Gregory Travaini

Background

About Gregory Travaini

Before joining Amazon, I was Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP for almost a decade, I regularly advised clients in cross-border investment, construction, price review, contractual, post M&A and jurisdictional matters in particular under Algerian/ OHADA / Swiss/ Belgian/ Italian/ French and Bilateral Investment Treaty law, acting for both private investors and State entities, including emergency and parallel proceedings before local courts. I also acted as arbitrator. Before that, I was Deputy Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris where I was directly in charge of more than 150 cases in particular in the Benelux, African and Middle Eastern regions. I am a graduate of Paris II and Paris Universities and University of London (King's College and the School of Oriental and African Studies) and hold a Ph. D in Comparative Law, where my thesis addressed ‘The Influence of European Powers on Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in West Africa: The African Legal Culture’. I regularly teach and speak at conferences on international dispute resolution. I am a founding member of AfricArb, a thriving group of legal professionals actively participating in the further development of arbitration as an efficient and accessible method of dispute resolution on the African continent. I am admitted to the Paris Bar. I am awarded the King's College London Principal's Award and am recognized by Who's Who Legal as a Future Leader in Arbitration.