Dispute resolution boutique Teynier Pic fields a sizeable team led by five experienced partners who assist French and foreign corporations in commercial arbitration with particular know-how handling construction disputes while also taking on cases that relate to other various industry sectors such as retail. The practice is particularly appreciated for its strong knowledge of Africa and Middle East jurisdictions, regularly handling claims relating to Dubai, Qatar and Lebanon. The team also has excellent exequatur and award enforcement expertise. The team is co-headed by Eric Teynier and Pierre Pic, and also includes key partners Raphaël Kaminsky, Sara Nadeau-Séguin and Danny Rifaat. Counsel Yann Dehaudt-Delville provides additional support.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘The Teynier Pic team is exceptional, both in terms of competence, availability and creativity. The team is very diverse both in terms of training and legal culture and is extremely responsive. For me, this team stands out very significantly from competing teams on the market. ’
- ‘Danny Rifaat is an exceptional lawyer: a Lebanese lawyer by training, he masters three languages (English, French and Arabic) and has unparalleled knowledge of arbitration procedures with extensive and first-rate knowledge of the laws of the Gulf and Middle East countries.’
Key clients
- KIC
- Ministry of Environment, Romania
Work highlights
- Advising Stileks on the appeal of annulment proceedings before the Paris Court of Appeal, regarding an underlying arbitration in which the arbitral tribunal awarded US$45 million-plus to Komstroy, which subsequently transferred its rights in relation to the award to Stileks.
- Advising the Romanian Ministry of Environment on annulment proceedings brought against an ICC award obtained by OMV, the Austria-based multi-national oil & gas company, in relation to the privatisation of Petrom, the Romanian State petroleum entity.