Emilie Gonin

Practice Areas

Emilie specialises in international commercial arbitration, commercial litigation and investment treaty arbitration. She also has significant expertise in public international law and human rights law.

She is ranked in the legal directories for international arbitration and public international law, which describe her as a “brilliant lawyer, thorough in her analysis, precise in her drafting and clear in her thoughts”, “an excellent and committed junior who is a great team player and a joy to work with” and a barrister whose “enthusiasm is matched with a razor-sharp mind”.

Emilie has represented parties in more than thirty arbitrations conducted under all major arbitration rules (ICSID, SCC, UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, LMAA). She has considerable expertise in investment treaty arbitration. Her notable recent instructions include three ICSID cases in the real estate (Alverley Investments Ltd, Germen Properties Ltd v Romania, ICSID Case No. ARB/18/30; Dalal v United Arab Emirates, ICSID Case No. ARB/19/10) and banking sectors (Jochem Bernard Buse v Republic of Panama, ICSID Case No. ARB/17/12) and a PCA case in the construction sector (Patel Engineering Limited (India) v The Republic of Mozambique).