Lorraine de Germiny

Partner, London

+44 20 3880 1540

ldegerminy@lalive.law

Lorraine de Germiny

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 “exceptionally talented” and “oozing expertise” in Legal 500 UK Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, 2024,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
International Arbitration in Times of Crisis
LORRAINE DE GERMINY, Speaker
Sanctions and post award implications
St John’s College, University of Cambridge, 14th April 2023

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

European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) 7th EFILA Annual Conference
LORRAINE DE GERMINY, Speaker
What options remain after the ISDS-ban in the EU?
Amsterdam, 9 June 2022

Current memberships

  • 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