Michael Ostrove
DLA PiperDLA Piper’s Paris office has a solid and good sized bench, capable of dealing with commercial and international arbitration. The team is highly involved in matters pertaining to Africa, and notably the Democratic Republic of Congo, and relating to the telecoms sector as well as oil, gas and mining licences. The practice also manages several investment cases against the state of Georgia, while its caseload also spans various other industry sectors and European countries. It won a number of cases recently including in disputes raising sensitive corruption and intra EU issues. The team acts for companies and some state entities. Star partner Michael Ostrove jointly heads the Paris practice alongside Alexander Brabant. The team also includes Théobald Naud and counsel Maxime Desplats.
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‘Their Paris based team is very easily approachable and they are quick to turn matters around. Also I appreciate their pragmatic advice.’
‘Michael Ostrove: pragmatic, analytical and very client focused approach'
'Maxime Desplats: very motivated senior associate, prepared always to go the "extra mile".’
‘Very professional and very friendly team. ’
‘Théobald Naud: very impressive. Exceptional in pleadings, always accessible. Very effective and very clear.’
Key clients
- Republic of Guinea
- DS2 and the De Sutter brothers
- Vodacom entities
- Ronald Waldmann
- Republic of Moldova
- Nasib Hasanov
- Republic of Hungary
- Naval Group
- AVZ Minerals Limited
- Green Lithium Holdings Pte Ltd
- Dathcom Mining SA
- MTU FRIEDRICHSHAFEN GMBH
Work highlights
- Successfully represented Telco company in a DRC law dispute before four separate jurisdictions (French courts, Belgian courts, DRC courts and the CCJA) to secure enforcement of an award in favour of the client.
- Secured a high-profile win for the Republic of Moldova in the Court of Justice of the European Union in the now Komstroy vs Moldova case.
- Represented Naval Group in a 555-million-euro settlement following the termination of the Attack class submarine programme by the Commonwealth of Australia in the wake of the AUKUS deal.
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Michael Ostrove, Alexander Brabant