Led by Emmanuelle CabrolAshurst LLP‘s compact Paris practice attracts key mandates from leading corporations. The team handles a high amount of work linked to the energy sector (gas and renewables) and Africa (notably from Algeria), while construction issues pertaining to the nuclear field is a major area of strength. The Paris team, which frequently collaborates with the firm's London and Dubai offices, is notably involved in a particularly prominent case relating to gas field expropriation and recently noticed an uptick in mandates concerning French renewables projects. The team’s caseload also extends to other various areas.

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  • ‘A team capable of handling highly significant and technical disputes. Partners know their file very well and do not break up a file among multiple actors, which provides for a much more solid internal logic.’

  • ‘Emmanuelle Cabrol is very solid legally, discreet, but she has authority and is efficient.’

  • 'Business oriented'.

Key clients

  • Areva
  • Sunny Hill
  • Lagardère

Work highlights

  • Representing a foreign investor in a large dispute against a North African state-owned company, arising from the wrongful termination of its interest in a world-class project.
  • Representing a leading international group in a strategic arbitration against a state-owned North African company related to the termination of an infrastructure project.
  • Representing a leading international group in a sensitive dispute against a state-owned company in the nuclear sector.

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Emmanuelle Cabrol