Derains & Gharavi International

Emmanuel Foy

Partner

Biography

NATIONALITY: French and Irish
LANGUAGES: French and English
ADMISSION: Paris
OFFICE: Paris

Emmanuel is a partner at Derains & Gharavi specialised in international arbitration. He has regularly acted as counsel (for high net-worth individuals, major international private companies, foreign investors and Sovereign States) and secretary to the tribunal, in proceedings conducted under the Arbitration Rules of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce Centre (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Netherlands Arbitration Institute (NAI), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), the Swiss Arbitration Centre (formerly the Swiss Chamber Arbitration Institution, or SCAI), and the UNCITRAL Rules.

Emmanuel’s arbitration practice focuses on commercial and Investor-State arbitration in the sectors of mining, banking, energy, insurance, media, real estate, agency, construction, and shipping

Emmanuel is dual-qualified in French and English law, registered to practice law at the French Bar since 2013, and obtained a Master II – International Private Law & International Trade Law, an LL.M in International Business Law and a Master II – Bilingual Studies of the laws of EU States – Anglo-American and French Law.

ILLUSTRATIVE EXPERIENCE AS COUNSEL

EXPERIENCE AS TRIBUNAL SECRETARY

ACADEMIC ENGAGEMENTS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 2022 Partner, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
Oct. 2013 – 2021 Associate, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)

EDUCATION

2013 Professional Lawyer’s Certificate (Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat), Versailles Bar School (HEDAC), Versailles, France
2012 Master II – International Private Law & International Trade Law (Droit International Privé & Commerce International), University Paris II La Sorbonne – Assas, Paris, France
2011 LL.M in International Business Law, Merit – Research Dissertation: The Protection of Software IP Rights in the European and American legal systems – University College London, United Kingdom
2010 Master II – Bilingual Studies of the laws of EU States – Anglo-American and French Law, Honours (Master II Etudes Bilingues des Droits de l’Europe – Mention Droit des Affaires – Droit Anglo-Americain, Mention Bien) – Research Dissertation: The Enforcement of American Class Actions Judgments and Settlements in  France – University of Paris X Nanterre, France
2009 Master I – Bilingual Studies of the laws of EU States – Anglo-American and French Business Law, Honours (Master I Etudes Bilingues des Droits de l’Europe – Mention Droit des Affaires – Droit Anglo-Americain I, Mention Bien/Assez bien), University of Paris X Nanterre, France
2009 LLB in English & French law, First Class Honours, University of Essex, United Kingdom
2008 Law degree in French & Anglo-American Law (Bi-licence en Droit Français/Droit Anglo-Américain), University of Paris X Nanterre, France