Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier
Client SatisfactionDarrois Villey Maillot Brochier has the ability to handle complex and challenging commercial arbitration (ICC) and exequatur proceedings. The team regularly represents large corporations involved in matters linked to M&A transactions or the defense sector and in cases relating to France, Africa and the Middle-East. It is also involved in a large dispute in the energy sector in Nigeria. The team also stands out for its excellent exequatur and set-aside practice, where it regularly acts in complex proceedings including currently handling a key matter concerning Crimea. The practice is co-headed by professor Laurent Aynès and Carine Dupeyron .
Testimonials
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‘A key player in arbitration, both in France and internationally. Their team knows how to combine a perfect knowledge of French law and procedures with a great mastery of the issues involved in complex multi-jurisdictional cases.’
‘Carine Dupeyron is simply excellent, both in her knowledge of the law and the cases and in her exceptional relationships with everyone she works with and interacts with, from her own clients to the court. Professor Laurent Aynes, for his part, is one of the experts in the field.'
‘Availability, great professionalism, expertise.’
Key clients
- Akhmetov
- Astaris
- Hydro Construction & Eng. Co. Ltd.
- Kout Food Group
- Sunrise Power and Transmission Company
- Banijay Group
- CNIM
- AMT Cameroun, AMT Suisse, Privinvest
Work highlights
- Representing Hydro Construction in exequatur proceedings of a foreign arbitral award in France against a French company in insolvency proceedings.
- Representing Sunrise Power and Transmission Company, a Nigerian consulting company, against Nigeria and Sinohydro, a Chinese construction company, in an ICC arbitration relating to the withdrawal by Nigeria of the award of a contract for the construction of the Mambilla Project, one of the biggest hydroelectric projects in Nigeria and Africa.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Laurent Aynès, Carine Dupeyron