Research and Publications

Evaluation of Higher Education and Research

• Member of the French National Universities Commission, section "Private Law and Criminal Sciences". The National Universities Commission checks the aptitude of candidates wishing to be recruited in France as university professors or lecturers; and decides or give an opinion about carrier advancements of professors and lecturers (2015-2019)
• President of the committee established by the French High Council for the Evaluation of Higher Education and Research (HCERES) in order to evaluate the Centre de Recherche sur le Droit des Marchés et des Investissements Internationaux (CREDIMI), University of Burgundy (Professor Eric Loquin’s Centre), January 2016

Supervision of Doctoral Dissertations:

• Ms. Hadjar Bentayeb, Franchise and Retailing Networks in Algeria, since Fall 2016
• Mr. Julien Bioulès, Third Party Funding in Arbitration, since Fall 2012
• Ms. Cécilia Darnault, Resolution of Commercial Disputes implying Small and Middle Size Businesses, since Fall 2016
• Ms. Hayet Elaouadi, Arbitration and Public Legal Entities, since Fall 2013
• Ms. Natalia Gaucher, The Powers of Arbitrators, since Fall 2016
• Mr. Mohamed Omar, Default Interest in International Arbitration, since Fall 2016
• Ms. Amandine Vole, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and the Law, University of Aix-Marseille, since Fall 2014

Member of a jury for the granting of a habilitation to supervise thesis (HDR), La Réunion University, 2015

From 2011 to 2017, member or president of 21 PHD juries, in the Universities of Aix Marseille, Avignon, Lyon, Montpellier, Nice, Toulouse, Versailles. Thesis relating to arbitration law, international trade law, contracts law, conflict of law, and intellectual property.

K2 Trophies Jury Member: member of the jury for the granting of the K2 Circle Trophy for doctoral dissertation in civil proceedings and arbitration, since 2016

“L'arbitrage: une justice accessible à tous” (Arbitration: an Accessible Justice), Le Journal du Management, n°58, July-August 2017, with Sophie Henry

“Cas pratiques, règlement alternatif des conflits, histoire d’arbitrage”, (Case Study about Arbitration), Perspectives Entrepreneurs, July 2016

“Firms facing Arbitration: What Costs? What Financing?”, Option Droit et Affaires, April 2015

About a Ruling of the Paris Court of Appeal retracting an arbitral award because of fraudulent behavior of one party and one of the arbitrators:

• « Affaire Tapie : les conséquences de la rétractation d'une sentence arbitrale pour les entreprises », L’Usine nouvelle, 3 April 2016
• “Affaire Tapie – Adidas: décryptage d’un naufrage”, economiematin.fr
• « L’affaire Tapie », Perspective Entrepreneurs, février 2016
• “The Tapie - Adidas Case: Ten Clichés on the Judgment and… Arbitration”, with Sophie Henry, DAF Magazine, April 2015

Update of chapters dealing with arbitration (250 p.) in Droit du commerce international (International Trade Law), 2nd ed., LexisNexis, Paris, 2011 (with Professor Christophe Seraglini)

Les principales clauses des contrats d’affaires (Standard Clauses of Business Contracts), Paris, Lextenso, 2011, chapter on “Arbitration Clause” and “forum selection clause”

L'arbitrage face aux procédures conduites en parallèles (Arbitration and Parallel Proceedings), under the supervision of Professor Jacques Mestre, Paul Cézanne University, 2008

“The New French Law of Contracts and Arbitration”, to be published in French and English in a collective book, Dalloz, 2018

“Soft law, source du droit du commerce international” (soft law as a source of international trade law), presentation in a conference on Soft law and International Trade Law, Montreal (Canada), 11-12 May 2017, to be published in a collective book, 2018

“Les divers modes d’application du droit français des contrats en tant que lex contractus dans l’arbitrage international” (The Different Hypothesis of Application of French Contract Law as Lex Contractus in International Arbitration), presentation during the seminar organized on New French Contract Law and Arbitration Law, by the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, 17 November 2016, to be published by Bruylant

