Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP's Parisian team works in close combination with the firm’s European and international offices managing a strong investment and commercial arbitration caseload. The practice represents leading companies spanning various industries such as healthcare, energy and construction, in large disputes concerning oil and gas concessions, renewables and real estate projects often linked with France, Europe and the Middle East. The practice also manages exequatur proceedings. The team is co-headed by star partner Noah Rubins, Christophe Seraglini and Alexandra van der Meulen , who was promoted to partner in 2024. Counsel Vasuda Sinha provides support. Of note, Peter Turner has now retired.
Testimonials
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‘Excellent lawyers and very pleasant people to work with’
‘Alexandra van der Meulen is an outstanding lawyer: she is great in each and every aspect that an international arbitration lawyer needs to master.'
Key clients
- Akfel Commodities
- Ayat, Alaa, Eshraka and Mohamed Sumrain
Work highlights
- Acting for Akfel Commodities, the owner of Türkiye’s largest private natural gas importer, and its Dutch subsidiary challenging the 2016 government seizure of their Turkish energy conglomerate through arbitration under the Singapore-Türkiye and Netherlands-Türkiye BITs.
- Advising a European energy company in claims relating to a pilot offshore wind farm project off the coast of France including potential ICC arbitration.