International Arbitration -Independent Arbitrator and Counsel - Paris France
CHRISTOPHE DUGUÉ
International Arbitration - Independent Arbitrator and Counsel
Christophe Dugué is a French qualified attorney, member of the Paris Bar since 1992 (Avocat au Barreau de Paris) who works in English and French.
He serves as arbitrator and acts as counsel in both institutional and ad hoc international commercial arbitration cases, with a variety of seats and under a vast number of substantive laws from both civil law and common law traditions.
He is independent and thus has virtually no conflict of interest.
Christophe Dugué started his career with major international banking institutions for seven years (Banque Nationale de Paris, Banque Indosuez) before joining a premier US law firm (Shearman & Sterling) for seventeen years (including ten years as a Partner), where he made Partner in the International Arbitration group led by Emmanuel Gaillard.
With the benefit of over three decades of experience in international arbitration and a dual background of transactional lawyer in international corporate and finance matters and of counsel in international arbitration matters, Christophe Dugué has now devoted his practice exclusively to arbitration and he is a recognized international commercial arbitration independent arbitrator and counsel.
Arbitrator Profile
Christophe Dugué is a French national and French-qualified avocat admitted to the Paris Bar, with more than 30 years’ experience in international commercial arbitration as counsel and arbitrator. He serves as an independent arbitrator in proceedings conducted in English and French and has been involved in over one hundred international commercial arbitration cases across civil law and common law jurisdictions.
He has acted as tribunal president, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in ad hoc and UNCITRAL proceedings, as well as in cases administered by leading arbitral institutions, including the ICC, the PCA, the SCAI and other institutions. His experience includes arbitrations seated in Geneva, Zurich, Singapore and Paris, and disputes governed by the laws of Switzerland, Romania, Moldova, Oman, Morocco, Algeria, Gabon, Guinea, OHADA, Armenia, Venezuela, France, England and Wales, and New York.
His arbitration practice covers a broad range of industries, including construction, distribution, finance, private equity, energy and natural resources. He has experience in disputes involving complex financial arrangements, post-M&A issues, international infrastructure and project-related matters, as well as mining projects involving bauxite, gold and diamonds in West Africa.
In addition to appointments by the ICC and the AFA, Christophe Dugué appears on arbitrator panels maintained by institutions worldwide, including eBRAM, the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), KCAB International, the Mediation & Conciliation Network (MCN) India, and the Chambre Arbitrale Internationale de Paris (CAIP). He also maintains a particular interest in technological developments and in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related disputes, an area in which he has recently acted as sole arbitrator.
