Sophie Bayrou

Full Profile

Sophie has advised clients on commercial and investment arbitration matters under a range of institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA and SIAC, and across multiple jurisdictions in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Sophie's experience includes advising sovereign States, private and State-owned entities, with a focus on construction and energy-related disputes.

She also regularly represents clients before French civil and commercial courts, including in annulment and enforcement proceedings of arbitral awards.

Prior to joining Clyde & Co, Sophie worked in French and international law firms in litigation and international arbitration. In particular, she practiced for three years as an associate in the Dispute Resolution team of the Singapore office of another international law firm, advising multinational companies and sovereign States across Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and Mongolia, acting notably in the construction and energy sectors.

Sophie was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2017. She holds a Master’s degree in International Business Law from the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas, a Master’s degree in Economic Law from Sciences Po Paris Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from Sciences Po Paris.

She handles arbitration in English and French and speaks Italian.

Experience

• Represented a Southern European country in an ICC arbitration relating to concession agreements pertaining to three key hospitals 
• Represented a West African country in a PCA arbitration relating to the construction of a road
  Represented a global industrial and metals group in an ICC arbitration arising out of a steel supply agreement
• Represented a global high-tech company in various arbitrations seated in Paris and New-York relating to license and know-how agreements
• Represented a West Asian country on set aside proceedings before French courts against an arbitral award pertaining to a production sharing agreement for the exploration, development and production of an oil block
• Represented an Eastern European state in an SCC arbitration, under the Energy Charter Treaty, relating to a gas supply agreement 
• Represented an American investor in an ICSID arbitration relating to a concession agreement against a South American country
• Acted as Secretary to the Tribunal in a SAC arbitration concerning a Swiss-law governed commercial dispute in the luxury sector

Publications

• Co-author "Arbitrage international : quand un litige devient un actif finançable et financier", OptionFinance - 2024