Floriane Lavaud

Practice Areas

Floriane Lavaud is a partner in the litigation and arbitration team at Withers Bergman LLP. Her practice focuses on public international law, international arbitration, and complex litigation, with a particular emphasis on the Middle East. She is admitted to the New York and Paris Bars, in addition to being a solicitor in England & Wales.

With nearly 20 years of experience, Floriane advises and represents sovereign states, state-owned entities, and multinational corporations in a variety of jurisdictions and fora on issues of civil and common law, public international law, and treaty and contract interpretation, including before the International Court of Justice. She also advises sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds and hedge funds, including in connection with investments in the Middle East.

Floriane advises and represents pro bono clients on both domestic law and public international law issues. Most recently, she has worked with Legal Action Worldwide to seek justice for the Rohingya before the International Criminal Court and for the Tigrayan people before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. She has also worked with the Clooney Foundation for Justice on a number of high-profile cases seeking the release of unlawfully imprisoned journalists.