Caroline Richard

Practice Areas

International Arbitration

Investor-State Arbitration

Energy/Natural Resources/Infrastructure

Telecommunications

Manufacturing

Industrials

Career

Caroline is a partner in Freshfields’ Washington DC office, having previously practiced in the firm’s London and Paris office. Caroline has acted in some of the world’s largest arbitrations, under contracts and investment treaties. Both common and civil law trained, Caroline conducts arbitrations in English, Spanish and French. Prior to joining Freshfields, she clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada, and obtained law degrees from Harvard Law School (LLM), Cambridge University (LLM, first class) and Université de Montréal (LLB/DESS). She is an Adjunct Professor at American University’s Washington College of Law where she co-teaches a course on investment treaty arbitration.

For more information visit https://www.freshfields.us/contacts/find-a-lawyer/r/richard-caroline/

Professional Memberships

Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA), Advisory board member of Young Canadian Arbitration Practitioners’ group, Member of the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), Councillor of the LCIA North American Users’ Council, and Member of the Award Review Commission of the International Arbitration Centre of Madrid.

Publications

Co-author of "A Guide to the ICSID Additional Facility Arbitration Rules", Oxford University Press (2022)

Industry Sector Expertise

Energy/Natural Resources/Infrastructure

Telecommunications

Manufacturing

Industrials

Languages Spoken

English, French, Spanish

Awards