Commentary of the dispositions about arbitration of the French Justice 21 Act of 18 November 2016, modification of article 2061 of the Civil Code, CMAP Newsletter, 29 November 2016

“Le contentieux devant le juge de l’exécution” (Litigation about International Awards before the Enforcement Judge), presentation during the colloquium organized in Paris, on Enforcement of International Arbitral Awards, by the University of Versailles, 26 September 2016, published in a collective work by Lextenso, 2017, and in the Paris Journal of International Arbitration, 2017, p. 189

“Religions et arbitrage international” (Religions and International Arbitration), presentation to the conference organized in Istanbul (Turkey) by Franche-Comté University and Kemerburgaz University, in honor of Professor Ali Bencheneb, on Where is International Arbitration Heading to? From Crisis to Renewal, 9-10 April 2016, published in a collective book by Bruylant, 2017

“Présentation d’un nouvel instrument: le Règlement facultatif pour l’arbitrage des différends relatifs aux activités liées à l’espace extra-atmosphérique de la Cour permanente d’arbitrage” (Presentation of a New Tool: PCA Optional Rules for Arbitration of Disputes Relating to Outer Space Activities), presentation during the seminar organized in Dijon on Settlement of Space Industry Disputes by CREDIMI, 9 October 2015, published in a collective book by LexisNexis, 2016

“Procédures parallèles et arbitrages d’investissement dans l’espace méditerranéen” (Parallel Proceedings and Investment Arbitration in the Mediterranean Space), presentation to the seminar organized in Besançon on Towards a Lex Mediterranea of Investment in the Countries of the Mediterranean Union, 14 March 2015, Bruylant, 2016

Conclusive Presentation of the seminar organized in Avignon (France) on Arbitration and Public Bodies, published in Paris Journal of International Arbitration, 2015

“Soft Law and Arbitration”, in Paris International Arbitration Center Newsletter, March 2015

“Arbitration and Parallel Proceedings”, in Regards croisés sur les modes alternatifs de règlement de conflits (Miscellaneous Views about ADR), Larcier, 2015

“Loyauté et arbitrage” (Loyalty and Arbitration), presentation to the seminar organized in Avignon (France), 10 October 2014, on Law and Loyalty, published in a collective book by Dalloz, 2015

“Arbitration and Sovereign Fund”, presentation to the seminar organized in Aix-en-Provence (France), on Investment Funds, 4 April 2013, published in a collective book by Lamy, 2014

“Independence and Impartiality of Arbitrators”, Petites Affiches, 13 February 2013, p. 18

“Competition between State Courts and Arbitral Proceedings: Solutions in Comparative Law”, presentation during the seminar organized in Toulouse (France) on Alternative Dispute Resolution: The Future of Justice, by the Council of Europe, on 7 November 2011, published in a collective work by Lamy, 2012

“Une idole hindoue doit-elle être dotée de la personnalité juridique? Une critique de l’arrêt Mullick v. Mullick (Privy Council, 25 April 1925, (1925) 52 L.R. (Indian Appeals) 245)” (Must A Hindu Idol be Recognised as a Legal Person? Critical analysis of the Mullick v. Mullick case), in Droit civil, civilité des droits, Aix-en-Provence, Presses universitaires d’Aix-Marseille, 2011, p. 207 to 213

“Constitution, Convention européenne des droits de l’homme et dispositif de protection des rapatriés: une nouvelle lecture” (Constitution, European Convention on Human Rights and Protection of French Citizens Repatriated from Former Overseas Territories: a New Approach), Droit et procédures, 2006, p. 193 to 203

“L’avocat et la publicité” (Lawyers and Advertisement), [2005] Bulletin d’Aix, 168

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 1st Civil Chamber, 20 April 2017 (16-11.413), Semaine juridique, 19 June 2017: an arbitration clause that parties have renounced to invoke by applying to a state court is manifestly inapplicable

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, Commercial Chamber, 1 March 2017 (15-22.675), Semaine juridique, 10 April 2017: civil liability action for brutal termination of established commercial relationship, arbitration clause and forum selection agreement

