Derains & Gharavi similarly provides independent second opinions at every stage of the arbitration, offering a fresh perspective, including at the pre-arbitration stage for purposes of case assessment, for securing funding, for addressing an adverse argument or objection and/or for settlement purposes under strict confidentiality terms.
Derains & Gharavi’s partners also regularly intervene as legal experts in court or arbitration proceedings, as illustrated non-exhaustively below (for full list see the CVs of Yves Derains, Hamid Gharavi and Bertrand Derains):
- Legal expert in French arbitration law at the request of Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Company, in relation to proceedings against the Government of Pakistan before the English Commercial Court [Yves Derains];
- Legal expert in an ICC arbitration between a US company and a Japanese company in relation to the determination of the applicable law to the distribution of pharmaceutical product (ICC Case n° No. 24423/PTA) [Yves Derains];
- Legal expert in an ICC arbitration between a Laotian group of companies and a company of Macau in relation to the validity and enforceability of a dispute resolution clause and on the res judicata effect of an arbitral award. (ICC Case n° No. 25100/PTA) [Yves Derains];
- Legal expert in enforcement proceedings in the United States of an ad hoc commercial award annulled in France between a US party and an Asian party [Hamid Gharavi];
- Legal expert in French arbitration law at the request of the Hellenic Republic in view of the annulment by the Paris Court of Appeal of an award issued in Paris. [Yves Derains];
- Legal expert in an ICC arbitration between a Spanish company and the Republic of Cuba in relation to the concept of investment (ICC Case n° No. 20754) [Yves Derains]; and
- Legal expert in French expert arbitral law in relation to the recognition and enforcement of an international arbitral award by the national Courts of Seychelles [Bertrand Derains].