Maxime Jeanpierre*

International Attorney

Max is an attorney in the International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution practice.

Maxime Jeanpierre

Max represents private clients and foreign governments in a wide range of matters involving international transactions and international dispute resolution. He regularly appears before international tribunals, such as the World Bank’s International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), as well as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in maritime boundary disputes.  Max’s experience spans a range of industries, including mining, oil and gas, real estate hospitality, and telecommunications.

Max also assists French-speaking clients of the firm in a wide range of matters relating to business transactions in the US and represents American clients in their overseas activities in francophone nations, as well as before French courts.

Admitted as Special Legal Consultant in the District of Columbia. Admitted to practice law in Paris.

Client Work

Max’s representative cases include: 

  • Advises and represents the Republic of Rwanda against a multi-million ICSID claim brought by Belgian and UAE investors over the seizure of a gold refinery (ICSID Case No. ARB 24/48).
  • Advises and represents the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire in an ICSID arbitration dispute involving the construction of a slaughterhouse in Abidjan (ICSID Case No. ARB 24/47). 
  • Advises and represents the Republic of Congo in two separate mining disputes under the ICSID Rules (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/58 and ICSID Case No. ARB/21/53).  
  • Advises and represents the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on a range of matters, including international arbitration before the ICC and contract negotiation.
  • Advises and represents a Canadian investor in a tax dispute brought against Mexico under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/14).
  • Advises and represents two Chinese investors against the Kingdom of Cambodia in a telecommunication case administered by ICSID (ICSID Case No. ARB/21/42).
  • Advised and represented the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire in two separate arbitration proceedings involving a waste management project and a leisure complex (ICSID Case No. ARB/17/48 and ICSID Case No. ARB/16/11). 
  • Advised and represented the Republic of Benin in a construction project dispute before an ICSID tribunal (ICSID Case No. ARB/20/24).
  • Advised a West African country in maritime boundary negotiations. 

Military Service

Max is a Reserve Officer (Lieutenant) in the French Armed Forces. He is currently serving at the Office of the Defense Attaché of the French Embassy in Washington, DC as a legal advisor for the Direction Générale de l’Armement, the French defense procurement agency responsible for the program management, development and purchase of weapon systems for the French military.

Publications, Presentations & Recognitions

  • Panelist, “International Arbitration in the US”, Georgetown University Law Center, October 28, 2021.

Perspectives