Lisa Stefani
Lisa is an international disputes lawyer specialising in international arbitration.
Lisa specialises in international arbitration and public international law based in our Paris office.
Lisa has experience acting for clients in international disputes under various arbitration rules such as ICC, ICSID and UNCITRAL as well as in ad hoc international arbitrations. She also has experience in arbitration-related proceedings before French courts and also works on disputes in Francophone African States and across Europe. Lisa was also recently seconded to a client in the airline industry.
Lisa is a member of the Paris bar, is an Italian citizen and fluent in French, English, Italian and Spanish.
Background
Lisa obtained her Master II in public international law and European law from the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre-La Defense with honors and her Master I in international law from Paris I Sorbonne.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- a leading West-African oil and gas company in two arbitrations involving the distribution of its products in the OHADA zone and a dispute between shareholders of a joint venture company from an OHADA country (ICC arbitration)
- a Spanish construction company in an ICSID arbitration against the Republic of Algeria under the Spain/Algeria BIT concerning a FET case in relation with social housing in Algeria
- a leading gold mining company in expertise and mediation proceedings and potential ICSID arbitration against a West African State, in a dispute over the application of the tax provisions of their mining convention
