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Jean-Christophe Honlet

Jean-Christophe Honlet

OFFICE DETAILS

  • Paris
    5 boulevard Malesherbes
    75008 Paris
    France

PRACTICE AREAS

Partner, Co-Head - International Arbitration

    • T  +33 1 42 68 48 58
    F  +33 1 42 68 70 97
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Jean-Christophe Honlet is a partner in Salans' Paris office. He concentrates on international arbitration, both commercial and investor-State, and acts as counsel, expert witness and arbitrator. He is in charge of the international arbitration seminar at the Project Finance Master of the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées/University of Paris Ouest. Among other independent market recommendations, Chambers Global noted him for "performing on the front line with considerable aplomb" and being "absolutely excellent".

Recent Experience:

  • Counsel for a Brazilian company in an ICC arbitration regarding the performance of a banking credit agreement for the construction of an industrial plant in Brazil.
  • Counsel for a Cyprus company and its Danish shareholder in an ICC arbitration regarding the enforcement of a shareholders agreement in respect of the control of a leading French logistics company
  • Counsel for a public French company and one of its German subsidiaries in an arbitration regarding a European-wide automobile product recall.
  • Counsel for a French company in an ICC arbitration regarding a construction project in Russia.
  • Counsel for a Dutch company in an ICC arbitration regarding the supply of bitumen in Algeria.
  • Counsel for an investor, beneficiary of an ICSID award, in enforcing that award.
  • Counsel for a public French company in an ad hoc arbitration concerning the operation of an automotive joint venture.
  • Counsel for an Asian State in an LCIA-administered arbitration brought under a bilateral investment treaty, concerning a gold mining project.
  • Counsel for a French company and its Romanian subsidiary in an arbitration regarding a residential construction project in Romania.
  • Counsel for a public Indian company in an ICC arbitration concerning the delivery of pipelines for one of the most important Iraqi oil fields.
  • Counsel for a State concern in an SCC arbitration regarding the termination of a mining joint venture.
  • Counsel for a European State in an ad hoc arbitration brought under a bilateral investment treaty, concerning a privatization agreement.
  • Counsel for a public US company (NYSE) in an ICC arbitration concerning a European automotive patent license.
  • Counsel for a public US company (NASDAQ) in an ICC arbitration concerning a worldwide biotechnology patent license.
  • Counsel for a public Danish company in an ICC arbitration concerning an alleged cartel investigated by the European Commission.
  • Counsel for an Italian company in an ad hoc arbitration concerning a French construction project.
  • Counsel for one of the principal public US pharmaceutical companies (NYSE) in an ICC arbitration following a take-over bid and the application of a change of control clause.
  • Counsel for several companies in actions to set aside arbitral awards before French courts.

Career:

  • Joined Salans (1994)
  • Admitted - Paris Bar (1994)
  • Member - French Committee on Arbitration
  • Member - ICC Commission on Arbitration
  • Member - French National Committee of the ICC
  • Member - Swiss Arbitration Association
  • Member - International Arbitration Institute
  • Member - LCIA
  • Member - American Society of International Law
  • Member - American Bar Association Section of International Law
  • Member - International Bar Association

Education:

  • ESSEC (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales, M.B.A., 1990)
  • University of Paris II - Panthéon Assas (Maîtrise de Droit Privé, with high honours, 1991)
  • University of Paris I - Panthéon Sorbonne (DEA de Droit Privé, with honours, 1992)
  • University of Oxford, Maison Française (Lavoisier Scholar, 1993-1994)

Languages:

  • French
  • English

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