PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Legal practice
- Since 2024 Of Counsel at SLV Partners law firm, Paris – France
Field of practice : public international law, investment arbitration, commercial arbitration, international and national criminal law and human rights law
- Since 2023 International Legal Consultant, Paris – France
Field of practice : public and private international law, international litigation and arbitration, international environmental law and climate change, human rights law and law of the sea
- 2023-2025 Of Counsel at Askolds law firm, Paris – France
Field of practice : public international law, investment arbitration, international and national criminal law and human rights law
- 2019 – 2023 Junior Lawyer at Sygna Partners law firm, Paris – France
Field of practice : public and private international law, international and domestic litigation and arbitration, law of the sea, international environmental law
which includes the following specific work as an International Advocate-Counsel :
- Since 2024 Legal adviser for the Seychelles before the International Court of Justice
Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
- Since 2024 Counsel for the African Union before the International Court of Justice
Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
- Since 2023 Legal Expert Consultant for the Africa Union to support protocol negotiations for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
- Since 2023 Assistant Counsel for a case before the International Court of Justice (Confidential) Since 2021 Counsel and advocate for a French individual before an ICSID Tribunal
Tayeb Benabderrahmane v. State of Qatar (ICSID Case No. ARB/22/23)
- 2019 – 2022 Counsel for Iran before the International Court of Justice
Certain Iranian Assets case (Iran/United-States, ICJ) & Alleged Violations (Iran/United-States, ICJ)
- 2019 – 2020 Counsel for Ukraine in an ad hoc arbitration under the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
EU-Ukraine dispute on wood export ban
- 2019 – 2022 Assistant Counsel for Maldives before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Dispute concerning delimitation of the maritime boundary between Mauritius and Maldives in the Indian Ocean (Mauritius/Maldives)
- 2019 – 2022 Assistant Counsel for Colombia before the International Court of Justice
Sovereign Rights Case (Nicaragua/Colombia, ICJ, Judgment of 21 April 2022) & Continental Shelf (Nicaragua/Colombia, Judgment of 13 July 2023)
as well as Pro-bono activities :
- 2022 Member of the Ukraine Task Force
Task force on Accountability for Crimes Committed in Ukraine established at the request of Government of Ukraine
- Since 2021 Counsel for two Yazidi individuals and the Yazda organisation in the ‘Lafarge’ criminal case
Criminal case on complicity of crimes against humanity brought before French criminal courts against, inter alia, French company Lafarge
- 2021-2024 Counsel for the Clooney Foundation for Justice
Criminal case brought before French criminal courts against an alleged war Criminal in Republic Democratic of Congo.
- 2021-2022 Assistant to an Expert for the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
- Since 2024 PhD candidate in International Law, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
- 2018 – 2019 Master II in International and Transnational Law, University of Strasbourg, France.
Specialised in International litigation, Arbitration and International Investment Law
- 2017 – 2018 Master I in Public and Private Law, University of Strasbourg, France.
- 2016 – 2017 Master I in International and European Law, University of Strasbourg, France.
- 2015 – 2016 Bachelor of Law, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom & University of Angers, France.
RESEARCHES AND PUBLICATIONS
2022 |
L. Vidal, L. Mondon, “Guinea v. A.D. -Trade (I) – Judgment of the Paris Court of Appeal, 13 April 2021”, Case Comments, Jus Mundi, 1 June 2022 |
2021 – 2022 |
J.-M. Thouvenin, L. Vidal, L. Mondon & others, Newsletter on international arbitration, biannual, Sygna Partners |