Christopher Chinn

Christopher Chinn

Year of birth

1977

Nationality

  • France
  • USA

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Italian
  • Spanish

Specializations

  • agency distribution franchising
  • antimonopoly law
  • commercial agreements in general
  • competition
  • energy law
  • finance, banking
  • infrastructural projects
  • intellectual property law
  • investor-state law
  • labour law and management contracts
  • media and new technologies
  • mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
  • Middle East Law
  • pharmaceutical law
  • real estate, construction
  • transport

Professional certification

Avocat, Paris (2013)

Solicitor, England and Wales (2010)

Attorney at Law, New York (2005)

Education

  • 1991-1995, Punahou School, Honolulu (Hawai’i, USA), Diploma with Honors
  • 1995 – 1999, Yale University, B.A., Distinction in History
  • 2003, University of Lyon (France), French Civil Law and European Union Law Courses
  • 2001 – 2004, University of Minnesota Law School (USA), Juris Doctor (Dean’s List 2002-2004, Jessup International Moot Courts)

Professional career

  • June 2017 – present, Chinn Arbitration, Paris (France) – Counsel and Arbitrator
  • 2014 – 2017, Mayer Brown, Paris (France) – Associate
  • 2011 – 2014, Hafez, Paris (France) – Associate
  • 2006 – 2011, Baker & McKenzie, New York (USA) – Associate
  • 2005 – 2006, Covington & Burling, New York (USA) – Staff Attorney
  • 1999 – 2001, 2003, Coudert Brothers, Paris (France) – Trainee
  • 2002, Shearman & Sterling, Paris (France) – Trainee
  • 1998, U.S. Embassy, Paris (France) – Trainee
  • 1997, Supreme Court of Hawai’i, Honolulu (Hawai’i) – Trainee

Arbitration experience

  • Counsel in over 20 international arbitrations since 1999.
  • Arbitator in 7 international arbitrations as sole arbitrator or co-arbitrator in both common law and civil law jurisdictions, including drafting of final awards in both French and English (SAKIG Polish Chamber of Commerce, ICC, HKIAC, and KCAB proceedings)

Membership in organizations

  • Fellow and Member of the Executive Committee (European Branch) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
  • Approved Faculty List of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 2020 – present (Lectures for CIArb European Branch, France Chapter and CIArb Qatar)
  • List of Recommended Arbitrators of the Court of Arbitration at the Polish Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw (SAKIG)
  • CRCICA Arbitrator Panel
  • CIETAC Panel of Arbitrators
  • HKIAC List of Arbitrators
  • Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) qualified arbitrator
  • AIAC Panel of Arbitrators and AIAC Academy Tutors Panel
  • THAC Panel of Arbitrators
  • eJust (Arbitrator)
  • Delos Arbitrator Network (Arbitrator)
  • New Zealand International Arbitration Centre Panel Member
  • Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Arbitrator)
  • Comite francais de l’arbitrage (CFA)

Publications

  1. Christopher Chinn, „Some Reflections on Arbitration Hearings in the COVID-19 Era”, in Arbitration Bulletin (Court of Arbitration at the Polis Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw, June 2021), Issue 27
  2. Speaker, Warsaw, 19 February 2021, SAKIG and AFM Below 40 Webinar, „Virtual Hearings in Arbitration: Recent Experiences”
  3. Christopher Chinn, „Understanding Chinese State-Owned Entities”, in ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin (International Chamber of Commerce, 2019), Issue 2
  4. Alejandro Loper Ortiz, Patricia Ugalde-Revilla & Christoper Chinn, „The Role of National Courts in ICSID Arbitration”, in ICSID Convention After 50 Years: Unsettled Issues (Crina Baltag ed., Kluwer 2017)
  5. Arthur Rovine and Christopher Chinn, „Balancing the State’s Regulatory Rights with the Investor’s Jurisdictional Rights in International Arbitration” in New Horizons of International Arbitration: Collection of Essays (Anton V. Asoskov, Alexander I. Muranov and Roman M. Khodykin eds., Nauka Prawa 2015), 132
  6. Researched and edited leading arbitration textbook with W. Laurence Craig, International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration, 3rd Edition, 2000