Adrien Canivet

Senior Associate, 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

“Future leader”, Arbitration
Who’s Who Legal, 2024

“Key lawyer”, International Arbitration and Public International Law
Legal 500, 2020, 2021

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

”Risks for investors in times of crisis”
ADRIEN CANIVET, speaker
Webinar, October 2020

Current memberships

  • Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Career history

  • Senior Associate, LALIVE, London, 2024 – present
  • 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

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