Gregory TRAVAINI

Gregory partnering with the ENGIE Supply & Energy Management business re a breadth of legal matters globally incl. disputes, M&A, corporate, market data, data privacy, market conduct, financial regulation and ethics matters.

Before joining ENGIE, he was supporting Amazon Retail Consumable Business re strategic expansion and evolving operations in France and Belgium (and across Europe).

Prior to joining Amazon, he was a lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills, where he regularly advised clients in cross-border investment, construction, price review, contractual, post M&A and jurisdictional matters, acting for both private investors and State entities. He also acted as arbitrator.

Before that, he was Deputy Counsel at the ICC International Court of Arbitration where he was directly in charge of more than 150 cases mostly in Africa and Middle East.

He is a graduate of Paris II and Paris III 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 his thesis addressed ‘The Influence of European Powers on Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in West Africa: The African Legal Culture’.He regularly teaches and speaks at conferences on international dispute resolution and international law.

He is 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.

He is awarded the King's College London Principal's Award and was recognized several times by Who's Who Legal as a Future Leader in Arbitration.