Lorraine de Germiny

Partner, London

English

Lorraine specialises in international arbitration, both commercial and investment treaty arbitration, with a particular focus on high value, complex disputes in the mining and energy sectors.

Hailed as “results oriented, practical, flexible, open-minded, and insightful” Legal 500 UK Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, 2025, Lorraine has acted as counsel in a high number of international arbitral proceedings, either ad hoc (including UNCITRAL) or administered (under the rules of the ICC and ICSID), governed by various procedural and substantive laws.

Recognition

“Lorraine de Germiny oozes expertise while being easy going and helpful”.
Legal 500 UK, Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, 2024

Peers describe Lorraine as “very smart and capable”.
Who’s Who Future Leaders, Most Highly Regarded, Arbitration, 2023

Lorraine de Germiny is an “exceptionally talented” and “extremely smart and driven” lawyer. She is distinguished for her “very skilled and thoughtful” approach to disputes.
Who’s Who Legal Future Leaders, Arbitration, 2022

Recent publications

Russia Update: Exodus from extractive industries and latest measures against foreign investors
LORRAINE DE GERMINY, ROBERT BRADSHAW
In: LALIVE Blog online, September 2022

New model BIT for African States facilitates counterclaims against foreign investors
LORRAINE DE GERMINY, ANNA KORSHUNOVA
In: Corporate Responsibility (CR) Series – Issue 7, 2022

Possible claims against Russia for expropriation of foreign investments
MATTHIAS SCHERER, JOACHIM KNOLL, LORRAINE DE GERMINY, EMILIE MCCONAUGHEY
In: LALIVE Blog online, April 2022

Recent conferences

Cambridge Arbitration Day - Cambridge Arbitration Day - International Arbitration in times of crisis
LORRAINE DE GERMINY, Role: Speaker
John’s College, University of Cambridge, 14 April 2023

Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) - Center for International Legal Studies (CILS) - The Social License to Operate and the Protection of Foreign Investments and Human Rights
LORRAINE DE GERMINY, Role: Speaker
King’s College Strand Campus, London, 3 November 2022

European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) - European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) 7th Annual Conference
LORRAINE DE GERMINY, Role: Speaker
Amsterdam, 9 June 2022

Member of ArbitralWomen
Founding member of Women in Mining, Switzerland

Career history

Partner, LALIVE, London, 2021– present
Counsel, LALIVE, Geneva, 2018 – 2020
Associate, LALIVE, Geneva 2014 – 2018
Associate, King & Spalding, Paris, 2008 – 2014
Associate, Dewey LeBoeuf, New York and Paris, 2006 – 2008

Academic qualifications

Licence with honours from the University of Rennes, 2003
JD (Juris Doctor), Tulane University Law School (cum laude), New Orleans, 2005
LLM, Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone scholar), 2006

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Practices

Arbitration - International Commercial
Arbitration - Investment Treaty
ESG

Sectors

Energy
Mining

Languages

English
French

Nationality

American
French

Admission

Paris, 2012
New York, 2006

“A powerhouse of arbitration” Who’s Who Legal Future Leaders, Most Highly Regarded, Arbitration, 2023

Lorraine de Germiny

Partner, London

Recognition

Recent publications

Recent conferences

Current professional memberships

Career history

Academic qualifications

Practices

Sectors

Languages

Nationality

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