Grégoire BERTROU

Grégoire Bertrou is a partner in Willkie's Litigation Department in Paris and the Co-Chair of the Firm Arbitration Practice Group.
Grégoire has more than 20 years of experience as a trial lawyer representing clients before French courts and arbitration tribunals. He has acted in more than 50 international arbitration proceedings, both as counsel and arbitrator. His practice focuses on domestic and cross-border litigation and dispute resolution, particularly with regard to M&A transactions, corporate law and general commercial matters.

Grégoire also regularly represents clients in complex compliance and enforcement matters, including internal investigations and the resolution of administrative and enforcement proceedings involving either French authorities (Public Prosecutor, AMF, CNIL, DGCCRF, etc.) or foreign authorities (DOJ, OFAC, etc.).

Grégoire co-authored Chapter 14, ‘France’s Anticorruption Legal Framework’ in Martin Weinstein, Robert Meyer and Jeffrey Clark (eds.), ‘The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Compliance, Investigations and Enforcement’.
Legal 500 EMEA, 2022: Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime ranks Grégoire as a “Next Generation Partner” with a client highlighting that ‘Grégoire Bertrou excels at strategic thinking. He has an exceptional ability of always keeping track of the ‘big picture’ of the case and putting various arguments together like pieces of a puzzle, which naturally fit together in a sound defense strategy. He has constantly proven to be able to distill even the most complex factual and legal issues into straightforward, easy-to-follow advice.’

Grégoire Bertrou was recognized by Best Lawyers 2023 for Litigation.
Who’s Who Magazine 2020 ranks Grégoire as a Future Leader in Litigation and as Recommended in Commercial Litigation.

Prior to joining Willkie, Grégoire practiced at Cleary Gottlieb and Skadden Arps.