Emmanuel Gaillard

Emmanuel Gaillard is a practicing attorney, is a leading authority on international commercial arbitration, a law professor, and frequently acts as an arbitrator in international commercial disputes.

Gaillard was born in Chambéry in 1952. He studied law at Pantheon-Assas University (D.E.A. in Private Law, 1976; D.E.A. in Criminal Law, 1977) and completed his PhD in law there in 1981. He obtained the Agrégation des Facultés de Droit in 1982.

He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1977. His practice focuses on international arbitration. He acts as counsel and arbitrator and is regularly ranked as a star performer in both categories. Heading the international arbitration practice of Shearman & Sterling.

Emmanuel Gaillard became Professor of Law in 1982, after obtaining the agrégation in private law. Since then, Professor Gaillard has taught at numerous universities: he was a professor of law at the Université Paris XII Val de Marne, he was a Visiting Professor at Harvard Law School in 1984 and teaches in the Geneva Master in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), a program run by the University of Geneva and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.

In September 2012, Professor Gaillard was appointed Professor of Law at Sciences Po Law School (SPLS).