Speaker:

Jennifer Younan

A&O Shearman (Paris)

Speaker:

With more than 20 years of experience, Jennifer has a distinguished record of advising and representing companies, State-owned entities and States in significant and politically sensitive international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations.

Her work encompasses various types of disputes, with a particular focus on investment-related disputes and those involving a Russian nexus, including sanctions. She is also highly regarded for her advice on cutting-edge and topical issues in public international law. Jennifer has notably advised on several of the largest international disputes submitted to arbitration securing historic victories for her clients, including a $50 billion award for the majority shareholders in the former Yukos Oil Company. She presently acts as lead counsel in several high-stakes arbitrations arising from the current geopolitical climate.

Jennifer is a member of the ICC Court, the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and the ICC Task Force on addressing issues of corruption in international arbitration, and an Officer of the LCIA European Users’ Council.

Jennifer is consistently recognized at the top of her field, ranking as a Global Market Leader in Chambers & Partners, a Leading Lawyer in The Legal 500 and a Global Leader and Thought Leader (France) in Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration.

11:40 – 12:45

Public Interest and International Arbitration