Domitille Baizeau

International commercial arbitration and investment arbitration, focusing on disputes involving joint ventures, M&A, shareholders, sales, distribution and investment disputes in particular in energy, telecommunications, commodity trading, infrastructure projects and pharmaceuticals .

Admitted in New Zealand, England & Wales and Geneva. Partner at LALIVE since 2008; practising in dispute resolution for twenty-five years and exclusively arbitration since 2001; experience as counsel and arbitrator in over 85 arbitrations under the main international rules of arbitration and in ad hoc proceedings; formerly with UK magic circle firm in Paris and a leading business law firm in New Zealand.

ICC International Court of Arbitration, Council and Proceedings Committee of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Governing Board and Governance Committee of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), IBA (Arbitration Committee), Associate Member of ICC Institute of World Business Law, panel of arbitrators of ICC New Zealand Arbitration Committee, ICC French National Committee and ICDR. Until 2019: Vice-President of the Arbitration Court of SCAI, member of the Board of ASA, and officer of European Users’ Council of LCIA.

Various publications in international arbitration; former member of the Editorial Boards of ASA and ICC Bulletins.

French/New Zealand national. English/French bilingual; working knowledge of Spanish.