Other than litigation in aid of arbitration, Derains & Gharavi advises and/or represents clients before French courts on an exceptional ad-hoc basis in relation to specific subject-matters in which the partners have specific expertise:
- Sanctions: States, State entities, companies and individuals in litigations relating to sanctions, including assessing the scope, challenges and impact of sanctions drawing on the firm’s arbitration practice in this field and landmark awards as counsel (including as counsel for claimants in Mohammad Reza Dayyani, et al. v. The Republic of Korea, PCA Case No. 2015-38 and Bank Saderat Iran and Bank Melli Iran v. the Kingdom of Bahrain, PCA Case No. 2017-25) and arbitrator (including as co-arbitrator in Wintershall Dea AG (Germany) v. The Russian Federation (PCA Case No. AA955); National Power Company “Ukrenergo” PJSC v The Russian Federation (PCA Case No. 2020-17), and TCM FR S.A. v. Natural Gas Storage Company (ICC Case No. 20003/MCP/DDA), which led to a landmark holding by the Paris Court of Appeal that the EU and UN sanctions as opposed to US sanctions form part of the French international public order).
- Public International law: States, State entities, companies and individuals in relation to Public International Law, such as State immunity from jurisdiction and execution, State succession, and treaty interpretation further to the firm’s public international law practice.
- Art: Artists, collectors, art galleries, foundations, art investment firms, auction houses, and others, in a wide range of art-related litigations, including auctions, restitution, authenticity and title/ownership disputes further to Hamid Gharavi’s experience as a collector, counsel and arbitrator (appointed to the Pool of Arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration for Art) and French litigation skills of Bertrand Derains.
- Sports: Players, athletes, sports clubs, and national and international sports federations on litigation related to sports-related contracts and regulations further to the firm’s sports arbitration practice led by Hamid Gharavi with the litigation skills of Bertrand Derains.