Jennifer Younan

Practice Areas

Jennifer Younan is a partner in the International Arbitration and the Public International Law practices. She is also a member of the Firm’s Energy Innovation and Global Sanctions teams.

Jennifer has 20 years of experience advising and representing companies, State-owned entities and States in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations. Jennifer has notably participated in several of the largest international disputes submitted to arbitration, securing historic victories for the Firm’s clients, including a $ 50 billion award for the majority shareholders in the former Yukos Oil Company (the largest award ever rendered by an arbitral tribunal). Her experience covers a wide range of industry sectors and types of disputes, including energy (oil & gas, power, nuclear, renewables), mining & metals, banking & finance, infrastructure/transportation and construction, as well as disputes arising from business combination transactions (mergers & acquisitions and joint ventures) and general commercial matters. Jennifer has particular expertise in investment and energy-related disputes in emerging markets, as well as disputes having a Russian nexus, and is well known for advising on cutting-edge and topical issues in the field of public international law. She also sits as arbitrator.

Jennifer is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, the Editorial Board of the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin and the ICC Task Force on addressing issues of corruption in international arbitration. She is also a former Australian Government Delegate to the UNCITRAL Working Group II on Arbitration and Conciliation.

Career

University of Oxford, Magdalen College, M.Phil

University of Oxford, Magdalen College, B.C.L.

University of New South Wales, LL.B.

University of New South Wales, B.Com.

Admissions: New South Wales, Australia; Solicitor, England and Wales; Paris

Languages; English; French

Personal

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