About

Gisèle is a dual-qualified French Avocat and English Solicitor-Advocate with over sixteen years’ experience in international dispute resolution, in London and in Paris. Before founding the firm, Gisèle was Counsel in the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, a leading international law firm.

Skilled in resolving the most complex disputes, Gisèle is recognised for her strong commercial and client focus. She has acted for corporations and States or State-owned entities in over 40 disputes, often involving high value claims, in many jurisdictions in Africa, Europe and elsewhere. She has handled significant matters and arbitrations under English law, French law and other common law and civil law systems. She argues cases in English and French and speaks fluent Spanish and some German. 

While her experience spans a range of industry sectors, she has significant expertise in oil and gas, power and infrastructure disputes. She was previously a Board member for the Paris Chapter of Young Professionals in Energy.

An advocate for diversity in the field of dispute resolution, Gisèle was elected to the Board of ArbitralWomen for 2020-2022 and is a member of the Equal Representation in Arbitration Pledge Steering Committee.

Gisèle has been recognised as a Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal: Arbitration for several years running. She regularly publishes and speaks on international arbitration and international law as well as giving seminars on various academic programs, including those of Université Paris II Panthéon Assas and the EFB.

In addition to her counsel work, Gisèle serves as arbitrator and mediator.