bigot | Mathilde Lefranc-Barthe | Sara Susnjar

3

Addleshaw Goddard

Ioana Knoll-Tudor

BFPL Avocats

Aurélie Arenales Huet

CastaldiPartners

Thierry Bonnet | Andrea Campilungo | Enrico Castaldi

D'Alverny Avocats

Hubert d'Alverny | Henri-Joseph Trémolet de Villers

darci

Yann Schneller

HMN Partners

Simon Ndiaye

Lead Up

NEW
Ramy Bassily | Julien Maire du Poset | Baptiste Rigaudeau | Anne-Sophie Tonin

Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler

Reed Smith

Ana Atallah | Clément Fouchard

Skadden

Valentin Autret | Julie Bédard

Watson Farley & Williams

Franck Poindessault | Pascal Roux

Recommended

1

APG Avocats

Jean-Marie Gazagnes | Bertrand Janssens | Gilbert Parleani | Olivier Parleani

Bélot Malan & Associés

Frédéric Bélot | Alexandre Malan

Bernard-Hertz-Béjot

Patrick Bernard

Bmh Avocats

Stéphane Dassonville | Detlev Kühner

Bosco Avocats

Patrick Marès

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP)

Constantin Achillas | Philippe Métais | Élodie Valette

Charles Russell Speechlys

Frédéric Jeannin | Simon Le Wita

DWF

Romain Dupeyré

Feigher Dispute Resolution

Janice Feigher

Fieldfisher

Marily Paralika

FLV & Associés

Antoine Fourmentin

Franklin

NEW
Guillaume de Rancourt

Friedland

Jonathan Djenaoussine

FTPA Avocats

Robert Corcos | Rajeev Sharma Fokeer | Serge-Antoine Tchekhoff

Gibson Dunn

Éric Bouffard | Jean-Pierre Farges | Pierre-Emmanuel Fender

Lamartine Conseil

Julie Degenève | Rémi Hanachowicz

Lerins

Laurent Bernet | Arnaud Picard | Elsa Rodrigues

Nataf IDR

NEW
Samantha Nataf

Navacelle

NEW
Roxane Castro | Stéphane de Navacelle | Maxime Desplats | Julie Zorrilla

Ngo Jung & Partners

Gérard Ngo | Marion Ngo

Nmcg Avocats

NEW
Marie-Aude Ziadé

Osborne Clarke

NEW
Jessica Madesclair

PBA Legal

Catherine Popineau-Dehaullon

Rory Legal

Marie Valentini | Rory Wheeler

Steering Legal

Nuno de Ayala Boaventura | Sébastien Fleury | David Lussigny

Stephenson Harwood

Nicolas Demigneux

2

Aramis

Cédric de Pouzilhac

BCTG Avocats

Diane Mouratoglou | Augustin Nicolle

Bignon Lebray

NEW
Frédéric Coulon | Sébastien Pinot

Bühler Arbitration

Michaël W. Bühler

Enjea Avocats

Jérôme Barbet

GGV Avocats – Rechtsanwälte

NEW
Axelle Zenati

Grenier Avocats

Patrice Grenier

Hw&h - Hertslet Wolfer & Heintz

Béatrice Deshayes | Dominique Heintz

Laude & Associés

Olivier Laude

Lewis & Co

Guillaume de Bascher | Leïla Esnard | Peter Iglikowski | Lars Lewis

LexCase

Sébastien Semoun

LPA Law

Xavier Clédat | Pierre Marly

Oplus Avocats

Nathalie Makowski

Racine

Bruno Cavalié | Thibault Guillemin

Sarrailhé Intlaw

Philippe Sarrailhé

Tal&Co

Richard Esquier | Delphine Ghighi

Valuable practice

Coblence Avocats

Ludovic Dorès | Benjamin Magnet

Herald Avocats

Jean Castelain | Bertrand Pébrier | Louis-Romain Riché

Meltem Avocats

NEW
Rami Chahine | Aksel Doruk | Mathieu Le Rolle

Publication date : May 21, 2026

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