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Laurence KIFFER
Lawyer at the Paris Bar
PRACTICE
Laurence Kiffer joined the firm as partner in September 2007. Before that, she was partner in a top
tier French law firm in international arbitration, where she had been in practice since 1988. She has
been counsel in numerous arbitration proceedings under the auspices of the principal institutional
bodies or in ad hoc tribunals, involving French or foreign companies or States, in particular in
disputes concerning construction, sale, agency, finance, insurance and licensing.
Laurence Kiffer also has considerable experience both of annulment appeals against arbitration
awards and of enforcement proceedings. Finally, she is regularly called into action in numerous
commercial lawsuits before the French courts. In addition to her activity as legal counsel, Laurence
Kiffer is frequently appointed as arbitrator or Chair of the arbitration tribunal in international
arbitration proceedings. She also acts as counsel or neutral third party in mediation proceedings and
more generally in various amiable methods of dispute resolution.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teynier, Pic & Associés, Partner (since 2007)
Derains & Associés, Partner (1994-2007)
Derains, Gelinas & Associés (1988-1994)
EDUCATION
Legal counsel then attorney at the Paris Court of Appeal
DESS (post-master degree) in foreign trade, Tours University
Master in private law, Tours University
Diploma from the Centre de Droit du Commerce International, Tours
Zertifikat Deutsch
Certificate of translation and of German legal terminology, Institut de Droit Comparé, Paris II
University
Training in Mediation at CMAP Paris
Registered as arbitrator by ICC France and CMAP
Registered as mediator by CMAP
LANGUAGES
French, English, German
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Co-president of the sub-committee on “Arbitrage international et place de Paris” (International
arbitration and the French marketplace) at the Paris Bar (2005-2012)
Member of the working group on international contracts
Member, International Arbitration Institute (IAI) Member,
Association Suisse d’Arbitrage (ASA)
Member, International Association of Lawyers (UIA - Union Internationale des Avocats)
Member, Comité Français de l’Arbitrage (CFA)
Member of the Editorial Committee of Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage / Paris Journal of International
Arbitration
Member, Association Française d’Arbitrage (AFA)
Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
Member, International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA)
Numerous lectures in French and foreign universities and frequent speaker at conferences
Laurence KIFFER
Lawyer at the Paris Bar
PUBLICATIONS
“Le nouveau Règlement de médiation ICC, vers la globalisation de la résolution des litiges” (The
new ICC regulations on mediation – towards the globalization of dispute resolution), No.100,
Echanges Internationaux - CCI, June 2014, p. 15.
National report on France “International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration” (co-author), Suppl.
74, Kluwer Law International, May 2013, pp. 1-98.
“BIT’s, ICSID Convention in Latin America: The Rebirth of Hostile Policies” (co-author), Arbitragem
de Investimento, Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação, RArb, Ano 9, 32, January-March, 2012,
pp.15-30.
“Les NTIC et l’arbitrage” (Arbitration and the new information and communication technologies),
Laurence Kiffer, Archives de philosophie du droit, Vol. 54, Dalloz, 2011, pp. 55-66.
“La formation: un prérequis au succès de la médiation” (Training: a prerequisite for successful
mediation), ICC France, Dossier spécial Médiation, Echanges internationaux (Revue du Comité
Français de la Chambre de Commerce Internationale), N° 92, 2nd quarter 2011, p. 32.
Report on the UIA seminar in Kochi (India) on 19 and 20 February 2011 concerning “Cyberspace
Usages – Challenges and Dispute Resolution”, Juriste International (Review of the International
Association of Lawyers - UIA), 2011.2, p. 12.
National report on France “International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration” (co-author), Suppl.
58, Kluwer Law International, March 2010.
Comments regarding the decision of the Paris Appeal Court in SNF v International Chamber of
Commerce, Journal of International Arbitration 26(4), August 2009, p. 579 ff.
“L’arbitre, l’avocat et le juge” (The arbitrator, the lawyer and the judge), Archives de philosophie du
droit, Vol. 52, Dalloz, 2009, p. 181 ff.
“Nature et contenu de l’amiable composition” (Nature and content of ‘amiable composition’), RDAI
2008 / 5, p. 625 ff.
“Rapport sur le témoin dans l’arbitrage international” (Report concerning the witness in
international arbitration), used as fundamental reference in the decision of the Paris Bar Council
dated 26 February 2008 (co-author), Bulletin du Barreau de Paris No. 9, 4 March 2008
“Le principe de compétence - compétence et le contentieux de la rupture des pourparlers” (The
competence-competence principle and disputes relating to cancellation of negotiations), memo
under Court of Cassation, 1st civil chamber, 25 April 2006, Rev. arb., 2008, No. 2, p. 299
“L’amiable composition et l’arbitrage CCI” (Amiable composition and ICC Arbitration), ICC Bulletin
2007, Vol. 18, N° 1, p. 54
Chronique de jurisprudence française (Chronicle of French jurisprudence), Rev. arb., 1998.409.
Chronique de jurisprudence française (Chronicle of French jurisprudence), Rev. arb., 1996.527.