Etienne is a French avocat and senior associate based in the Paris office. Over the past decade, he has represented private parties and sovereign States in numerous complex, high-value international arbitrations across a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas, electricity, aviation and automotive distribution, under all major institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules.
His practice focuses particularly on disputes arising out of major infrastructure and construction projects in North Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. Etienne also has experience representing clients in annulment and enforcement proceedings before the French courts.
Etienne teaches courses on annulment and enforcement proceedings at Sciences Po Paris and regularly publishes on international arbitration. He notably contributed to the treatise Provisional and Emergency Measures in International Arbitration (J. Fouret Ed., Edward Elgar Publishing 2023) and to the third edition of the GAR Guide to Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards (Law Business Research 2023).
Etienne is admitted in Paris and speaks French and English. He holds Master’s degrees from Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University and ESSEC Business School, and a Bachelor’s degree from Lyon II Lumière University.
Bar and court admissions
Languages
English
French
Representing a European contractor in an ICC arbitration arising out of the construction of a natural gas processing plant in North Africa
Securing a victory for a Middle Eastern government in an expert determination over testing requirements and procedures for a power and desalination plant project
Representing a European contractor in an ICC arbitration arising from a dual-fuel power plant project against a North African State-owned company
Securing a $100 million ICC award for an Emirati-Algerian energy generation company in a dispute against a North African State-owned company
Securing a victory for an aviation consultancy firm in an ICC arbitration against a major aircraft manufacturer over unpaid remuneration and the termination of agency contracts
Securing a victory for the Kingdom of Bahrain in a challenge against the enforcement of an ICC award before the Paris Court of Appeal
Representing Middle Eastern distributors in disputes against major Asian and European automobile manufacturers
- Specialised Master’s Degree in International Business Law & Management, ESSEC Business School
- Master’s Degree in Arbitration and International Trade Law, Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne University – with honours
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Economics & Management, Lyon II Lumière University - with honours