Phillipe Pinsolle
Philippe Pinsolle has over thirty years of experience as a counsel, expert, and arbitrator in international arbitration. He is a partner of Quinn Emanuel and the head of international arbitration for continental Europe, based in the Geneva office.
Philippe has acted as counsel in more than 320 international arbitrations and as arbitrator in more than 75 cases, with a particular focus on Investor-State arbitrations and commercial disputes involving the energy, power, oil & gas, construction, and defense industries. He has been involved in arbitrations under the auspices of virtually all major arbitration institutions including the ICC, the SIAC, the LCIA, the HKIAC, the ICSID, the SCC, the AAA, the ICDR, the Swiss Arbitration Center, the AFA, the DIAC, the ADCCAC, the Luxembourg Arbitration Center, the CMAP, as well as in ad hoc cases under the UNCITRAL rules, the European Development Fund or otherwise. Philippe holds an M.B.A from ESSEC in addition to his dual legal qualification as a French avocat a la cour as well as an English barrister. He is recognized universally as one of the arbitration lawyers (acting as arbitrator or counsel) that best understands quantum issues.
Philippe is a member of the Court of Arbitration of Singapore International Arbitration Center (SIAC) since 2019. He is also a former President of the French Arbitration Committee (CFA), a former Senior co-Chair of the IBA arbitration committee and a former President of the arbitration committee of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA). He is an Advisor of the International Advisory Board (IAB) of the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC).