Speakers

Prof. Sébastien Manciaux

Sébastien Manciaux is Law Professor at the Université de Bourgogne (France), and a member of the Research Centre on Investment and International Trade Law (CREDIMI). He is the Course Leader of the Master 2 degree International Trade Lawyer.

He teaches International Investment Law, International Trade Law and International Arbitration in French, English or Spanish to postgraduate students in France and abroad (Tunis, Marrakech, Quebec, Rio de Janeiro, Tehran, Kobe, Grenada, Vitoria).

He is frequently invited to international conferences in France and abroad (Panama, London, La Habana, Houston, Luxembourg, Montreal, Santo Domingo, Madrid, Geneva, Chiang Mai, HCMC, etc.).

His main work consists in his book on ICSID activity: Investissements étrangers et arbitrage entre Etats et ressortissants d’autres Etats: Trente année d’activité du CIRDI, Travaux du Credimi, vol. 24, Paris, LexisNexis, 2004, 727 p.

He also acts as arbitrator or counsel in international arbitration proceedings (ICSID, ICSID-AF, ICC, CCJA or ad hoc arbitration proceedings) and as an expert for UNCTAD.

Among his last publications:

– « Arbitration Rules for investment Disputes: A look at Practices in Thailand and Vietnam », International Trade Law & Regulation, 2024, Issue 1, 31-44.

– «The Use of Mediation for the Settlement of Investment Disputes », Indian Journal of Arbitration Law, 2022, Vol.10 Issue 2, 98-114

– « L’Éthique et le statut des arbitres », in Le droit international des investissements au prisme de l’éthique, Raphaël Maurel dir., LexisNexis, 2021, 179-192.

– « Some Thoughts on the Independence of Party-Appointed Expert in International Arbitration », in Private Actors in International Investment Law, Katia Fach Gomez dir., European Yearbook of International Investment Law, 2021 (Special issue), 45-58.

– « Comercialidad e Internacionalidad del Arbitraje », in Arbitraje Comercial Internacional (un estudio de derecho comparado), Sixto Sanchez Lorenzo dir., Thomson Reuters/Civitas eds, 2020, 33-72.