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Lorraine de Germiny joined LALIVE in 2014 and in 2021 was promoted partner of LALIVE (London) LLP. Her main area of practice is international arbitration, including commercial and investment treaty arbitration with particular experience in the energy and construction sectors. She has acted as counsel or arbitrator in a 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.
She is a member of several professional associations (including the CFA-40, ArbitralWomen, ICDR Y&I and LCIA YIAG) and one of the founding members of and Secretary and Legal Officer of Women in Mining Switzerland. She is also on the list of arbitrators with the Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA).
Before joining LALIVE, Ms. de Germiny practiced international arbitration at King & Spalding in Paris (2009-2014) and at Dewey & LeBoeuf in Paris and New York (2006-2009). In addition, she completed secondments to the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and to UNESCO in 2008 and 2012, respectively.
Ms. de Germiny holds a Licence with honors from the University of Rennes, a J.D. (Juris Doctor) cum laude from Tulane University Law School and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School where she was named a Harlan Fiske Stone scholar.
She is an “insightful and very detail-oriented lawyer” who “excels in cross-examinations” with her “precise and thorough approach” as well as her “strong understanding of the needs and wants of clients”.
Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration – Future Leaders 2021
Lorraine de Germiny is noted as a “true specialist in investment treaty arbitration”. She has a “sharp mind combined with excellent organisation and human skills”.
Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration Future Leaders – Non-Partners, 2020
Lorraine de Germiny stands out as “a sharp and excellent attorney” who is “definitely someone to look out for.” She is considered “a very knowledgeable and extremely skilled arbitration lawyer” by commentators.
Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration - Future Leaders 2019
Lorraine de Germiny is an esteemed expert in investment arbitration, who is recognised for her “highly international experience, practical mind and good oral advocacy”.
Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration - Future Leaders 2018
Lorraine de Germiny is "highly organised and great with clients, and has experience across the spectrum of commercial, treaty and construction disputes".
Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration - Future Leaders 2017
Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage / The Paris Journal of International Arbitration, July 2016, Vol. 2, pp. 565-569
International Law Office, February 2015, Newsletter (Energy & Natural Resources)
European International Arbitration Review, Volume 3, Issue No. 2, 2014, pp. 167-184
TDM Special Issue on “Art and Heritage Disputes in International and Comparative Law”, October 2013, pp. 1-11
The International Lawyer, Spring 2011, Vol. 45, No. 1,pp. 175-77
27 Berkeley Journal of International Law 448, 17 September 2009, pp. 448-495
Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration, 2009, Vol. 13, pp. 71-90
Asian Dispute Review, July 2008, pp. 73-78
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