Commentary of two judgments of the Versailles Court of appeal, of 31 March and 7 July 2016, Petites Affiches, 23 February 2017, p. 8: boundary between interpretation (allowed) and modification (forbidden) of an international award by the enforcement judge

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 30 June 2016 (15-13.755), Lexbase Hebdo, 8 September 2016: Tapie case, refusal to annul the judgment of the Paris Court of appeal retracting an arbitral award

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 13 May 2015 (14-17.015), Semaine juridique, 20 July 2015, 868: role of the enforcement judge in relation to international awards

Commentary of the judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal of 17 February 2015 retracting an arbitral award because of fraudulent behavior of one party and one of the arbitrators (Tapie Case), Recueil Dalloz, 11 June 2015, p. 1253

Commentary of an award of the Arbitral Tribunal for Sport, Cahiers de droit du sport, 2015, n° 39: about the definition of a decision by a sport organism, that can be appealed before the Tribunal

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 12 February 2014 (10-17.076), Semaine Juridique, 21 April 2014, p. 475: control of conformity of international awards to international public order

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 12 February 2014 (13-10.346), Semaine Juridique, 24 February 2014, p. 367: enforcement of competence competence principle

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 11 September 2013 (11-17.201), Semaine juridique, 25 November 2013, p. 2162: arbitration, bankruptcy proceedings and res rudicata

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 11 September 2013 (12-26.180), Semaine juridique, 21 October 2013, p. 1943: the court controlling an award cannot change its content

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 13 March 2013 (12-20.573), Semaine juridique, 22 April 2013, p. 813: Res Judicata Effect of a Judgment refusing to dismiss an Arbitrator

Commentary of two judgments of the French Court of Cassation, 6 July 2011 (08-12.648), 1 June 2011 (10-15.199) and one judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, 5 May 2011, [2012] The Paris Journal of International Arbitration 167

Commentary of a judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, 7 April 2011, Petites Affiches, 7 July 2012, p. 9: interpretation of arbitration clauses and impact of insolvency proceedings initiated abroad

Commentary of a judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, 13 January 2011, [2011] Revue de l’Arbitrage 714: annulment of an award accepting to rule on a claim admitted to insolvency proceedings

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 22 September 2010 (08-21.313), Petites Affiches, 22 February 2011, no 37, p. 8: appeal against a judgment appointing an arbitrator

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 3 February 2010 (08-21.288), Petites Affiches, 22 February 2011, no 37, p. 8: the French supreme court defines estoppel

Commentary of a judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, 11 February 2010, [2010] Revue de l’Arbitrage 827: arbitration, equity and insolvency proceedings

Commentary of a judgment of the French Court of Cassation, 6 May 2009 (08-10.281), Petites affiches, 21 July 2009, n° 144, p. 17 to 19

Commentary of a judgment of the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal, 6 December 2006, Semaine juridique, éd. gén., 2007.II.10080: refusal to entertain an appeal because the first instance decision had not been respected by the appellant, application of art. 526 of the French Code of Civil Procedure

Commentary of a judgment of the Aix-en-Provence Court of Appeal, 7 March 2006, Semaine juridique, éd. gén., 2006.II.10187: power of attorney given in the common interest of the attorney and the person he represented

Review of Ms Magali Boucaron-Nardetto’s doctoral dissertation, Le principe compétence compétence en droit de l'arbitrage (Competence Competence Principle in Arbitration Law), Jean Robert Prize of French Arbitration Association and Philippe Fouchard Prize of French Arbitration Comity: Semaine Juridique, 3 December 2012, p. 1319

Review of Ms Elisa Henry’s book, Les sûretés mobilières en droit international privé: étude critique du droit français à la lumière du droit comparé et du droit uniforme (Security on Chattel Personals in Private International Law: A Criticial Study of French Law in Light of Comparative Law and Uniform Law), Cowansville (QC), Yvon Blais, 2001: (2002) 47 McGill Law Journal 467