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Mr Charles Kaplan
Département
International Arbitration
Fonction
Partner
Carrière professionnelle
Charles Kaplan is a highly specialized arbitration lawyer based in Orrick’s Paris office. He has conducted arbitrations on EPC Contracts, oil production sharing agreements, gas pricing disputes, tax stabilization agreements, international joint ventures, as well as aircraft development programs, in France and elsewhere.
Highly regarded in the international arbitration market, Charles is consistently recognized as a key practitioner particularly in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. According to Chambers & Partners, clients describe him as an “extremely bright” lawyer on cross-border matters and praise his “commercial insight and dedication.” Ranked among Chambers France’s top International Arbitration lawyers, Charles is said to be “a very good lawyer whose experience in international arbitration is superb.”
In particular, Charles advises French and international energy majors, and industrials. He has extensive experience of arbitration under ICC, ICSID, French Arbitration Association, LCIA and Milan Chamber rules. He regularly sits as arbitrator.
He originally qualified as an English barrister and then as a French avocat. In addition to investment disputes, he has handled civil as well as common law disputes in a number of jurisdictions in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Before he joined Orrick, he was co-head of an international law firm’s Global Arbitration practice and led the Paris Arbitration group.
Langues
French, English, Italian
Affiliations
- Board member and member of the Arbitration Committee of the AFA
- Advisory board member of the ICC Institute of World Business Law
Formation académique
- Cambridge University, B.A., 1979, with honors
- Inns of Court School of Law, Attended, 1980
Classements des avocats
Paris > Résolution des litiges: Arbitrage international
Orrick Rambaud Martel intervient régulièrement dans des arbitrages relatifs aux secteurs de l’énergie, des ressources naturelles et de la construction. L’équipe, qui est très expérimentée, traite des affaires commerciales et d’investissement. Elle dispose d’une profonde connaissance du système OHADA qui lui procure régulièrement des mandats africains. Récemment, l’équipe est aussi intervenue dans une affaire CIRDI concernant une tentative d’expropriation d’une grande cimenterie égyptienne. Elle représente aussi une grande entreprise française dans une affaire CCI en matière de produits défectueux. Enfin, le cabinet assiste une société minière dans un arbitrage portant sur des redevances fiscales exigées par un pays africain. La pratique parisienne est dirigée par Michael Bühler , qui aussi coresponsable mondial de la pratique du cabinet et régulièrement nommé arbitre dans d’importantes affaires CCI. Il est entouré de Charles Kaplan, Nicole Dolenz et de l’avocat of counsel Tunde Oyewole .