Maël Deschamps

Associate, Geneva

 

+41 58 105 2000

mdeschamps@lalive.law

Maël Deschamps

Maël specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration. He advises and represents clients in disputes in a range of sectors, including energy and mining. He has experience in international arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC, Swiss and UNCITRAL Rules, governed by various procedural and substantive laws.

Recent publications

Infrastructure Projects in West and Central Africa and Dispute Resolution
BERND EHLE, BAPTISTE RIGAUDEAU, MAËL DESCHAMPS
In: International Business Law Journal (IBLJ), 1/2023, pp. 1-19, 2023

Report on the 2022 LALIVE Lecture by Professor Pierre-Marie Dupuy- ‘A Guided Tour of the Chorzów Factory Case: A Review of Reparation Principles in International Investment Law’
VINCENT REYNAUD, MAËL DESCHAMPS
In: Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) Bulletin, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 997-1000, 2022

Will France’s Conduct Towards EDF Generate a Wave of Investment Arbitrations?
VINCENT REYNAUD, MAËL DESCHAMPS
Lexology, 2022

Career history

  • Associate, LALIVE, Geneva, 2021 – present
  • Intern, Latham & Watkins, Paris, 2021
  • Intern, LALIVE, Geneva, 2020
  • Intern, Squire Patton Boggs, Paris, 2018 – 2019
  • Intern, Altra Legal, Asunción, 2018

Academic qualifications

  • Master in Litigation, Arbitration and ADR, Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, 2020
  • Master in Economic Law, Sciences Po, 2019
  • Bachelor of Arts, Sciences Po, 2016
  • Exchange year, Lebanese American University, 2015 – 2016