Marion Paris
Senior Associate, Peter & Kim
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Marion has a long-standing experience of handling high-stake, complex, arbitration proceedings. Over the past several years, she has acted as counsel, arbitrator or secretary of the arbitral tribunal in over 30 institutional and ad hoc proceedings, governed by a variety of procedural and substantive laws, including French, Swiss and Dutch laws. Her experience spans a number of industries and sectors, and has included disputes relating to international sales agreements and intellectual property matters.
Marion is a frequent speaker on issues related to commercial arbitration, as a regular panelist in workshops and seminars (organized by ICC YAF and Young ICCA in particular). She has spoken at and co-organized events about a range of topics, including the challenges and opportunities of becoming an arbitrator, the handling of cross-examinations in arbitral proceedings, the resolution of labor disputes by arbitration, and human rights in international contracts disputes. Passionate about art, Marion has recently moderated a workshop on the resolution of art law disputes by international arbitration (London, September 2019) and authored a study on « Contemporary Arbitration and Art Basel » (publication forthcoming, 2020). In January 2020, she was appointed to the original Arbitration pool of CAfA.
Marion qualified as an attorney-at-law in France in 2009, and is a member of the Paris Bar Association and the Geneva Bar Association. Prior to joining Peter & Kim, Marion worked at Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler in Geneva. She further gained experience at the Secretariat of the ICC Court of Arbitration and in the arbitration teams of magic circle firms in Paris, France.
Marion holds an LL.M. in international arbitration and litigation from University College London (2008), as well as a Master (2007) and Bachelor degree (2005) from the University of Paris (Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne and Paris X Nanterre). She is fluent in English and French.
Jurisdiction: France and Switzerland