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Sophie is a senior associate in the International Arbitration practice of the Paris office. Her practice focuses on international arbitration and complex cross-border litigation.
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+33 1 44 43 89 92 +33 6 79 84 05 69 sophie.bayrou@clydeco.frMain Office
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Full Profile
Sophie has advised clients on commercial and investment arbitration matters under a range of institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA and SIAC, and across multiple jurisdictions in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Sophie's experience includes advising sovereign States, private and State-owned entities. She has a strong interest in energy, ESG, and renewables arbitration, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities in the green transition.
She also regularly represents clients before French civil and commercial courts, including in annulment and enforcement proceedings of arbitral awards.
Before joining Clyde & Co, Sophie worked in French and international law firms in litigation and international arbitration. Notably, she spent three years as an associate at a leading international firm in Singapore, advising multinational companies and sovereign States across Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Mongolia, with a particular focus on the construction and energy sectors.
Sophie was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2017. She holds a Master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, a Master’s degree in Economic Law from Sciences Po Paris Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Sciences Po Paris.
She handles arbitration in English and French and speaks Italian
Experience
- Represented a Southern European country in an ICC arbitration relating to concession agreements pertaining to three key hospitals
- Represented a large state-owned energy company based in South America, in an LCIA arbitration pertaining to the exploration, production and distribution of oil and natural gas
- Represented a West African country in a PCA arbitration relating to the construction of a road
- Represented a global industrial and metals group in an ICC arbitration arising out of a steel supply agreement
- Represented a global high-tech company in various arbitrations seated in Paris and New-York relating to license and know-how agreements
- Represented a West Asian country on set aside proceedings before French courts against an arbitral award pertaining to a production sharing agreement for the exploration, development and production of an oil block
- Represented an Eastern European state in an SCC arbitration, under the Energy Charter Treaty, relating to a gas supply agreement
- Represented an American investor in an ICSID arbitration relating to a concession agreement against a South American country
- Acted as Secretary to the Tribunal in a SAC arbitration concerning a Swiss-law governed commercial dispute in the luxury sector
Publications
- Co-author "Arbitrage international : quand un litige devient un actif finançable et financier", OptionFinance - 2024
- Co-author “Renewables Arbitration Series – A Perspective from Paris”, Daily Jus – 2024 (https://dailyjus.com/world/2024/10/renewables-arbitration-series-a-perspective-from-paris)
- Co-author “International Arbitration Comparative Guide – France”, Legal 500 - 2022