Sacha WILLAUME

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2011 (class valedictorian), Sacha Willaume specialises in international arbitration and dispute resolution. He regularly acts as counsel and tribunal secretary in international commercial and investment arbitration proceedings in various sectors (energy, transport, infrastructure, distribution, intellectual property, construction), applying the laws of several jurisdictions. His experience also extends to arbitration-related litigation before French courts (challenge or enforcement of international arbitral awards, claims against arbitral institutions) and to private international law.

Sacha holds two Master's degrees from the University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne in international economic law (in partnership with Columbia Law School) and business law, as well as a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from King's College London (with First Class honours).

A co-chair of the Comité Français de l’Arbitrage under 40 (CFA40), Sacha is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). He has been identified as an “Arbitration Future Leader” by Who’s Who Legal / Lexology and is also recommended by Legal 500 EMEA. He has also won the 2022 edition of the Delos ROAP EMEA Cross-examination Course and is a co-winner of the Best Award prize in the 2016 Young Arbitrators Match. He regularly publishes articles on French arbitration law and has been invited to attend conferences as speaker on arbitration-related issues.