Background of Christophe Dugué International Arbitration Lawyer

Experienced, independent, available, absence of conflicts of interests, dedicated, time and cost efficient.

Christophe Dugué's experience of international arbitration in a variety of cases with a wide range of seats and applicable substantive laws allows him to act efficiently as Counsel and as Arbitrator 

When serving as Arbitrator, Christophe Dugué is fully aware that while the parties want a total flexibility in order to enjoy the benefit of all opportunities to present their case they are also cost and time sensitive.

As arbitrator Christophe Dugué strives at providing the parties with a full and fair opportunity to present their case, while ensuring that the proceedings are conducted as smoothly and expeditiously as possible.

Christophe Dugué has the experience of expedited procedures under the auspices of the ICC.

A candid discussion with the parties is held at the outset of the case to adapt the procedure to the parties' requirements (is there a need for one or two rounds of written submissions, a dedicated production of documents phase, a hearing and the examination of witnesses and experts, post hearing briefs?) and the procedural timetable that best suits the instruction of the case is decided accordingly.

In the conduct of the proceedings, while ensuring that the procedural timetable is followed, and amended as the circumstances warrant, and due process is observed, Christophe Dugué strives at making the final award available in the shortest period of time possible after the parties have pleaded their case and filed their post-hearing briefs. 

When acting as Counsel, Christophe Dugué works in close collaboration with the party he represents in order to determine what the party wants to obtain, what can be obtained, and what are the means to be implemented to have the best chances of achieving this result.

Christophe Dugué builds on the facts and focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the case to provide a structured, documented and comprehensive legal argument that best serves the client's objectives and strategy, in order to deliver concise, powerful and convincing briefs. 

At the hearing, he benefits from his experience as counsel and as arbitrator in the examination of witnesses and experts. Christophe Dugué pleads the decisive arguments and provides the explanations that the arbitral tribunal expects.

Christophe Dugué has successfully acted as counsel in the representation of parties against all sorts of opponents, including major international law firms.

• International Arbitration Institute (IAI)
• Swiss Arbitration Association/Association Suisse de l’Arbitrage (ASA)
• Association For Arbitration/Association Française d’Arbitrage (AFA) 
• Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (CFA)
• Paris The Home of International Arbitration/Paris Place d’Arbitrage
• Member of the Association For Arbitration’s Working Groups on:
  • the Decisions of the Arbitration Committee (2014-2015)
  • the Consolidation of Related Arbitrations (2014-2015)
  • Emergency Arbitration and Expedited Proceedings (2016-2018)

• Several direct appointments by the ICC and by the Association Française d'Arbitrage
• Panel of arbitrators of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (Malaysia) (AIAC) formerly the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration (KLRCA) since 2014
• List of neutrals of the Mediation & Conciliation Network (MCN), India
• Panel of arbitrators of the Chambre Arbitrale Internationale de Paris
• Panel of international arbitrators of KCAB International (Korean Commercial Arbitration Board) for the term from 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2025

• Kleros Decentralized Justice Broadcast, Interview by Federico Ast: Christopher Dugué: International Arbitration and Innovation - Decentralized Justice Broadcast S2E12 (posted on 18 August 2023)

Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViMY6AdphQE

• ICC and UAB (Union of Arab Banks), joint conference held in Paris on 26 May 2023 on The Use of Arbitration and ADRs to provide efficient and innovative access to justice in the international banking and trade sectors, speaker in the panel on An increasingly digitalised financial sector: The suitability of arbitration and ADR to resolve emerging disputes

• Paris Arbitration Week 2023 - CMAP, conference held on 30 March 2023, speaker on Blockchain, Crypto, Smart Contracts, Artificial Intelligence, an opportunity for International Arbitration?

  Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c__su3R38T0

• Assas Lab’ Incubateur (University Paris 2), conference held on 8 March 2023 on New Trends in Technology and Law: Law in Times of Disruption / AI vs. Humans: Partners or Competitors?, speaker on The Place of International Arbitration vs. On-chain Dispute Resolution and Artificial Intelligence

• Société de Législation Comparée, conference held on 10 May 2022 on Cryptocurrencies: A Refuge for Countries under Economic Sanctions?, speaker on International Arbitration Proceedings in the Context of Cryptocurrencies Transactions

• Le Café des Arbitres, 2014 (2nd edition), conference on Investments and Mass Arbitration, speaker on Financial Products as investment and perspective further to the Abaclat decision

• VENCA conference, 1999, speaker on Arbitration of Disputes arising from Derivative Financial Instruments and Transactions

• ICC Vis Pre-Moot – March 2023, Paris: arbitrator (two sessions)
• ICC Vis Pre-Moot – April 2019, Paris: arbitrator (two sessions)
• Association For Arbitration (AFA):
  • speaker on every bi-annual session on International Arbitration, on the topic the “Arbitration Hearings”, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • speaker at the “AFA After Work” on the topic "Emergency Arbitration", 2019
• École Internationale des Modes Alternatifs de Règlement des Litiges (EIMA) training sessions organized by the Association For Arbitration and EFB (Paris Bar), on international arbitration:
  • speaker on the subject International Arbitration at the June 2016 and May 2017 sessions
  • speaker on the subject Instruction of the Case by the Arbitral Tribunal at the May 2018 session
  • speaker on the subject International Arbitration proceedings up to the date of the Terms of Reference at the April 2019 session
  • speaker on the subject Domestic and International Arbitration (Notion, French Law and Practice) at the April 2022 session