Adrien Canivet

Counsel, London

+44 20 3880 1540

acanivet@lalive.law

Adrien Canivet

Adrien has over ten years of experience in international commercial arbitration, investor-State disputes and public international law. He also has experience of English court and cross-border litigation. He advises and represents clients in a wide range of industry sectors, including banking, energy, construction, telecoms, automotive, defence and mining.

Adrien is dual-qualified as a French avocat and as an English solicitor and is therefore well-equipped to navigate the complexities of cross-border disputes.

Adrien formerly taught English contract and tort law at Paris-Dauphine University, London campus.

Recognition

Peers describe Adrien as a “truly multi-lingual superb black letter lawyer as comfortable working in civil law as he is in common law”.
GAR, 2025

Peers say Adrien is “an absolute pleasure to work with” and a “truly international arbitration practitioner”.
GAR, 2025

Melissa Magliana, Co-chair of Lalive’s international arbitration practice, describes Adrien as an “excellent lawyer with strong sector experience and testament to the deep pool of talent that we have coming through the ranks at Lalive in London and in Switzerland”.
GAR, 2025

Recent publications

The impact of Mali’s revised legislation on foreign mining companies
ADRIEN CANIVET, AUGUSTIN BARRIER
Lexology, 2023

Ambiente Ufficio v. Argentina, ICSID Case No. ARB/08/9
ADRIEN CANIVET
ICSID Reports, 2021

Digital disputes: new rules to offer fast and effective resolution
ADRIEN CANIVET
PLC, May 2021

Recent conferences

Webinar - Risks for investors in times of crisis
ADRIEN CANIVET, Role: Speaker, Risks for investors in times of crisis
Online, 1 October 2020

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Current professional memberships

  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Career history

  • Counsel, LALIVE, London, 2025 – present
  • Senior Associate, LALIVE, London, 2024
  • Associate, LALIVE, London, 2021 – 2023
  • Managing Associate, Linklaters, London, 2015 – 2021
  • Associate, Linklaters, London, 2013 – 2015
  • Associate, Hogan Lovells, Paris, 2011 – 2012

Academic qualifications

  • Master of Laws, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, 2008
  • Magister Juris, University of Oxford, 2007
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Practices

  • Arbitration - International Commercial
  • Arbitration - Investment Treaty
  • Public International Law

Sectors

  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Technology

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

Nationality

  • French

Admission

  • England & Wales, 2016
  • Paris, France, 2012
“Future leader, Arbitration” Who’s Who Legal, 2024