Benjamin SIINO

Benjamin Siino is a founding partner of Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes. Prior to founding Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes he was a partner at Shearman & Sterling where he practiced for more than ten years.

Benjamin acts as counsel in ad hoc and institutional arbitrations under UNCITRAL, ICC and ICSID rules. His experience includes energy arbitrations, investor-state arbitrations and general commercial arbitrations. Many of the matters he has handled relate to Africa.

Benjamin’s other area of focus is arbitration-related proceedings before national courts. He regularly acts as counsel in proceedings to seek the setting aside, recognition or enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign judgments before French and other national courts. Notably, Benjamin is heavily involved in the enforcement of the USD 50 billion award on behalf of the majority shareholders of the former Yukos Oil Company against the Russian Federation, across multiple jurisdictions.

Author of several publications on arbitration-related litigation, Benjamin has co-edited the Second Edition of the GAR Guide to Challenging and Enforcing Arbitral Awards (2021). He also acts as team leader to the New York Convention Guide Project, a project undertaken with UNCITRAL in relation to the UNCITRAL Secretariat Guide on the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards.